Students practice the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics on baseball cards. In this baseball math lesson, students use fractions and estimation to calculate statistics. Students calculate batting...

Students discover their body weight and composition. In this health lesson, students use a body mass indicator to identify their percentage of body fat. Students develop an exercise plan and record progress throughout a month.

Young mathematicians represent recorded information in decimal form. In this decimals lesson, learners play a "classroom friendly" basketball game in which pupils take 10 shots. Number of shots made out of 10 is recorded as a fraction...

Students take personal fitness inventories. In this personal health instructional activity, students take measurements of their heights and weights. Students record the data, calculate their BMI, and then chart their physical activity.

Incorporate writing into your physical education class. In groups, learners unscramble a list of words related to exercise and use them in their journal writings. Using their name, they write one word related to physical activity that...

Students view a segment of Futures With Jaime Escalante showing the application of math in basketball, and they try to find some of these applications in a tape of a game played by their home school. This fun instructional activity...

Students analyze data from the Iditarod race. In this data analysis lesson, students work in pairs to analyze data and answer several questions such as, "what is the difference in the rate of travel" and "how much more prize money does...

Third graders practice exercise.  In this physical fitness instructional activity, 3rd graders participate in a variety of activities at fitness stations.  Students run laps, jump rope, perform chin-ups, sit-ups, etc. 

Students examine the external variables that affect a downhill skier in the quest for speed. They access websites imbedded in this plan to become ski teams competing against one another. Each team presents results of all experiments.

Analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors in health through the use of pedometers and daily walking/jogging logs with this activity. The key focus is in dealing with obesity and how small steps can help...

In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts.

After studying the USA TODAY Snapshot? "West Nile killing more people,"students will compare the number of West Nile cases in the United States over the past three years. From the data, percent increases and decreases from year to year...

This article provides the percentages of parents and teens that talk about sexual relations, why some teens choose not to talk about it, and how it impacts their lives. This site is important for both parents and teens because lack of...

A patient discusses diabetes and how he manages his carbohydrate intake in this video segment from TV 411.

At this site from HealthCheck Systems you can click on the names of your favorite fast food places to see the "healthier" food choices they provide. Check out the calorie, fat, protein, and carbohydrate content for each food choice.

Use your knowledge of spreadsheets to analyze the calories and fat content of fast food choices. This project gives links to a USDA site and a final report format. A sample spreadsheet and grading rubric is also provided.

Learn about body mass index and how this number affects your overall health. Then plug in your own data to find your BMI.

Kids learn about statistics in basketball such as assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, and shooting percentage.

This article discusses that despite efforts of the U.S. to increase iron levels in children by introducing iron fortified foods, there is still a percentage of children found to be iron deficient.

At this website from Turnstep, find brief responses to several questions on aerobic activity and training, workout intensity, exercise-related injury, proper eating, and ideal weight. Questions include: "What is aerobic exercise?" "How...