Fun Zone

Pass the Plate from the Disney Channel

http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/passtheplate/

Learn about bananas, fish, rice, tomatoes, mangos, or spinach from kids around the world. Start with the videos and then look at the recipes, activities, and more. It’s lots of fun.

Go get active. Try something new. Be your best.

www.gotrybe.com

The first completely interactive health and fitness Web site for kids – elementary, middle, and high school. Here you can get active, learn about being healthy, and fun doing it.

From Sesame Street

www.sesameworkshop.org/initiatives/health/healthyhabits

This site is more for parents, but where else can you watch Grover’s Monster Workout Video or The Get Healthy Now Show starring Elmo, The Count, and The Not Yet Ripe Fruit and Vegetable Players.

Get your own locker at school

www.learntobehealthy.org/kids/index.aspx

Interactive health information and tips. In addition to eating and exercise, this site contains information on the five senses, tobacco and inhalants, adolescence, and dental health.

Move more with Kidnetic.com

www.kidnetic.com

Check out this website for great ideas to get moving and have fun.  There is also great information about nutrition too.  One of KidShape’s favorite parts of this website is Move Mixer where you can design your own dance and then get your grove on and dance.

Be a Wisenhimer

The most visited site on the web for kid’s health

http://kidshealth.org/kid/

This is really a terrific site . . . with games, quizzes, movies, and more

Play 'The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective'

www.kp.org/amazingfooddetctive

An online video game in both English and Spanish that helps you eat healthier, get more active, and manage how you spend your time in front of the computer and television. From Kaiser Permanente.

Everything you want to know about the food guide pyramid

www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html

This is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) website that is all about the food guide pyramid. It includes tips, posters, and an interactive computer game where you can reach Planet Power by fueling your rocket with food and physical activity.

The CDC has a site for you (That’s Centers for Disease Control -- your tax dollers at work)

Get a certificate for exercising

www.powerofprevention.com/kids_home.php

Power of Prevention (POP) Challenge for kids is where you can pledge to exercise five days a week for 30 minutes per day. You can also find out more about good health. It contains a link to the President’s Challenge Program.

Move more with a pedometer and America on the Move

http://aom.americaonthemove.org

Have you ever used a pedometer?  You can wear a pedometer to track the number of steps you take each day.  Everyone should aim for at least 10,000 steps a day.  The America on the Move website is a great place to track your progress with your pedometer along interactive trails.  For example you can input your daily steps and track your progress along the Great Wall of China.  Challenge your family or your classmates and see who can reach the end of the trail first.

Meet teens who have struggled to get healthy

http://www.getfitgetright.org/#

This site will help you get fit and get right. Check out videos, blogs and profiles of teens who have taken the challenge to become healthier and hear about their struggles and their successes. Share your own stories and interact with other youth on the road to living healthier. The goal for the site is to help you feel good about yourself by finding creative solutions for the difficult challenges you face; educate and empower you, and help you learn to adopt and sustain healthier behaviors by increasing physical activity, drink more water, and make better nutrition choices. Created by the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Are you ready to make your life an adventure?

http://teens.sparkpeople.com

SparkTeens.com says that it is the web’s only fitness and nutrition program just for teens. Chris Downie, the founder, strongly believes that by following the SparkTeens program, you will take charge of your life and reach more goals than you ever thought possible.

Explore the world of nutrition

www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/main.asp

The National Dairy Council’s website has games, contests, and information. 

If you or a friend has a disability . . . or if you want to be a friend to someone with a disability

http://old.nichcy.org/kids/index.htm

Zigawhat is a Web site for learning, connecting, growing, coping, and fun for young people with disabilities and their peers. Zigawhat is maintained by the folks at NICHCY.

Do you want to train for a marathon?

http://www.studentsrunla.org

People of all shapes, sizes and ages can successfully complete a marathon with the proper training.  If you attend a middle school or high school in southern California and are interested in exploring training for a marathon, check out this website.