Essential Health Education Resources

SHAPE America’s new National Health Education Standards provide a comprehensive framework for educators to deliver high-quality instruction. Use the standards-based health education resources on this page to guide your skills-based health education instruction and make a difference in the health and well-being of your students!

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National Health Education Standards Educator Kit

Are you ready to dive into SHAPE America’s National Health Education Standards? This Educator Kit includes the National Health Education Standards, Rationale and Performance Indicators … and much more!

Learn what has changed in the new standards and get additional resources you can share with administrators, colleagues, parents, and the community!

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National HE Standards Side-by-Side Comparison

Use this comparison document as a reference to quickly identify some of the differences between the new SHAPE America National Health Education Standards (released in 2024) and the 2007 National Health Education Standards.

It includes the standards statements, along with their associated rationale statements and grade-span performance indicators (preK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12).

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Free health. moves. minds.® Health Education Resources

SHAPE America’s health. moves. minds.®, powered by Booster fundraiser helps you achieve more funds for your health and PE program, raises critical dollars to support school-wide projects and initiatives, and keeps students engaged with exclusive character content that teaches important life skills.

The program offers a broad range of educational materials, including the mini-posters highlighted below.

View more mini-posters and other educational resources from health. moves. minds.

All New!

Student-Friendly HE Standards Posters

These popular classroom tools for health and physical educators have been updated and redesigned to help students understand and use the new National Health Education Standards.

Each poster pack you select will include:

  • Student-friendly standards poster in English (available as 8.5x11 and 16x20)
  • Student-friendly standards poster in Spanish (available as 8.5x11 and 16x20)
  • Introductory guide to using the student-friendly standards poster, with suggested strategies for integrating standards-related language into daily lessons.

Poster packs are FREE for SHAPE America members and $4.99 for non-members.
Select the packs that best suit your needs!

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New Teacher Resource!

National HE Standards Bulletin Board Printables

Bulletin board printables are now available for the new National HE Standards.

Print, cut and laminate these printables and use them around your gym or classroom to enhance your instructional space — and reinforce what students are learning!

Each HE printables pack includes:

  • 8 large printables of the National HE Standards (one per 14x8.5 sheet)
  • Large printables of the performance indicators for the selected grade span (two indicators per 14x8.5 sheet)

Printables packs are FREE for SHAPE America members and $9.99 for non-members.
Select the packs that best suit your needs!

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