Welcome to the Using FFL section for teachers!
Find your grade level below (Elementary, Middle School, or High School) and use the links provided to find information to help you successfully implement the Fitness for Life program. We’ve included downloads, video and audio samples, and useful web links. You may also want to check out the section for Wellness Coordinators.
Elementary School
Tools You Will Use as a Teacher
The Fitness for Life: Elementary School Classroom Guide books and Physical Education Lesson Plan book, with their accompanying DVDs and CDs, include all the information you need to implement the program successfully. To review basic information about program resources and view sample content, go to the Elementary School Program section.
Extra Ideas, Games and Activities
We have gathered some of the best physical activity, nutrition, and wellness related web sites and put them all in one place. Here you will find resources, games and activities, ideas for the classroom, and information supporting the importance of a good health and wellness program in our schools. Select a category, or browse through them all.
For Kids
Games and Activities
Nutrition
Childhood Obesity
Physical Activity
Principal Benefits
Resources
All web links
Additional Resources
Answers to Worksheets 3-1 and 3-2
How are MyPyramid and the Physical Activity Pyramid for Kids used in the FFL: Elementary School program?
How did you develop the Fitness for Life: Elementary School program?
Answered by senior author Chuck Corbin in his own words.
Middle School
Test Bank, Mount Fitness, and Tour de Fitness
Teachers and administrators in school systems that have adopted Fitness for Life: Middle School can use the protected-access Test Bank to create customized chapter and unit tests based on the Fitness for Life: Middle School student text and Fitness for Life: Middle School Teacher’s Guide. You also have open access to two online computer games, Mount Fitness and Tour de Fitness, that provide a fun way to review key health-related fitness concepts with your students:
Online Test Bank
Mount Fitness
Tour de Fitness
Games and Activities
Additional Information
MyPyramid: Supplementing Student Text Content (download)
Equipment List for Fitness for Life: Middle School (download)
PAR-Q: Making sure students are ready for physical education (download)
High School
Test Bank, Online Study Guide, and online supplemental content
For teachers and administrators in school systems that have adopted the high school Fitness for Life text, you can use the protected-access Test Bank to create customized chapter and unit tests based on the student text and the Fitness for Life Wraparound Teacher’s Edition and Resources Kit.
Another excellent learning tool for students, and instructional aid for teachers, is the Online Study Guide (OSG). This open-access resource is designed to help all students master the content in the student text. It’s also helpful for students who may need to make up assignments they have missed due to absence, or as an independent study tool. Easy to follow instructions are found in the “Teacher Information” section within the Online Study Guide.
The OSG not only helps students review key information from the student text, it also allows teachers to assign work and students to complete work electronically--review questions, self-assessments, physical activities, application worksheets, and other typical assignments.
The Supplemental online content is an open-access resource that expands on the content found in the Fitness for Life high school text. Web pointers throughout the student text identify pages within the supplemental online content where students can find out more about a topic. And when external links are referenced, you can be assured the sources have been verified for accuracy.
Online Test Bank
Online Study Guide
Supplemental Online Content
Additional Information
MyPyramid: Supplementing Student Text Content (download)
Equipment List for Fitness for Life: High School (download)
PAR-Q: Making sure students are ready for physical education (download)
