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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

SHAPE America

Learn how to identify their target heart rate zone (and understand why staying within that zone can improve cardiovascular endurance). She is a National Board Certified Teacher and the 2025 SHAPE America National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Follow her on social media @playwithpurpose60.

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Walking for Life: One Step at a Time

Gopher Sport

Walking can also elevate our heartrates and improve our cardiovascular fitness with lower impact than running or other activities. This was developed for middle school students (grades 6-8), it is easily adapted and would be encouraged for all ages, especially secondary schools. What to Teach?

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Healing with Heart: Monica Patino’s Mission in Support of Latinx Families

Stanford Childrens

She’d wanted to be a nurse from the time she was growing up in Colombia and had the chance to shadow a nurse at a hospital when she was in middle school. I was the only Spanish-speaking child at my school, and it was a huge transition. “It But she had an uphill battle after moving to Ohio from Colombia when she was 12. “I

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Bodyweight Bootcamp Workouts For Physical Education

PLT4M

One bodyweight bootcamp workout can build cardiovascular endurance, upper body and lower body muscular strength and endurance, mobility, core strength, and more. PLT4M has a full library of bodyweight bootcamp workouts and hundreds of other middle school and high school lesson plans , but here are three free workouts to sample in your class!

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FITT Principle For Physical Education

PLT4M

Was our Tuesday session focused on cardiovascular activity or muscular strength? These units and topics can be utilized for high school pe lesson plans and middle school pe lesson plans. Is PLT4M standard aligned? Yes, PLT4M helps align to all shape standards. Or a mix of both?

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Get Your Child Ready for School With a Yearly Well Visit

Stanford Childrens

Your child receives preventive care, including vaccines and screenings for vision, hearing, dental, and cardiovascular health.” As kids get older and start attending middle school or high school, your pediatrician will continue assessing their physical growth, such as puberty and other milestones.

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