Physical Education: Web Resources

CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity's mission is to institute policy and environmental strategies to make healthy eating and active living accessible and affordable for everyone.

ChooseMyPlate.gov provides practical information to individuals, health professionals, nutrition educators, and the food industry to help consumers build healthier diets with resources and tools for dietary assessment, nutrition education, and other user-friendly nutrition information.

Founded in 1985, the Gatorade Sports Science Institute is committed to helping athletes optimize their health and performance through research and education in hydration and nutrition science.

Offers educators free health-related lesson plans for PreK through 12th grade. Each Teacher's Guide includes discussion questions, classroom activities and extensions, printable handouts, and quizzes and answer keys, all aligned to National Health Education Standards.

LIVESTRONG.com offers diet, nutrition, and fitness tips for a healthier lifestyle.

Medline Plus offers users access to an extensive collection of sport and exercised related Internet resources that cover everything from the latest research news, hot topics in sports training, exercise statistics, and more.

OPEN helps teachers help their students by providing rigorous, outcomes-based curriculum tools to every physical education teacher-no exceptions.

PE Central exists to assist teachers, parents, and others who work with youngsters to guide them in the process of becoming physically active and healthy for a lifetime. Find searchable lesson plans, videos, assessments, and professional development opportunities.

PE Video activity ideas and PE discussion groups are rich with useful ideas on this new kind of PE idea-sharing website. It is a social media website exclusively for PE professionals that allows you to learn and share ideas with others who have a strong desire to provide the very best in physical education. Membership is completely free.

A resource for physical educators to learn a new game for their classes in under one minute. Features various categories such as basketball, fitness, literacy, and fun. Each game includes a brief video demonstrating the instructions.

Data, policies, and resources for physical education from the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention.

The PhysicalEducator.com is an online professional development resource for physical educators. They produce high-quality resources for teachers, allow you to connect and share with fellow teachers, and provide engaging professional development opportunities which you can attend.

The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) is a federal advisory committee that aims to promote healthy eating and physical activity for all Americans, regardless of background or ability.

ScienceDaily's fitness section delivers daily doses of the latest research from university medical centers, research hospitals, journals of exercise science, and the occasional fitness-related headlines from news sources like Reuters. You can subscribe by email or RSS feed.

Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympic athletes and the community.

Sportsnetworker.com is a leading online resource for sports business professionals with information ranging from sports networking, sports marketing, sports sponsorship, sports events, sports technology, sports social media, and sports jobs.

ACSM is comprised of sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness professionals and is dedicated to helping people worldwide live longer, healthier lives.

The American Council on Exercise is the leading nonprofit health and fitness certification organization.

The professional organization representing and promoting the profession of exercise physiology, is committed to the professional development of exercise, physiology, and the credibility of exercise physiologists.

AFAA is the leader in certifying group and personal trainers and is a dominant force in movement-based health and fitness. AFAA's Group Fitness Instructor Program is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, the leading accreditor of certificate courses in the fitness industry.

The National Athletic Trainers' Association is the professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession.

NCHEC is the national accrediting organization for health educators, promoting the certified health education specialist (CHES) credential and administers the affirmation of approved continuing education.

NSCA is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the strength and conditioning and related sport science professions around the world.

NASSM is a society that is committed to promoting professional development in the field of sports management. It's actively involved in supporting and assisting professionals working in the fields of sports, leisure, and recreation.

The Society of Health and Physical Educators, known as SHAPE America, is an American organization that provides support to professionals in health, physical education, recreation and dance.

SOPHE promotes healthy behaviors, healthy communities, and healthy environments through its membership, network of local chapters, and numerous partnerships with other organizations.

SHAPE PA provides leadership, advocacy, and professional development to health and physical educators with the goal of overachieving overall wellness in Pennsylvania.

As the leading association for sport marketers, the SMA is dedicated to developing mutually beneficial relationships between professionals, academicians, and students around the world through creation, distribution, and implementation of sport marketing knowledge through networking, scholarly activities, and career opportunities.