Micah Shippee (@micahshippee) recently shared this cool template on Twitter and we thought it would be terrific for use in health classes. The template can be found here and you can click anywhere on the slide to move through the slides and see how it works. If you'd like to use the template, sim

http://textgiraffe.com/logos/ offers fun ways to display text. Callen Martin Fowler (@MsPhysEduDP) shared this site a while back on Twitter and I finally got around to exploring it! There are a ton of unique, creative text options available as seen here: And it's super easy to use the text in you

We received an email that a Girl Scout Troop has been working on their Staying Fit badge, which requires the girls to start moving with an exercise routine and educates them on how to properly fuel their bodies with nutritional food. In addition to using CBHPE to locate resources, one of the troup's

Having students explore their personal values is always a worthwhile activity. This spreadsheet ( bit.ly/39FYAUV - go to ”file”, then ”make a copy” for your own editable copy) can be used with students at 3 different points in a semester or year (or only twice if you so choose) and will afford them

We have put together this resource that includes information and examples of the many ways Flippity can be used in HPE. 2 of the examples were created using resources shared by Andy Milne (@carmelhealth) and Kait Hall (@MrsKaitlynHall) and our thanks go out to them for the initial shares. The r

Tweeted out by Scott (@scottampersand): This week in #HealthEd : chemical wellness & navigating the internet. Skill: Accessing Valid Information Content: Substance Use 8th graders did a fantastic job examining websites to critique for accuracy, credibility, ease of use, and more! Students expl

Garrett Derr (@GDerrSDOL) shared this awesome option for improving student discussion: bit.ly/31FpFmZ Garrett shared it in keynote and I re-created it in Slides so that everyone would be able to utilize it regardless of the devices students are using. Feel free to edit as needed to meet your stude

This amazing website provides "CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH": https://healthsmartva.pwnet.org/ So many valuable resources here. Search by grade level and/or topic.

This cool "Human Bingo" game can be used to spice up review and as an opportunity for formative feedback. Video explanation: bit.ly/2QKyatl It was shared by Jonathan Alsheimer (@mr_Alsheimer) and can be used for just about any topic! Get creative! I have created a spreadsheet to make setting u

I saw this Pinterest Board Template by Cynthia Nixon and immediately thought that it could be put to good use in a Health Classroom. Click here: bit.ly/2KcWIr4 to preview the template. Click the blue "Use Template" button to get your own copy. You can share this template with your students vi

This awesome Self-Management tool was shared by SHAPEAmerica National Health Teacher of the Year, Scott Todnem (@scottampersand)! 8th graders will log hours spent in essential brain activities and also journal for 2 min each day (free-writing format) in response to self-care prompts. I have crea

A number of people have asked me about how I create the 4 page posters from an image. This video shows you how: http://bit.ly/2L9UQPs A couple of notes: The original image needs to be a large image in order for the "4 pager" not to pixelate. I have found that the image needs to be a minimum of ab

Did you know that SHAPE America has a toolkit for health educators that includes a question bank of over 800 reviewed questions to support skills-based health education? You can access it here: https://www.shapeamerica.org/ResourcesPublications/Heat_Assessment_Tool.aspx It not only includes the

This website has terrific resources for all Health teachers. Here are a few things that can be found there: "Real info in fun, animated videos that give you all the answers you actually want to know about sex, your body and relationships.": https://amaze.org/ Educator Toolkits: https://amaze.or

Instead of bringing your Ss to a grocery store, bring the grocery store to them! I created an interactive grocery store that allows students to select any item and see the nutrition label and ingredients within that product. You can use it to create a grocery store challenge where students have to

Recently shared on Twitter by Christopher Pepper ( @mrhealthteacher) "WOW - Just learned that Stanford has a FREE Public Health Advocacy Curriculum. 10 lessons (you don't have to use all of them) that look like a great resource for expanding #healthed and project-based learning in middle and high

Varsity Brands offers the Believe in You social emotional learning empowerment program here: https://www.varsitybrands.com/believe-in-you. Several who have used the program have had high praise for it. Take a look when you have some time! More info from the website: " An extension of the Varsity

A great tip from Jeff Bartlett ( @bartletthealth ): "My new favorite resource, and one I HIGHLY recommend for all educators, especially those in #healthed , is the “Character Strong Weekly” email from @careacter . It’s a weekly email with “a quick idea or strategy for educators to help you transfo

Check out this awesome assignment and rubric from Sarah G-H (@GHSaysRockChalk): bit.ly/32mktDr .

I am excited to contribute this new hyperdoc on Kindness. I believe it can start a good conversation with middle school students in Physical Education and Health classes on the topic of Kindness and can be a school wide project or event. Also, I feel it fits well into the Social Emotional Learning

The “Be Real, Be Ready Smart Sexuality Education” curriculum for High School is available to all and for free here: tinyurl.com/berealbeready . Check it out!

Kim Cooke shared this awesome resource at SHAPE Tampa: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Sp_sDux8aGKQ5cYZGk1RFrDTgaWuD5bE Such an amazing set of resources. Plenty to draw from, or use as is! 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade and High School curricula!

If you have a pdf that you'd like to enlarge, you can do so right from within Adobe Reader. Here's how: Go to "Print", then choose "Poster": Next, set the scale to "200%" for 4 pages (experiment for larger) and I prefer no overlap, so set it to 0: PRINT!!

This activity comes from Kayla Duncan. Students first explore by viewing a video entitled "What Does 2000 Calories Look Like?". The video shows them various foods and how much of each you can eat to total 2000 calories. From there students do further analysis including writing equations. This is

In order to help make the standards and performance indicators a bit more accessible and useful to teachers, we have added the National Health Standards Locator here: https://www.cbhpe.org/national-health-standards-locator With the Locator, you can search by search term, grade level band(s) and sta

As part of a template that Kevin Shepard and I created to allow teachers to build their own Health and/or Physical Education website, we included a page with tons of resources, many of which are health related. You can find that page here: https://sites.google.com/site/physedtemplate/resources-f

This awesome idea comes from Matt Miller @jmattmiller and his website "Ditch That Textbook" ( http://ditchthattextbook.com ) (Link to full article: http://bit.ly/2MxRpVT) Such an terrific way to put Flipgrid to use in the Health classroom!! Give it a go!

Growth Mindset Posters Set 1 in Landscape: bit.ly/2XJZEUk Growth Mindset Posters Set 2 in Portrait: bit.ly/2XKoCD3

This is a terrific project that allows your students to really use their creative skills while researching and gaining a greater understanding of the harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs. They will choose between using a Google Slides newspaper template and a Google Docs newspaper

Gimkit  allows you to upload pre-existing Quizlet sets or you can create your own 'Kit.' The format is very similar to Kahoot but it's not timed and students can go through the questions at their own pace . Students basically earn fake money for correct responses to buy power-ups or pies to slow d