This is a great website for students who want to learn more about staying healthy. One of the advantages about this site is the large array of topics that it has from ways to stay healthy to ways to avoid injury during physical activity. Students can go here to find a plethora of information about physical activity. However, I would recommend this for students who are closer to English proficiency because it lacks the basic simple sentence structures that many early English Learners depend on. Though it has a unique concept! It as a button which allows you to switch the website to Spanish! This is great for parents who want to get information along with students who can use the Spanish website to compare to the English in order to learn concept and terms that may be unknown. Another great quality of the website is the “play it safe” tab which allows for students to get specific instructions on how to keep safe during physical activity. I think this is very helpful for younger students and especially teachers who want to emphasize the importance of staying safe during physical activity.
This website is great for older children who want to explore the reasons of staying physically fit. In fact, students can read about ideas they can enforce in order to get their school to become proactive. More importantly, the website emphasizes the importance of communication and social interaction when undergoing physical activity. This is great for second language learners because they are encouraged to use language in order to create relationships with others while staying physically active. The website even has downloadable “fact sheets” which give statistics about reasons for physical activity. The teacher can make a list of true and false questions that students can use this website to find the answers. The negative to this website is that it focus mostly on staying healthy and less emphasis on physical activity although there is some good advice concerning that issue.
getkidsinaction.org
This website is wonderful because it is simple and concise which is great for second language learners and younger children. The navigation allows for easy links and clearly defined “kids” and “parents” sections. Kids can read about what BMI is and even tips for staying physically fit along with suggestions on how to stay active on a rainy day. More importantly, it offers facts about why staying physically fit is important and definitions of terms that are often used when describing fitness. Therefore, teachers can use this site to teach students about definitions such as BMI and Calorie intake. The only negative is the lack of pictures and/or diagrams. I feel that those are beneficial to students and second language learners. Otherwise, there is a lot of good information on the site to guide students towards a better understanding of physically fit lives.
exploratorium.edu/
This site is great for science teachers or physical education teachers who want to explain the science behind being fit. I like this site because it gives a whole new outlook on staying physically fit. In fact, it is great for students of all ages and also for SLL because the information is shown through videos. More importantly, it dissects the different aspects of certain sports and helps students learn more about them. With such a large array of videos on different sports, students could use this site to figure out what sport they are most interested in. Teachers could ask students to pick a sport and later to research on how this sport keeps them physically fit. Doing this would allow students to research something they feel connected to along with allowing them to flourish under their own decision making. The limitation of this site is that it does not offer many facts about staying physically fit, however it does allow for students to make an informed decision on a sport they’d like to try.
(evaluated by Jennifer Ramos)
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