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Volume 8, Number 2

DPA in your Class

This issue outlines how different jurisdictions from across Canada implement DPA programs in their regions along with some terrific activity suggestions for your classroom.

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Volume 8, Number 2

Health Promoting Schools Part II

This edition will provide classroom lesson plans and tips on creating a healthy environment, support services, and social supports for health promoting schools.

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Volume 8, Number 1

Championing QDPE and RAP

This issue revisits a document by Graham Fisburne and Clive Hickson from the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta (What is the Relationship Between Physical Education and Physical Activity?) and examines where QDPE is today.

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Volume 8, Number 1

Health Promoting Schools Part I

This issue is designed to provide a wide variety of classroom lesson plans, plus offer tips for health promoting schools.

 

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Volume 7, Number 3

Icebreakers and Warm-Up Activities

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Volume 7, Number 3

Impact of Media on Children and Youth

This issue addresses both the positive and negative influences that today's media and information sources have on students.

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Volume 7, Number 2

Icebreakers and Warm-Up Activities

activities the teacher has the opportunity to create a positive environment where each student is “ready to learn”. Icebreakers and warm-ups can be just as valuable in the classroom as in the gymnasium or on the playing field.

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Volume 7, Number 2

Body Piercing and Tattooing

This edition focuses on health issues related to body piercing and tattooing. It provides important considerations when dealing with these issues and provides interesting facts and activities that can be used in your health education class.

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Volume 7, Number 1
2005 Year of Sport and Physical Education
The Year of Sport and Physical Education is a great opportunity to celebrate physical education with your students. But once the Year is over, don’t lose the momentum! Help “Keep the Physical in Education” by using the ideas in this issue of The Clipboard in other years to facilitate themed-activity weeks.
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Volume 7, Number 1
Bullying Prevention
Teachers need to be aware of the
critical impact bullying has on students and implement strategies to reduce bullying. This issue will provide some practical anti-violence resources such as bullying facts, lesson plans, websites, and extracurricular ideas to promote a safe and positive school environment.

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2004   2004  
Volume 6, Number 3
Physical Activity Across the Curriculum
This issue offers suggestions to incorporate physical activity as a motivational tool. Using physical activity, students can learn concepts in various subject areas. Physical Education teachers can also use physical activity to reinforce learning in all other subject areas.
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Self-Esteem and Body Image
This issue focuses on self-esteem and body image issues with children and youth, and offers practical ideas and resources for promoting healthy behaviours among young people.
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Volume 6, Number 2
Teaching Dance
A program in Physical Education is not a balanced program unless elements of dance are included as integral parts of the curriculum. We hope that this issue will inspire all teachers to include dance as part of the Physical Education program.
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Youth Engagement
This issue focuses on youth development as it relates to school health. It offers some important considerations when dealing with youth development and some interesting activities that can be used in your classroom.
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Volume 6, Number 1
Teaching Games for Understanding
This issue aims to provide you
with some practical ways to teach
games to your students.
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Healthy Classroom Part 2
This issue offers a wide variety of classroom lesson plans, plus some extra-curricular activities that you can do to work towards the development of a healthy school.
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Volume 5, Number 3

Fun Fitness Activities
This issue of addresses the concern of physical inactivity and children by alerting teachers to the fact that fitness can be fun!

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Volume 5, Number 3
Environmental Health

This issue of focuses on environmental health issues, and offers practical ideas and resources for promoting healthy behaviours among young people.

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Volume 5, Number 2
One of the newest resources to hit the CAHPERD bookshelf is JUMP2bFIT, a comprehensive rope skipping activity and fitness program that is linked to school physical education curricula.
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Diabetes Education
This issue focuses on diabetes education in the classroom. Type 2 diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate and therefore we need to educate our children about the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles.
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Volume 5, Number 1
Lead-Up Games
This issue provides teachers with examples of lead-up games in a variety of games and sports.
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Mental Health
This issue focuses on mental health issues with youth, and suggests practical ideas and resources for promoting healthy behaviours among young people.
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Volume 4, Number 3
Getting Started
This Clipboard is for the teacher who is new or inexperienced at teaching away from the classroom and in the gym or on the playing field.

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AIDS Education
This issue focuses on AIDS and HIV education, and offers practical ideas and resources for promoting healthy behaviours among young people. It considers some of the important facts and issues around AIDS education, and provides activities that can be used in your health education class.
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Volume 4, Number 2
Cooperative Game - Learning for Life
Some of the most important life skills to be learned are the value of participation, the joy of effort, cooperation, communication, sharing, and teamwork.
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Tobacco Use Prevention
It is important to educate children and youth about the hazardous effects of tobacco use, particularly since most addicted smokers begin before the age of 15 years.
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Volume 4, Number 1
Multi-cultural Games
Adding multicultural games to a physical education curriculum is an excellent way to provide students with the opportunity to acknowledge, appreciate and experience the cultures and traditions of people from around the world.

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Building a Health Promoting Classroom
This special issue offers practical ideas and resources for generalist teachers from grades K-6 who are just beginning their career. It will also be useful to more experienced teachers who are looking for new ways to integrate health education into their classroom.
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Volume 3, Number 1
Play Days
Play Days are an ideal end-of-year celebration, beginning-of-the-year “get acquainted” activity, and also make great special events (Olympic Days, Spirit Days), holiday events (Pumpkin Days, Easter Egg Hunt, Reindeer Relays) and seasonal activities (Spring Fling, Winterfest).
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Substance Abuse Prevention
This issue focuses on substance abuse prevention. It offers practical ideas and resources for promoting healthy behaviours among young people, considers some of the important facts and issues around substance abuse, and provides excellent activities that can be used in your health education class.
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