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Curricula - Health and Physical Activity

• Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool
  This tool is now available to help school districts conduct clear, complete, and consistent analyses of written physical education curricula, based upon national physical education standards. Results from the analysis can help schools enhance existing curriculum, develop their own curriculum, or select a published curriculum, for the delivery of quality physical education in schools. The tool features instructions for completing the PECAT, preliminary curriculum considerations, such as accuracy and feasibility analyses, content and student assessment analyses, customizable templates for state or local use, and scorecards and curriculum improvement plans that can be shared with key stakeholders, school administrators or other groups interested in strengthening physical education programs.
  www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/pecat
• The Edible Schoolyard
  The Edible Schoolyard is a non-profit program located on the campus of Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Berkeley, California and includes an organic garden and kitchen. Student participation in all aspects of the Seed to Table experience occurs as they prepare beds, plant seeds and seedlings, tend crops, harvest produce and prepare and eat delicious seasonal dishes from produce they have grown in the garden.
  www.edibleschoolyard.org/
• Advance Copy of National Health Education Standards
  The review and revision process of the National Health Education Standards is nearing completion. However, the revised standard statements and performance indicators are now available in a pre-publication form.
  Download: Health Education Standards [35k pdf file]
• Heart Power
  This website features free, downloadable and printable resources to teach heart health, including nutrition and physical activity. The materials can be accessed by grade, by curriculum, by activity type, or by lifestyle message. Lessons are available for Preschool - 8th grade and in Spanish.
  americanheart.org/heartpower
• Integrated Health Curriculum
  The following are examples of integrated health curriculum that promotes, among other things, healthy eating and increased physical activity.
  www.wowhealth.org/index.cfm for Elementary School
  www.hsph.harvard.edu/prc/proj_planet.html for Middle School