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A Healthy Lifestyle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students view the PowerPoint presentation to learn the components of a healthy lifestyle. For this healthy lifestyle lesson, students view the PowerPoint presentation about a healthy diet, the importance of exercise, and taking medicine.
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Anyone for Sugar?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students inquire about how much sugar they consume on a daily basis. In this healthy habits demonstration, students examine how much sugar is in a variety if foods by spooning out teaspoons and placing into a bowl.  Students discuss...
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Obesity and Making Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers K - 1st
Students determine healthy snack choices for themselves.  In this eating habits lesson, students discuss snacks they regularly consume.  Students cut and paste pictures of snacks that they think are good selections.  
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Balance Your Day With Food and Play

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this healthy living worksheet, students color a picture of a wild cat who is exercising in the park. Students find the 10 snacks and play things in the picture.
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Power Up To Gear

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this healthy living worksheet, students read a recipe for frozen peach ice pops. Students analyze two pictures of Power Panthers and circle the ten differences in the pictures.
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It's My Body

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars research the human body. In this human body lesson, students brainstorm the connections between the parts of a bike and a human digestive system. Young scholars work in small groups and research a specific body system....
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Reading: How to Be Healthy

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a one page text about healthy living practices. Students then answer 8 multiple choice questions about what they have read.
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Using the Food Pyramid to Make Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate how to make healthy choices. In this food pyramid lesson, students read about making healthy choices. Students chart the food they eat to see where it is on the pyramid. Students then create a collage of healthy...
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Good Health Habits

For Teachers K
Students examine how they have changed. In this health lesson, students use pictures of themselves from babyhood to present to show how they have changed and the teacher relates the importance of healthy habits in growing.
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Human Body Series: Sleep

For Students 5th - 6th
In this sleep habits worksheet, students fill out a log for one week that details sleep habits and patterns including hours slept, naps, and the energy level felt each day.
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Life Skills-"Carrots Or Candy?"- Making Healthy Choices

For Students 1st - 4th
In this healthy food choices worksheet, students label and color 4 puzzle pieces to represent the food groups. Then students complete a graphic organizer filling in the food group headings and food items that fit in each category.
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Build A Body

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of body composition through a hands on activity. Working in groups, they create a body model using objects found in gym class. Students calculate the percentage of elements in the body they have composed.
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Do You Live a Healthy Lifestyle?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine and evaluate how active their own lifestyle is by counting how many steps they take on a daily basis. They watch a PowerPoint presentation about healthy lifestyles, record how many steps they take in a day with the...
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NickNews: Winners and Losers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students view the excerpt from NickNews entitled, "Winners and Losers." In groups, they categorize a variety of words and images relating to weight, healthy eating, and healthy lifestyle. They discuss adopting positive eating habits,...
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Healthy Decision Making Towards Alcohol and Tobacco Use

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine and demonstrate refusal skills of smoking and drinking alcohol. They take a quiz, identify alternative activities to smoking and drinking, write a journal entry, and design an anti-smoking and anti-alcohol ad.
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Healthy Play

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in an activity in which they explore healthy lifestyles and why it is important to be active.
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Family Fitness

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students visit sites that contain information about a variety of health and fitness activities. They analyze the activities according to several criteria, and describe how their particular activity choices can contribute to a healthy...
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Comparison Food Shopping: Buying Groceries for Two People for One Week

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders investigate how to develop a simple food budget for two using newpaper ads, the basic four food groups, and calorie counts.
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Grade 9 - Personal Development (Healthy Living)

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders analyze lifestyle factors that affect health and demonstrate an awareness of key lifestyle practices associated with prevention of disease.
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Pecans - Healthful Living Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss harvesting pecans. In this healthy habit instructional activity, students look at ways to pick pecans from the ground without causing back strain. They invent devices to harvest agricultural products. 
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Caring for Your Body

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this healthy body worksheet, students circle the correct answer for the questions about taking care of a human body. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Do You Smoke Like a Chimney?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this smoking worksheet, students review facts about smoking and the hazards of smoking by answering the 10 questions related to smoking.
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Calories

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore calories. In this lesson about calories, students practice counting and recording calories. Students use a sample Calorie Calculation Chart to record how many calories consumed in one day. Students do an experiment on...
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Good Habits

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this word search worksheet, students use the given clues to help them complete the word search about healthy habits and hygiene.