Physical Education

PE Central provides the latest information about contemporary developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth featuring links to assessment ideas, lesson plans, adaptive strategies, books, music, and more.

Instructional Resources for PE

National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE)

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Frank & Mike's Physical Education Page This web page was designed to provide teachers with ideas and activities for basketball, baseball, football, handball, soccer and parachutes.

TeachCircus This site is dedicated to helping teachers, recreation professionals, and performers give effective instruction in Circus Arts. Topics include juggling, unicycling, diabolo, devil sticks, and balancing.

Physical Education Standards MCREL (The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning) has one of the most complete collections of teaching standards and benchmarks on the Internet. The physical education standards have five strands divided into grade clusters: k-2, 3-6, 7-8, and 9-12.

Games Kids Play Here's a great place to look for ideas when you're planning that family exercise night! You'll find directions for more than 200 common playground games at this site.

Physical Education Lesson Plan Page

BBC.com: Science & Nature

Yucky Discovery (science entertainment for kids)

The Virtual Body

National Agricultural Library


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