Ophea
Applying Physical & Health Literacy
Raise teenagers' awareness about the importance of living an active life and staying physically fit by using this short health video. Starting with a series of facts about the negative consequences of physical...
Ophea
Exploring Physical & Health Literacy
Help students discover the importance of physical fitness with this health literacy video. Beginning with a comparison of the choices made by two fictional teenagers, this resource continues on to explore the basic...
Ophea
Introduction to Physical & Health Literacy
Support children in living fun, active, and healthy lives with a video on physical and health literacy. Whether its learning basic skills like running, jumping, and throwing, or making healthy choices about the foods they eat,...
Curated OER
How to Shoot a Basketball
Is it time to start your basketball unit in your physical education class? Introduce it with this video on how to shoot a basketball. Photos of NBA players and step-by-step instructions are provided.
Curated OER
How to Set a Volleyball
Use this video to introduce your physical education students to the basics of volleyball. The student athletes in this video show viewers step-by-step instructions on how to set a volleyball.
National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability
How To: Choose a Wheelchair
If you have a student who must use a wheelchair throughout the school day, you may want to offer this video as a resource for both their enrichment as well as a means of support. Mary Allison Cook, a young 27-year old woman who has used...
Curated OER
Your Amazing Body
Why is it important to keep your body healthy? Watch this video and learn how! It focuses on exercise, muscles, bones, and proper nutrients. This is a great video to watch before your next physical education activity.
TED-Ed
How Playing Sports Benefits Your Body ... and Your Brain
Exercising is undeniably beneficial for our brains and bodies. But how do these benefits compare to the participation and joining of a sports team? Watch an educational video to discover the psychological and health benefits of...
Sesame Street
Jennifer Garner: Stretch
Jennifer Gardner and Elmo stretch in this film. This is a great way to introduce the idea of exercise and the importance of Health .
TED-Ed
What's the Big Deal with Gluten?
Is gluten-free just a fad? What is gluten anyway, and why can't some of us process it? This is the perfect video to break down the anatomy of gluten and the various diseases and symptoms caused by the notorious protein, as...
SciShow
Performance Enhancing Drugs
There is science behind the adage, "Cheaters never prosper!" Biochemistry or physical education classes find out how steroids, blood doping, and other performance-enhancing methods claim to work, and how unreliable and even dangerous...
Curated OER
Amy Poehler: Exercise
Elmo encourages exercise. He asks Miss Amy how she likes to exercise. Amy likes to dance, so she and Elmo dance to stay fit.
ABCmouse
My Body
Listen and watch as two young acrobats sing about, and point to body parts—head, knees, mouth, nose, and more!
TED-Ed
Radioactivity: Expect the Unexpected
Several radioactive concepts are explained with the help of animated atoms, complete with their own facial expressions. As physical science pupils watch, they learn about gaining or losing atomic particles, alpha and beta particles, and...
TED-Ed
The Science of Macaroni Salad: What's in a Mixture?
Mix things up in your physical science class by introducing mixtures. The three types are defined: suspension, colloid, and solution. It all depends on the size and type of the involved particles. With attractive animation and an...
Curated OER
Five Ways to Exercise
Push-ups, crunches, sit-ups, jumping jacks, and planks are five easy ways to exercise without having to leave the room. These are great exercises to get your students moving on a rainy day inside.
Curated OER
Basic Moves in Volleyball
Learn how to properly execute basic volleyball moves: bump, set, spike, overhand serve, and underhand serve. A student demonstrates each move with subtitles. Note: There is no audio.
Curated OER
What Makes a Champion
Jorja and Jonita simulate a sports newscast to broadcast what it takes to become an athletic champion. Colorful animations throughout this video make it creatively entertaining.
TED-Ed
The Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep
It's well known that people should get eight hours of sleep each night, but exactly why is that? Follow along with this short video as it investigates the crucial role sleep plays not only in peoples' physical health, but...
Sesame Street
Jumping
Exercise is key to a healthy lifestyle. Grover shows that exercise can be easy and fun to do. He asks his friend to demonstrate how jumping can be a way to exercise.
Sesame Street
Victoria Exercises
Introduce the importance of exercise using this video. Victoria and Murray discuss their favorite ways to exercise. Victoria does jumping jacks. Members of your class can share, or demonstrate their favorite exercises.
Sesame Street
Wanda Sykes Exercises with Elmo
Wanda Sykes plays a game like Simon Says with Elmo in this clip. Together they show how exercise can be fun and a normal part of your daily routine.
PBS
Real-Life Math | Athletic Trainer
The lesson is sure to get scholars' blood pumping. An athletic trainer highlights some uses of math in athletic training in a heart-pumping video. After watching it, pupils get together in groups to measure their resting heart rates and...
PBS
Hot Shots and Hot Jobs: Biomechanical Engineering of a Nano-Tattoo
The job of the biomechanical engineer is to figure out how physical forces influence living organisms. The narrator describes the education needed, while a fascinating video shows how engineers develop tattoos that can control remote...