Help children understand various health topics with these resources from ARTHUR FAMILY HEALTH. Dealing with health issues can be challenging and sometimes scary. Arthur and his friends are here to help with games, videos, and resources designed to keep children safe and strong.
This video helps children maintain balance in their lives by finding their own physical balance. Following along with their instructor, children use leg and core strength to do multiple poses to achieve physical and mental balance. [3:49]
This video introduces a set of lessons in physical activity based on an exhibition at the Children's Museum of Houston. The lessons can be adapted and can provide inspiration to help kids be physically active. The complete teacher's guide can be downloaded, or individual lessons. [3:02]
Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes various types of practice and homework questions that help students understand—and apply—key concepts. The 2nd edition has been revised to incorporate clearer, more current, and more dynamic explanations, while maintaining the same organization as the first edition. Art and illustrations have been substantially improved, and the textbook features additional assessments and related resources.
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Explain the different ways natural selection can shape populations
Describe how these different forces can lead to different outcomes in terms of the population variation
This Kindergarten through 5th grade Kids in Motion activity surrounds a theme children love-their birthday! Surrounding a theme children love, their birthdays, students will exercise, move and stretch in way you might while celebrating a birthday. With the teacher as a model and director, students use various psychomotor skills to exercise their way through a birthday celebration. [9:56]
In this 3rd through 5th grade brain break video, students act out different movements, using their psychomotor skills, found in sports. [5:56]
Join us to learn about different breathing and stretching techniques. Following along with their instructor, children take ocean breaths and move their arms in various motions to follow along with their breath in order to calm and center themselves. [3:47]
Meet Clubhouse Expert Lewis Major, a naturalist who teaches kids about the great outdoors. In this segment, kids enjoy canoeing and learn that teamwork is required for steering. [2:10]
Learn that food and physical activity affect how we feel. Healthy choices help us to feel good and to perform at our best! [1:00]
In this video, children learn about teamwork and trust as they work together to complete physically and mentally tough challenges while on a ropes course. [3:02]
Sid the Science Kid thinks the "best idea in the world" is to watch TV all weekend long, but his parents teach him the importance of exercise in this video clip. Sid learns that without movement, our bodies get extremely tired, so it's important to remain active. [0:58]
If you love hockey - or are just curious about hockey - you will really like this site. There is a lot of information about the components of hockey. You can learn what equipment is necessary, how slapshots are made, and how to skate like a hockey player.
This Kindergarten through 5th grade activity puts a spin on traditional bingo. Each student gets a fitness bingo card. Finding a new partner for each exercise, students will do the exercise then sign their partner's paper. Students will continue this until all spots have been filled. [7:51]
This video captures children and their yoga instructor working as a group to complete various yoga poses. Together, they use their whole bodies to stretch, breathe and improve posture with moves that involve using the people next to them. [3:38]
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey encourages kids to go outside and exercise. Keeping our body healthy provides energy and is a great way to love ourselves. [0:45]
Learn about the functions of our bones and muscles and their importance in helping us move. [1:00]
Some people know that exercising is beneficial, but still find reasons why it isn't a priority. This article relates the importance of exercising and how it can improve your mind and body. Links to similar sites are provided as well.
