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• Cheerleading Stunts

  
  Gymnastic Classes — Authority: 136
  There are cheerleading clinics that train cheerleaders how to execute their stunts properly and effectively. Among the cheerleading stunts perfected throughout the years are toe touches, pikes, hurdlers and herkies. Toe touch is the most popular stunt and the easiest to execute. It s done by making one clean jump ...
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• What Sort of Exercise is Best for Children?

  
  Get Fit and Lose Weight in 2009 — Authority: 127
  We have often mentioned here at MotleyHealth.com that intensive exercise is better than gentle exercise to help you to lose weight. However, is there any scientific research to support this, and does the same rule apply to children?Well, we have just been informed that the University of the West of Scotland is ...
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• PA University requires Below 30 BMI or Take Physical Education

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  Lincoln Universitys recent decision to require students to undergo a physical examination before graduation has upset some students, the Lincolnian reports. If a students body mass index surpasses 30, he or she must complete a physical education class in order to graduate. Opponents of the requirement say the ...
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• Students balk at Obamacism (well, sorta…)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pennsylvania universitys requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned ...
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• Baroness Sue Campbell concerned over breadth of PE teaching and expertise

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Chair of Youth Sport Trust insists that concerns remain over breadth of PE teaching and expertise in primary schools.
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• Farther Than the Eye Can See

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 584
  If youre looking for an inspirational story to watch for yourself and or to share with your students, they dont get much better than this one. In 2001, Erik Weihenmeyer became the first blind person to summit Mount Everest . The story of his climb is told in the one hour movie embedded below.
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• School Physical Education Programs Suffer Budget Cut

  
  Weight Loss Surgery Channel — Authority: 424
  School physical education programs are taking a huge cut to their budget — causing a raise in obesity and violent behavior. Find out more on this week’s WLS News.A coalition called Up2Us recently finished a report showing that schools nationwide have suffered $2 billion in cuts on sports and physical education ...
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• Best of Us Challenge: PE classes get involved

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  Applications for Education The Best of Us Challenge provides a fun opportunity to get kids excited about physical education challenges and compete with some of the best athletes in the world. The Best of Us Challenge also provides an opportunity for students who may not fit into the typical "athlete" mold to ...
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• Mileage Club Motivates Runners

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  Palm City Elementary PE teachers program encourages kids to run for fitness and fun. http://www.tcpalm.com/videos/detail/students-get-running-mileage-club View the video of physical education teacher talking about motivating her students to run so that they will be successful at the mile run component in the ...
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• New Study: Daily PE Key to Improving Health

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The study, which identifies opportunities for adolescents to improve ...
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• Obesity and Lack of Physical Education Obstacles to Military Readiness

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  A recently released report, "Ready, Willing and Unable to Serve," states that the military had one of its best recruiting years since the draft ended in 1973. This is especially surprising since about 75 percent of the countrys 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible for military service, largely because they are poorly ...
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• Lubricant use ‘boosts sexual pleasure’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): Lubricant use during sexual activity alone or with a partner contributes to higher ratings of pleasurable and satisfying sex, a new study has revealed.Personal lubricants have long been recommended to women to improve the comfort of sexual intercourse and to reduce the risk of vaginal tearing, ...
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• Physical education improves health in low-income adolescents (Re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): A new study has shown that school-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities.Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley have found that regular participation in PE class is ...
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• Geography Awareness Week, November 15-21

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 500
  Geography Awareness week is sneaking up — November 15-21 . Got your special lesson plans ready, teachers ? Posted in Education, Geography - Economic, Geography - Physical, Geography - Political, Lesson plans Tagged: Education, geography, Geography Awareness Week, Lesson plans
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• Physical education improves health in low-income adolescents

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A new study has shown that school-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities.Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley have found that regular participation in PE class is ...
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• Surely we’ve found everything by now

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 500
  Well, no, we haven’t.  Nice little post by a photographer urging people to go look to see what they can find, with a brilliantly concise set of arguments about big things discovered just in the past few years. Nice photos, too — go see. Posted in Adventure, Education, Explorers and Exploration, Geography - ...
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• Featured Article: Can Physical Education Make You Smarter?

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  For some time, researchers have known that exercise changes the structure of the brain, resulting in improvements in concentration, fidgeting and creates new brain cells. The body-mind link is well documented. But current thinking and actions (like eliminating recess and physical education) leads me to question ...
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• A Fun Physical Education and Video Activity

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 584
  The International Olympic Committee in partnership with YouTube has launched a new site called The Best of Us Challenge . The Best of Us Challenge is designed to give average people a chance to test their unique athletic abilities against those of real Olympians. Through The Best of Us Challenge, participants ...
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• Homecoming at Oakland Tech

  
  The Education Report — Authority: 127
  Lillian Mongeau and Becky Palstrom from Oakland North , a UC Berkeley School of Journalism blog, captured a quintessential slice of high school life in an audio slideshow about the Oakland Technical High School homecoming game (and the basic rules of football). Mongeau took the photos, and Palstrom interviewed ...
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• New York Teacher

  
  Edwize — Authority: 423
  Highlights from the Oct. 29 issue of New York Teacher : The DOE’s new on-street parking placards for school staff, which will take effect on Nov. 1, will be given out using a new formula this year. Teachers and other school staff should be among the groups given preference for the swine flu vaccine if they ...
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