The 2004 Olympic Summer Games may be several months away, but preparations have been going on for many months, and the city of Athens is looking forward to hosting its first official Olympic Games competition since 1896. As one might expect, the site's main page offers a veritable cornucopia of information on visiting Athens, accommodations, ticket information, and a special area designed for...

Education World (reported on in the February 22, 2002 _NSDL Scout Report for the Physical Sciences_) is a website that intended to be "a home for educators on the Internet, a place where teachers could gather and share ideas." This section of Education World provides information on grants and awards available for teachers. There are currently a number of web resources listed on scholarship and...

Let's Move! is the U.S government website that supports First Lady Michelle Obama's goal to "solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation." The Department of Education, the USDA, and the Department of Health and Human Services have teamed up to tackle the problem, and they have all made significant contributions to the website. Visitors will find that the website is organized into...

According the website, PE Central is "the most widely used Web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students." With over 2,000 physical education and health lesson plans and a slew of other resources, the site has much to offer health and PE teachers, as well as parents, guardians, and others concerned with the health of children. After scouting the lesson plans, readers...

For the physical education teachers who are on the look out for fresh perspectives and new activities that will engage their students and liven up their days, the Utah Education Network has provided dozens of resources that can do just that. On the site, lessons plans are organized by grade, starting with third grade and moving one grade at a time up to the eighth grade (for Kindergarten, first,...