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Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1999
Children who hate gym grow into adults who associate physical activity with ridicule and humiliation. Physical education is reinventing itself, stressing enjoyable activities that continue into adulthood: aerobic dance, weight training, fitness walking, mountain biking, hiking, inline skating, karate, rock-climbing, and canoeing. Cooperative,…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Cooperative Learning, Dance, Educational Change
Download full textCenter for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (DHHS/CDC), Atlanta, GA. – 2000
This guide encourages people to create safe walking and biking routes to school, promoting four issues: physically active travel, safe and walkable routes to school, crime prevention, and health environments. The chapters include: "KidsWalk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School" (Is there a solution? Why is walking to school important?…
Descriptors: Bicycling, Child Health, Child Safety, Crime Prevention
