Wednesday, March 31, 2010

School Lunches: The Saga Continues...

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Ah, school lunches. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about them. I'm starting nutrition with my sixth graders this week, so I'll...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Phoebe Prince

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It appears school lunches and bullying are both hot topics this year, especially with the local, highly publicized story regarding the suici...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Food Revolution!

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I just watched the first episode of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on Hulu. I'm hooked! I had no idea this show was going to happen...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Cough Medicine Abuse

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This post is all over the place. At the end I have numerous links; links to articles and resources. For all I know, this issue will result i...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Student Feedback: Alcohol Simulation Stations

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Last week, I was able to use the alcohol simulation stations activity with my seventh graders. I adapt the activity to fit our class length...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Wordle

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I entered my blog URL into Wordle just to see what happened. The result isn't too surprising, considering that recently I've posted...
Sunday, March 7, 2010

Impromptu Teacher Demonstrations

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When I use the alcohol simulation stations activity , I make sure I demonstrate, in part, each activity. For some stations, I don't show...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

HIV Transmission Activity: From the Students

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EDIT: I have updated the HIV Transmission Game handout (which a number of people have downloaded!) in the original post. I tweaked somethin...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Embrace Life Advertisement

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Below is an advertisement from the UK about wearing your seat belt . I find it very moving and I like the style of this advertisement. I agr...
Monday, February 22, 2010

HIV Transmission Activity

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NOTE: This post is in the process of being edited for reposting, due to its popularity. Please check back later this week (the week of 2/6/2...
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Formative Assessment in My Health Classroom

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Last year, my district spent a lot of time on formative assessment. Unlike its counterpart, summative assessment, formative assessment is a ...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Digital Wish: Flip Video Cameras, Two for One!

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FYI: I am in no way affiliated with the Digital Wish organization. I just came upon a great opportunity I wanted to share! About two weeks a...
Monday, January 25, 2010

NY Times Article: Making Healthy Lunch, and Making It a Cause

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Short post today. A few days ago an article appeared in The New York Times highlighting a company in California called Revolution Foods. Rev...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

New England (Journal of Medicine) and New York City Agree on Salt

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Big news hit headlines this week as the result of a study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Big news, yes. Surpris...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Interactive Activities: ATOD Unit (Part Two)

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Today I'm going to post a link to the lesson plan that may be my favorite classroom activity. This activity was partly developed by one ...
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Interactive Activities: ATOD Unit (Part One)

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The ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs) Unit is my favorite to teach. I could easily spend an entire course just on this, but unfortuna...
Monday, January 11, 2010

"Good Food in the City"--Baltimore Public Schools

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After opening the most recent issue of Educational Leadership, I took a look at the article, "Good Food in the City" by Anthony Ge...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Opiate Abuse: Massachusetts Suburbs

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I'm taking a break from writing about the Educational Leadership articles to show you a series of newspaper articles from The Enterpris...
Monday, January 4, 2010

Article: Obesity won't improve without reforming PE

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I came upon an article today while checking out AAHPERD's Facebook page. The article, written by NASPE board member Bryan McCullick, is...
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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Jing

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There are a lot of happenings going on right now with health and physical education in the news that I'll be writing about over the next...