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No Excuses! - A Documentary about Quality Physical Education

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QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY

• ​The Importance of Physical Education​​
• What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?

• ​​​​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits
• ​​Pledge your Support for Quality Physical Education

EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Teaching Strategies
• Planning
• Assessment
• Class Management

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• General Teaching Strategies
• Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners
• ​Adapted Physical Education Resources​
• Social Justice and Diversity
• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs

• ​​​Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities
• ​Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences​​​
• How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum​
• Advice for New Teachers
• Miscellaneous Articles and Videos​

• Planning Physical Education Units​
• Domains of Learning and Writing Learning Objectives

• ​​Instructional Models in Physical Education
• Teaching Styles in Physical Education​​​

• Assessment in Physical Education
• ​Rubric Guidelines and Examples

• ​Grading in Physical Education
• Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources

• Class Management Guidelines​
• ​Tools for Assessing Behavior​

• ​Resources for Building Character and Conflict Resolution​
  
• ​Strategies for Forming Groups​
  

TEACHER RESOURCES

• Teacher Resources
• Fitness
• Instructional Videos
• Professional Development
• Technology

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• Physical Education Related Organizations
• Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• ​​​Safety Related Resources​

• ​​Resources for Physical Education DIY and Hacks​​
• Physical Education Related National Observances​​
• ​​​The Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms​​

• Examples of Fitness Activities
• ​​​​Strategies for Activity Promotion and Adherence​

• Resources for Stress Management​
• Online Resources for Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

• Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution

• Dance - Overview and Resources
• Dance - Folk and Line
• Dance - POCO LOCOs
• Dance - Ballroom and Social Dance
• Dance - Additional Youtube Playlists

• Information and Resources for Professional Development​
• ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​

• ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators​

• ​Technology Guides for Physical Education
• Apps for Physical Education
• Online Technology Resources
• ​Projector Uses in Physical Education

• ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
• 360 Degree Photos and Videos in Physical Education
• Augmented Reality and QR Codes in Physical Education

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Resources for Physical Education Lessons 

• Activities and Lessons
• Cues and Demonstrations
• Grants
• Fundraising
• Related Pages

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• Active for Life
• Bart Jones
• BreakAppz
• CanadaGo4Sport
• ​Collection of World Games
• Fit Kids Healthy Kids
• Fit - Sanford Health
• Dynamic PE ASAP
• ​​​​GreatActivities​
• ​​​Online Physical Education Network​

• OPHEA - PlaySport​​
• OPHEA - Teaching Tools​
• ​PE4EveryKid
• ​​PE Central
• PE Kansas
• PE Scholar
• PE Umbrella
• PE Universe
• PHE Canada
• PhysEd Games​

• ​PowerUp P.E.​​
  
• Prime Coaching Sport
  
• ​SHAPE America - Elementary
• SHAPE America - Secondary
• ​​SportingSchools.gov
• SportPlan​
• ​TeachPhysEd
• ThePhysicalEducator
• The PE Shed
• The Phys.Ed. Depot

• ​​60 Minutes Kids Club - Fundamental Movement Skills​
• ​​60 Minutes Kids Club - ​​Pathway to Physical Literacy
• Active for Life - Hop, Skip, and Jump: Enhancing Physical Literacy​​
• ​​Growing Young Movers - Movement Skills
• OPHEA - Learn to Move, Fundamental Movement Skills and Strategies​​

• ​PECentral - Activity Cues
• Resources for Skill Themes (scroll down)
• ​​Scoilnet - FMS and Activities
• ​Sport New Zealand - Developing Fundamental Movement Skills​
• VitaThread - Vitals

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• Teaching Cues for Basic Sport Skills for Elementary & Middle School ​​​

• ​Teaching Cues for Sport Skills for Secondary School Students​

Resources​

• ​PE Teacher Grant Writers Facebook Group

Grant Finders​

• PECentral Grant Finder​

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Specific Grants​

• Action for Healthy Kids Game On Grants
• Active Schools
• ​​Easton Archery
• Fuel Up to Play 60!​​

• ​KaBoom!​
• Lowe's
• MLB Comnmunity​
• PHIT America

• ​​​SHAPE America​​
• USA Ultimate
• US Soccer Foundation

Fundraising Sites

• ​Adopt a Classroom​

• Classwish​

• ​DonorsChoose.org​

• ​Go Fund Me​

Fundraising Resources

• ​​Alliance for a Healthier Generation Fundraising
• Funding a Physical Education Program
• ​ElementaryPEteacher Fundraising Ideas​​
• Northeastern District IAHPERD Gently Used Equipment Program

• Promote Good Health While Raising Money for Schools​​
• ​Resources for Building Community Partnerships​
• ​The K-12 Teacher’s Guide to Funding Classroom Supplies​
• USDA Healthy Fundraising

 

• Physical Education Related Organizations
• ​​​Safety Related Resources​

• ​​Resources for Physical Education DIY and Hacks​​
• Physical Education Related National Observances​​
• ​​​The Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms​​

 

Selected Tweets for Various Skill Themes

Below are collections of ideas and inspirations for teaching skill themes.
You can also view these collections on Twitter by clicking on the "View on Twitter" link on the bottom of each collection.

