A Better Health for
Tomorrow
William Richmond
http://relayer4.angelfire.com/
Slide Contents (hyperlinked)
 Introduction
 Summary
Findings
 Detailed Findings
 Conclusions
 Additional Resources
Introduction
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An expanded school health program is a means of
improving the health status of American youth.
 The younger generation has to be made aware of
all the consequences surrounding an inadequate
way of life, whether it is personal hygiene, nutrition
or physical activity.
 Technology is playing a key role in establishing
today’s elementary health education program.
 Enjoy this one minute video outlining my goals for
today’s presentation (hyperlinked).
Summary Findings
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I reviewed 20 web sites that can assist any elementary
health educator in not only lesson and unit planning, but
all the other ingredients that make up a coordinated
school health program.
Although I will not give a detailed view of all 20 sites, I
will provide a link in my Additional Resources to access
all these unique sites. Here is one example:
http://www.instructorweb.com/health.asp
This web site includes health lesson plans, printable
worksheets, lessons, and other teaching material and
resources. I like the fact that many of the worksheets are
ready to print.
Detailed Findings
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I hope you find the following five sites of good
value and information.
 I have included one site geared towards
students, two government sites with unlimited
health resources, and two sites with the
emphasis on planning and creating a better
classroom for the health environment
 I truly believe that a first year health teacher
could use these five sites and plan his or her
entire curriculum for the school year.
1) Kids Health for Kids
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
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Kids Health web site provides students, parents
and teachers with accurate, up-to-date health
information they can use.
 There are literally thousands of in-depth
features, articles, animations, games, and
resources.
 Kids Health is perfect for any type of research
the students need to obtain.
 The following slide provides a nice sample of
information available at Kid’s Health.
Examples from Kid’s Health
(hyperlinked)
Aches, Pains, & Injuries
Blisters, Calluses, and Corns
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cellulitis
Checking Out Cuts, Scratches, and Abrasions
Concussions
Coping With Cold Sores
2) PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org/
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This is the premiere web site for health and physical
education teachers.
 This is a fantastic site for K-12 health and physical
education teachers to visit that would provide them with
information and resources to help them deliver
developmentally appropriate health and physical education
to their students.
 The site includes assessments, health and physical
education lesson ideas, job announcements, bulletin
boards, wellness tips, and instant activities that change on
a weekly basis.
 I will show how impressive the home page is, followed by
some great examples of bulletin boards from the PE
Central site.
3) American Heart Association’s Heart Power
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?i
dentifier=3003357
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The American Heart Association is a national voluntary
health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives,
free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."
The lesson plans are easy to follow and very age
appropriate.
There are many other areas of the American Heart
Association’s web site that can be very informative to
teachers or parents.
The worksheets on the following lesson are hyperlinked.
4) US Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
CDC′s mission is "to promote health and quality of life by
preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.”
 The Centers for Disease Control is a tremendous asset
for any health professional.
 Not only does it cover everything to know about disease
and illness, but topics such as violence, environmental
health and safety are prime topics on this web site.
 Here’s an example from the CDC Web Site using a
scanner (hyperlinked) .
 The following slide, BAM-Body and Mind, is hyperlinked.
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5) Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
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The Lesson Plans Page is a collection of over
3,000 lesson plans from Preschool through High
School and beyond.
 Elementary Health teachers get lesson plans
that are ready to use in their classrooms.
 Lesson plans are always getting updated.
 One can participate in discussions with other
educators in their Teacher Discussion Forums.
All These Valuable Links Are From the
Lesson Plans Page (each is hyperlinked)
Conclusions
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In our school system today, health related
awareness goes beyond the classroom.
 These are my thoughts via audio that illustrate
how important technology can be in establishing
solid core values in our children through health
education (hyperlinked).
 Health textbooks cannot match the web sites
researched in this report in terms of knowledge,
originality, keeping with current trends and fun.
 How we get the message out is critical to our
future.
Additional Resources
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National Health Standards - A must link for every
health educator
http://relayer4.angelfire.com/ - My Web Site
OCR (optical character recognition) DocumentSample from my Research Report
Internet Address Book (20 favorite sites)
Research Excerpts File – Valuable information from
my 20 favorite web sites.
Research Report- The nuts and bolts of my power point
presentation.