Health Education in Elementary School

School Health and Health Education

applications of radioactive material. In Soviet Russia, it was reported that when the average dose received by a worker exceeds 10 times the natural background level, he is granted a shorter working day and a longer annual holiday. A six-hour clay is operative in the case of work with nuclear reactors, with gamma ray radiography of metal and with radioactive luminous compound, etc. In the case ...

Research on Effective Teaching in Elementary School Physical Education

Exploring Multiple Representations in Elementary School Science Education

This paper presents ourfindings after thefirst year and a halfof a multi-year deployment of an ImmersaDeskB to a local elementary school, investigating its effectiveness in enhancing science education. These findings deal with how VR can aid in the coordination of multiple representations, and how to integrate the technology into the existing school culture.

Elementary school-based health center use.

BACKGROUND The number of school-based health centers (SBHCs) has grown from 40 in 1985 to >900 in 1996. During the 1996-1997 school year there were 914 SBHCs, 32% of which were located in elementary schools. Despite the relatively large number of elementary SBHCs in existence, SBHCs serving elementary-aged students are not adequately represented in the literature. OBJECTIVE To analyze physica...

Correlates of state enactment of elementary school physical education laws.

OBJECTIVE To describe variation in U.S. state elementary school physical education (PE) policies and to assess associations between state PE policy enactment and education funding, academic achievement, sociodemographic disadvantage, and political characteristics. METHODS U.S. state laws regarding school PE time, staffing, curriculum, fitness assessment, and moderate-to-vigorous physical acti...