PE Central's Get Active Stay Active Log Web Site

PE Central and PepsiCo, in collaboration with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, have partnered to bring you an exciting Web site designed to encourage middle and high school students to increase their physical activity participation. The site features cool graphics and cutting edge tools that allow students to record their physical activity minutes and/or pedometer steps. To start, teachers register their school (your first class is created automatically for you) and then they have their students register under that school and class. Students then can log to their fitness journal either at school or home using their unique user name and password. Both teachers and students can enjoy the following features:

Teachers can:

• view how each student and class is doing by clicking on "My Classroom"
• create as many classes as they want in their school
• can change their profile easily
• participate to earn the PALA award as well

Students can:

• create their own exercise log and record their activity time or pedometer steps each day
• view their progress on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time period
• enter/edit daily logged minutes/steps up to 6 days before the current date
• earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award from the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• earn certificates of improvement for regularly logging physical activity minutes or steps
• see fitness tips and exercise ideas so they can find new ways to be active

PE Central's LOG IT Program

Log It invites students, teachers, schools, classes, and parents to record their physical activity steps, miles, or kilometers online! Features include a virtual hike across the United States; feedback about daily goals; compare your progress to others; and you can view your weekly and monthly progress. Teachers must register their school and class first and then they can offer it to their students.

Kidnetic

Kidnetic.com is a Web site that communicates healthy eating and active living information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12 and their families. Kidnetic.com is intended to encourage kids and their families to begin the process of behavior change toward healthy lifestyles. Kidnetic.com is the first component of ACTIVATE, a healthy eating and active living initiative. ACTIVATE is committed to promoting healthy family lifestyles to help prevent kids from becoming significantly overweight and to reduce their risk of suffering from obesity-related chronic diseases as adults.

PE Central's Kids Quiz

The Kids Quiz is a daily online quiz which challenges kids under the age of 18 and tests their knowledge about nutrition, fitness, health, physical education, sports, and a host of other topics and trivia. Features include answering a question each day with the chance for both the students and the teacher at the school to win weekly prizes in a drawing. Come register now teachers so your kids can enjoy this fun and educational program.

Kid's Running Online (The K-12 Running Site)

The Kid's Running site for kids is an excellent page for kids (and parents/teachers) who are interested in running. Not only can kids see photos, learn about kids running events, answer questions, they can also read stories about running that other kids have contributed. The site is maintained by Carol Goodrow who is a first grade classroom teacher in Connecticut.

NCAA Basketball Kids Site

The NCAA has launched a new basketball site geared toward middle school students and teachers.

Junior Links

JuniorLinks.com is a site built for kids, their parents, and the dedicated people who facilitate, coordinate and sponsor programs for junior golf and the future of the game. Check out their cool Golf Trivia Game! Lots of fun.

BAM!

Aimed at youth ages 9 - 13, BAM! was created to answer kids' questions on health issues and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, tronger, and safer. BAM! also provides middle school health and science teachers with interactive activities that are educational and fun.

Kidnetic

Kidnetic.com is a Web site that communicates healthy eating and active living information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12 and their families. Kidnetic.com is intended to encourage kids and their families to begin the process of behavior change toward healthy lifestyles. Kidnetic.com is the first component of ACTIVATE, a healthy eating and active living initiative. ACTIVATE is committed to promoting healthy family lifestyles to help prevent kids from becoming significantly overweight and to reduce their risk of suffering from obesity-related chronic diseases as adults.

Sports Illustrated for Kids

Sports Illustrated has designed this site for intermediate/middle school age children interested in the latest information on the hottest sports. The site includes newsclips, puzzles, sports games, and comics.

Exploratorium: Sport Science

Learn how different sports really work from the scientific point of view. Included are baseball, surfing, skateboarding, etc. Lots of really cool stuff located at the Exploratorium Site. Have fun!

Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls

This colorful Centers for Disease Control site encourages young girls to take steps to promotes skeletal health. The site helps young girls understand the important contribution weight bearing physical activity makes to their health. Facts about bones and the importance of calcium to their development are given. There are interactive activities, such as a skeleton that shows the names of bones when the mouse is rolled over the words. Quizzes, interactive games, and relevant web sites are given to help girls learn the facts and test their ability to use the information to make informed decisions.

KidsHealth

This site helps parents, children, and professionals find answers to commonly asked health questions. Topics include the benefits of different types of vitamins, the food pyramid, healthy children's recipes, how to read food labels, and keeping fit. Children can also submit their own questions. Check out the "Childhood Infections" section under "Parents" for information about appendicitis, meningitis, mumps, and more. For a good laugh, be sure to read the entry for that most common of all childhood afflictions, cooties. A great site but be patient this site may take a little longer to download.

Dole 5 a Day

Based on the popular Dole 5 a Day CD Rom, this Web site, appropriate for elementary age children, uses fruit and vegetable characters to help children learn about the importance of eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables a day.

Kellogg's™ Nutrition Camp

At this site you can learn all about nutrition with the help of neat games and activities they provide. In the Professors Lab students learn about nutrition, reading labels, and there is an activity calculator which helps you understand how many calories you are burning during activities. NOTE: This site requires Netscape 3.0 or later or Internet Explorer 3.01 or later (with JavaScript enabled). It also requires a plug-in called Shockwave.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

The National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids has a wonderful web site geared to protect children from tobacco addiction. There are abbreviated articles and current events that deal with smoking issues with the bibliographies included. In the Kid's Corner, there is the opportunity for the children to learn the ABC's of what tobacco use can do to the body. It offers nice graphics and descriptions of the possible complications that can be caused by cigarette smoking. There is also a section of the current CDC Research, Data, and Reports.

Get Kids in Action

Kids will have fun exploring the site's "Actionland" with games designed to motivate them to spend more time on-the-move and introduce them to more ways to be active.