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Plate and Planet
Students investigate the health hazards of modern agriculture and how we can choose better food options. In this healthy eating lesson, students identify different indigenous people in photographs and discuss what they might eat....
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Making New Friends: Student Search
In this making new friends: student search worksheet, students find others who fit the description in the 20 boxes on the page as a game for making new friends.
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Healthy Halloween Treats
Students explore the concept of healthy treats. In this healthy food activity, students read ingredients and create healthy Halloween treats. Students also practice the skill of congruent shapes by drawing healthy foods.
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Key to Good Health: Exercise
Students calculate their heart rate before and after exercise. In this health lesson, students find their resting heart rate and then exercise for 5-10 minutes. Students take their heart rate afterwards and observe the differences.
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Lesson 4 Buy Safe Food Put Food Away Safety
Learners explore proper food handling. In this food safety lesson, students examine proper cold food storage, hand washing, and methods to combat foodborne illnesses.
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Lesson 1: Bacteria on the Run
Students discuss bacteria. In this bacteria lesson, students see how bacteria in foods can cause illness and how to keep yourself safe. This lesson contains five activities and pre and post tests.
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Mystery of the Poisoned Panther Picnic
Students identify how and where bacteria grows. In this health education lesson, students watch the video "Mystery of the Poisoned Panther Picnic" and identify the rules for keeping food fresh. Students complete the included transparency.
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Mummy Ball
Students practice their hand and eye coordination in a ball throwing activity. In this physical education lesson, students participate in a game where they sit in a circle and throw to each other only once until everyone has had a...
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Keeping Our Food Safe
Students learn about bacteria and how it is all around us on people and on surfaces. Students develop an understanding of the correct hand washing technique to ensure their cleanliness. Students demonstrate exactly how to wash their...
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Cathlapolte.... Catching Time's Secrets
Third graders investigate nature by studying a Chinook village from the past. In this sustainable living lesson plan, 3rd graders examine the architecture, environment and activities of the Chinook people. Students create a "needs"...
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Let's Make Soup
Students investigate the fresh produce native to specific parts of the world. In this culinary lesson, students complete a cooking worksheet based on the ingredients used in cultural dishes. Students help create a bowl of soup which...
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Do What You Water: Natural Inquirer
Students investigate water resources on Earth by reading a science magazine. For this natural resources lesson, students read an article in the Natural Inquirer dealing with the scarcity of fresh water. Students complete a survey...
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Diversity Food Groups
Students explore diversity in foods and people. For this diversity lesson, students explore diversity in foods and how things aren't always as they seem. This lesson is then applied to diversity in people.
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Pedestrian Safety for Students
Learners demonstrate pedestrian safety. In this safety lesson, students present an idea for a project which addresses pedestrian safety. Learners can construct a safety brochure or a PowerPoint presentation to share their ideas.
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Puppy Poop Pouch
Students create a device to hold dog poop to help keep trails clean. In this animal care lesson plan, students utilize donated fabric to create a couple hundred pouches to help people clean up after their dog. Students spread awareness...
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Advice, Encouragement, Discouragement
Students create a fitness schedule for a famous person. In this advice, encourage, discourage lesson, students ask questions to determine the best fitness schedule for a person. Students relate this activity to that of giving advice,...
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What's the Big News?
Students investigate healthy eating by choosing a variety of foods. In this personal health lesson, students read the story Big News! Straight from the Heart, and discuss which characters ate which foods. Students list other healthy...
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Mapping the Circulatory System
Young scholars investigate the circulatory system in human beings. In this human body lesson, students create an outline of a human body using colored markers and butcher paper. Young scholars use red and blue colors to simulate the...
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Hearts in Motion
Learners participate in cardiovascular activities. In this physical education lesson, students are divided into groups and brainstorm activities to get their heart rate up. Learners demonstrate the activity for classmates.
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Risky Business worksheet
In this health worksheet, learners interview friends and family to see what risky health factors they have. Students interview 5 people about 6 risky factors each.
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Growing Seeds Indoors: Seed Exploration
In this seeds activity, learners answer short answer questions about whole seeds and seeds that are made into different foods. Students then make a poster about these seeds.
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Kitchen Garbage: Scrambled Veggies Game
For this vegetables worksheet, students unscramble the names of the vegetables given to them. Students unscramble 10 vegetable names.
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Food Preferences and Healthful Eating
Students discuss healthy eating habits. In this food preferences lesson, students read a scenario about teenagers visiting a restaurant. Students role play the story and complete a graphic organizer.
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A Keen Sense of Smell
Learners investigate their sense of smell by experimenting with smelly objects. In this human senses lesson, students examine the length of time it takes to smell a random object that is close to them. Learners record the different...