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- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students examine how grains provide energy, vegetables provide healthy skin, hair and eyes, fruits help the body heal, milk builds strong bones and teeth, meat builds muscle and gives strength, and sweets, fats, and oils are high in calories. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students work in small groups researching different aspects of the sun and skin. The groups summarize and answer questions about the material in a presentation to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students explore a variety of factors that affect the health of the bone, muscle, and skin systems. Healthy lifestyle recommendations which include behaviors over which we have control are explored in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students participate in a discussion about how their personal behavior and the environment can have an impact on their skin. They work in small groups to discuss one of the healthy skin habits on their handouts. When finished, each group presents what they have learned to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students compare the perceived and actual risks of getting skin cancer, while looking at ways to minimize these risks. They may have very little grasp of the severity of the threat of skin cancer or be unaware of the increase in the incidence of melanoma since the early 1900s. Students conduct scientific investigations, they perform indoor and outdoor experiments that demonstrate the usefulness of different sunscreens for blocking ultraviolet light. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students create a brochure or poster focusing on how to protect your skin when participating in sports. Prior to the lesson, students recall the importance of skin, and its properties. Then they work in groups to read about protecting their skin while participating in a given sport. After all the groups have shared, students create a visual aid covering the potential risks to healthy skin during a sport that wasn't discussed, as well as ways to avoid these risks. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore how personal behavior can affect health, especially the health of your skin. They become better aware of how their personal behavior and the environment can have a considerable impact on their health in general. Students recognize that good health and longevity depend on keeping the body in good operating condition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students are able to recognize a wide variety of fruit and have a greater understanding as to the importance of fruit in their diet and that some fruits skin are edible and others are not. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students describe the objectives of the Department of Health and Human Services. They list the agencies within the Department that deal with health issues in America. Students explain the role of government in skin cancer prevention. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in a study of developing reading comprehension skills. This is done with the help of reading a newspaper about the health habits of children. The cross curricular health focus helps the students to comprehend the benefit of a healthy lifestyle. Full Review »
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