Feature Story

Project-Based Learning

To succeed in today’s global economy, students need to learn more than basic information from the core subject areas. It is important they also master analytical and workplace skills. Learning essential job skills means mastering skills in critical thinking as well as creativity. To accomplish this task, many schools and teachers are incorporating project-based learning into their curricula.
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NBC Learn

The NBC News Archives on Demand Health and Wellness video collection provides 3–5 minute video clips that focus on positive lifestyle choices and the latest research in health science. Explore body systems, health and hygiene, exercise and fitness, food and nutrition, and advances in medicine, along with mental health resources addressing self-image, relationships, stress management, conflict resolution, and mental health disorders.
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Fitness Zone

Fitness Zone activities provide a good way to integrate fitness into your lesson plan. Use these activities to build teamwork and to give students a quick break between subjects, so they settle down to focus on new material more easily.

Team Football

The game is used to elevate your heart rate while developing sports skills.

• Begin with a warm-up and dynamic stretch.
• Divide the class into two teams. The goal is to advance the ball down a basketball court or field by passing the ball to a teammate.
• Each team member may take only two steps with the ball.
• Players cannot guard the passer (only a potential receiver)
• If a fumble occurs, the ball goes to the other team and is taken over at the spot of the fumble.
• One point is scored when the offense makes a basket, catches the ball in the end zone of the field, or when the ball goes through a designated goal.

You can find more activities like these in the FitnessZone.

Professional Development

Using Project-Based Learning in the Classroom

The idea of project-based learning may seem like a good one. But how can it be implemented into a curriculum that may already be filled with proficiency test preparation and core subject learning? Some teachers may be concerned with the length of time to prepare and manage a long-term class project. However, with some proper planning, it can be done, and done well.
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Teacher Tips—What Works!

Teacher tips are tried-and-true teaching strategies developed by health education teachers around the country. Take a look at some classroom activities that really work.
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