Health Lesson Plans

What is your attitude on health and illness? By considering their own experiences, students will reflect on and discuss their attitudes toward health and illness while educating each other by researching illnesses in small groups, creating a handbook, and writing response papers. The final activity will be to complete a survey. Tip: Add a pre-survey and compare results.

By examining harmful health and hygiene practices, teens will be able to determine what is best for their body. Advertisers for health/hygiene products will also be evaluated for "best interest" criteria. The class will begin by answering a series of questions, in teams or whole group. Following the discussion young scholars will be given a homework worksheet to further evaluate their understanding. This resource could be subjective or viewed as a sensitive area of study.

Options for public and privately funded health care is a valuable debate for students to follow and learn from. They can use their research to take part in a Town Hall Meeting using facts and style. They will contact the representatives advocating a policy or write an individual follow up to the Town Hall Meeting detailing their personal opinion.

Identify the different types of graphs and when they are used. Learners will research a specific health issue facing teens today. They then develop a survey, collect and analyze data and present their findings in class.  This is a lesson on mathematical techniques, but a collaboration with another subject area teacher would be useful to the students.

Determine the validity of health information and advertisements. 5th graders will take on-line quizzes aimed at dispelling health myths, determine where to get trustworthy information, and, with their parents, evaluate advertisements for health products or services.

The Bubonic Plague is a fascinating study. Your class will discover the causes and effects of the plague and how it was spread. Additionally, they will learn how the spread of the plague helped people understand the importance of good health habits. 

Examine global health issues and the philanthropic efforts of Bill Gates. Working in groups, your class will research selected diseases focusing on symptoms, transmission, and prevention. They also conclude by writing grant proposals to help eliminate worldwide diseases.

Investigate the primary causes for the increase in overweight youth and discover its impact on the health care system. After watching segments from the Bill Moyers Now program, they develop campaigns to implement in school that combat obesity and promote physical activity.

Students use online tools and resources to examine data concerning key indicators of the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the factors that affect it. They examine efforts to preserve and restore the bay's health.

Students use online tools and resources to examine data concerning key indicators of the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the factors that affect them. They examine how industrial and residential runoff affects the bay.