It is important to incorporate healthy habits into everyday life. These fun websites are worth checking out!
Exercise and the Brain
Dr. John Ratey - Assoc. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical Center School has done extensive, long-term research about how regular physical activity is not only good for your body, but makes your brain function better - and might combat anxiety and depression. Dr. John Ratey has discovered that exercise releases a special brain-nourishing protein - something he calls “Miracle-Gro for the brain.” The research means that exercise has added benefits for adults, but also for children and learning at school. We'll find out how increasing physical activity before and during school can help kids improve their grades, lower their anxiety levels and keep them healthy all at the same time.
· John Ratey's website
FITNESS TESTS 3rd - 5th Grade
Aerobic Capacity
Body Composition
Exercise and the Brain
Dr. John Ratey - Assoc. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical Center School has done extensive, long-term research about how regular physical activity is not only good for your body, but makes your brain function better - and might combat anxiety and depression. Dr. John Ratey has discovered that exercise releases a special brain-nourishing protein - something he calls “Miracle-Gro for the brain.” The research means that exercise has added benefits for adults, but also for children and learning at school. We'll find out how increasing physical activity before and during school can help kids improve their grades, lower their anxiety levels and keep them healthy all at the same time.
· John Ratey's website
- Lets MoveLet’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. "The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake.
First Lady Michelle Obama at the Let’s Move! launch on February 9, 2010 - My Pyramid MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you plan/ assess your food choices based on the AN class=Hyperlink__Char>Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- The Dairy Council
- Jump Rope for Heart Jump Rope For Heart (JRFH) is a national fundraising program sponsored jointly by AAHPERD and AHA. JRFH is a valuable program that promotes physical activity, heart healthy living, and community service to children.
FITNESS TESTS 3rd - 5th Grade
Aerobic Capacity
- PACER test
- Abdominal strength and endurance (curl-up)
- Trunk extensor strength and endurance (trunk lift)
- Upper body strength and endurance (push-up)
- Flexibility (back-saver, sit-and-reach, and shoulder stretch.)
Body Composition
- Body mass index (calculated from height and weight)