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Alkaline-Earth Metals
Young scholars study the importance of alkaline earth metals. In this metals lesson students research the minerals that are essential for human health.
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DISARTICULATED SKELETON
For this anatomy worksheet, 8th graders cut out the different parts of the skeleton and then put them back together and label it with the help of the example.
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Watch Your Mouth
Students explore the effects of tooth loss to their bodies. In this oral health lesson students complete several activities that help them determine how tooth loss effects nutrition, facial structure and jaw bones.
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They Don't Just Eat Grass
Students explore and examine different types of feed used for livestock. They discuss types of feed, the need for energy and health, and create graphs of food compared to categories. Students organize data and complete worksheets on...
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Mirror: Worksheet A, Great Figures
For this health worksheet, students identify celebrities who have a variety of body types. They write their feelings when seeing another person who is fat. They list people they admire, and list three characteristics that make a person...
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Dietary Rules
Healthy eating habits is the focus of this resource. Learners discuss fat and cholesterol, caloric needs, and the importance of exercise. There is a worksheet and a handout of dietary guidelines to supplement the information provided.
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Prehistoric People's Health
In this history of medicine learning exercise, students read the statements about prehistoric health. Students write true or false for the statements and use evidence to support the statements.
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Dictation: Health
In this English dictation worksheet, students take dictation from a passage concerning health.
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Piece of Meat Drawing
in this coloring worksheet, students study a picture of a piece of meat with a bone. Students color the picture. There are no directions on this page.
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Vitamin D and Me
Students create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, students will create menus...
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Be Kind to Your Teeth
What kinds of food can be bad for your teeth? Kindergartners and first graders explore dental health with an interactive science inquiry. Given a choice of foods such as celery, cake, and milk, kids choose which ones are better for their...
Choose My Plate
MyPlate Crossword Puzzle
Reinforce food group facts with a crossword puzzle that highlights healthy nutrition and cooking habits as presented by the MyPlate eating recommendations.
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Serving Up My Plate
Within three nutrition-themed, inquiry-based learning opportunities, pupils take notice of their eating habits; delve deep into the five food groups, gain experience in planning meals, participate in a taste test, and explore ads from...
Cooking Matters
Make Your Plate a Rainbow
Different colored foods provide various benefits to different parts of the body. For example, purple fruits and vegetables can boost your memory. The instructional activity incorporates the concept of healthy eating into drawing,...
Ohio National Guard
Emotional Intelligence
Guide young learners through the tumultuous emotions of growing up with a set of worksheets about self-esteem and empathy. Each worksheet focuses on a different skill, allowing youngsters to work through their feelings and relate to...
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Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement
Students examine how muscles can work together with joints. In this movement lesson students use a marionette to observe how muscles work.
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Quest For A Cure Wordsearch
In this health activity, students find the words associated with the disease of cancer and the answers are found when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Lunch Choices, The Happy Game
This interactive PowerPoint covers 5 decisions to be made by the audience about their lunchbox and meal choices. The teacher advances the slide and reveals the answer with cartoon 'happy or 'yuck' faces. Reasons are given for both the...
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What is Going on with Grandma?
Pupils individually determine what they need to know about osteoporosis and how they will find that information. They share their thoughts with a partner before moving on to share with the class. The class arrives at a list of a set of...
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Healthy Kids: Creating Safe Communities And Schools
Students create a safety poster in small groups after a discussion on playground safety issues. They concentrate on bike safety, skating safety and general playground safety. After sharing the posters with the class they role-play safety...
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Your Energy Out
What kinds of physical activity should youngsters do more of? What kind of activities should they do enough of? What kind of activities should they do less of? Studies say that children should be doing about an hour of vigorous activity...
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Nutrition in Me!
Third graders explain the basic healthy eating and physical activity concepts. In this healthy lifestyles lesson, 3rd graders describe two main components of a healthy lifestyle, demonstrate two different types of physical activity, and...
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Anatomy
Fourth graders describe how health behaviors affect body systems, and describe the basic function of major body systems.
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Choice Not Chance
Students examine diets from another country and compare it to the US Food Guide Pyramid. They study the effect the diet has on an individual's health.