Balancing

Balancing - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

Dribbling

Dribbling (Basketball) - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

striking

Striking - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

*Target games (Kicking, Punting, throwing, etc.)

*These are activities that can be used with any skill theme involving targets
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Target Games - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

volleying

Volleying - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

Resources for Specific Activities

Archery

• National Archery in the Schools Program

Augmented reality

• Augmented Reality Apps in Physical Education​

• ​Adventure to Learning

Badminton

• Badminton Manual

Bicycling​

• Bicycle Safety Curriculum

• Guide to Ride

• PeopleForBikes

• WalkBiketoSchool

Bowling​

• Bowler's Ed

• KidsBowlFree (Summer)

• PE4EveryKid

Cardio drumming

• Ben Pirillo

• PhysedDepot

• Ross Chakrain Documents and ​Youtube

Circus

• Collection of Circus Tweets​

• National Circus Project

climbing

• Adventure Education

• Animated Knots
• Climbing Holds

• ​Climbing Wall Activities
• Climbing Wall Tweets

• Climbing Body Position
• Rope Knots

Cross-Disciplinary Activities

• Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities​

dance

• Dance - Overview and Resources

field day

• 40 Minute to Win It Station Cards
• A Field Day Formula for All
• ​American Ninja Warrior Field Day
• Brian Nassif​

• Challenges from Survivor TV Show
• CiRA Ontario
• ​Field Day by Drew Burris
• How Do I Plan a Successful Field Day?
• How to Plan an Awesome Field Day​

• OPEN
• ​PhysedDepot
• Planning a Successful Field Day
• Tips for a Successful Field Day this Spring

football

• Mr. Kirsch's PE Blog

footgolf

• American Footgolf League

frisbee activities

• Freestyle Disc

• Gamified Frisbee Stations

• Ultimate Drills

• Ultimate Frisbee HQ

• USA Ultimate

gymnastics

• GIFs for Gymnastics

• How to Teach Gymnastics Skills in PE

• HPEC Example Unit

• Rick McCharles Channel

handball

• England Handball

• Handball at School

• Salming Handball Videos

• Teaching Handball in the Middle/Secondary Schools 

Hockey

• Collection of Hockey Tweets

• Floorball Guru

• USA Hockey - Dryland Training

• USA Hockey - Training and Practice Materials

jumping rope

• ​​Great List of Jump Rope & Skipping Songs
• How to Teach Jump Rope​
• Jump Rope - Mr Graham
• ​Jump Rope - Mr Spencer​

• ​Jump Rope - PowerPoint
• Jump Rope - Ross Chakrian​
• Jump Rope Deli Unit​

• Jump Rope Ladder to Success
• ​Jump Rope Skills To The Beat
• Skipping and Juggling
• Tricktionary

Lacrosse

• ​ US Lacrosse Physical Education Curriculum

New Activities and Sports - YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

orienteering

• Geocaching

• QR Code Geocaching Activity

parachute activities

• Kid's Activities
• Great Activities​

• OPEN
• Parachute Routines​

• PELinks4U
• PlayParachutes

Park and Trail Finders

• All Trails​
• ​Find your Park​

• ​​Map of Play​

• ​​Park Rx America
• ​​Recreation.gov

parkour (freerunning)

• Encouraging Movement in PE Through Parkour
• Ninja Warrior (OPEN)

• Parkour Basics (Adam Metcalf)

• Parkour Guides
• Parkour UK

pickleball

• Third Shot Sports

• USAPA

rugby

• England Rugby

• Rookie Rugby USA

self defense

• DRUB.CO

• Howcast

• Self Defense Documentary

Slackline

• Google Doc

soccer

• Smedley's Soccer Site

spikeball

• Spikeball - Website

• Spikeball - Youtube Playlist
• Spikeball in #Physed

• ​Spikeball Variations

tag games

• Collection from Tag Tweets

• Youtube Playlist

tennis

• USTA

Track

• Coaching Young Athletes