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The Amazing Heart

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine human blood flow by comparing the pulse of athletes.  In this human body lesson, students discover the equation for finding the cardiac output from a human heart.  Students identify heart rates of accomplished athletes...
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Dissection Scramble

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover the anatomy of a human body by dissecting a cow's eye.  In this animal dissection lesson, students identify the structure of an eyeball by cutting open a cow eye and observing the insides.  Students participate in an...
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Human Body Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore the systems that comprise the human body. In this human physiology lesson, students create a model of the human body and research a disease from a particular system. Learners will then choose to either interview a person...
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Gandhi's "Good Life": The Spiritual Dimension

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students investigate awareness and spiritual transformation by researching the life of Gandhi.  For this philosophy lesson, students discuss living in an aware state by practicing yoga, eating vegetarian, and becoming immersed in poetry....
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Who's Up for the Olympic Challenge?:Integrating the 5 Themes of Geography with Olympic Bids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore geographical themes.  In this problem solving geography lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation about the Vancouver/Whistler Olympic bid.  Students analyze Vancouver as an Olympic site looking at location, place,...
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The Mini-Me People Iditarod

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in the "Iditarod" sled race. In this Iditarod lesson, students build their own sleds and pull their classmates to checkpoints. They use mushing terms and get timed to see how fast they go.  
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STDs: You Have to Know

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn how to protect themselves from STDs.  In this healthy living lesson, students define the acronyms for various STDs, work in groups to fill out charts on the most common STDs, and learn the five things they need to know...
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Influenza Virus: A tiny moving target

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the structure and adaptability of viruses. In this viral diseases instructional activity, students play a game to introduce viruses and disease. They conduct computer research and complete interactive activities to...
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Promoting Safe Driving/Choices on Prom Night

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners explore ways to promote safe driving on prom night. In this driver education lesson plan, students interview people about driving on prom night. Learners design a poster with their researched quotes and discuss the topic in the...
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Cold and Flus

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the difference between viral and bacterial illnesses. In this health activity, students learn the symptoms of each and  examine ways to prevent spreading virusus and bacteria.
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3-Every-Day of Dairy: Nutrient Package

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover the importance of calcium in their diets. In this nutrition instructional activity, students participate in an activity that requires them to conduct surveys regarding dairy and assessing what they eat. Learners...
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Scientific Method in Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the current environmental movement by cleaning up their own campus.  In this environmental care lesson, students practice cleaning their "environment" by picking up trash on their campus and decrease litter by adding...
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Bad Algae!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore algal blooms.  In this ecosystem and health lesson, students define and describe harmful algal blooms, then discuss ways in which the impact of these algal blooms could be reduced.  Students work in groups to research...
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The Numbers Tell the Story

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Young scholars demonstrate how to gather and interpret statistical data. In this data analysis instructional activity, students search for statistics on the health effects of smoking and place the information into charts. Young scholars...
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World Food Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Food Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Health, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Privacy

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine articles to find out about the relationship between sanitation and disease.  In this personal hygiene and home economics lesson, students diagram areas for personal hygiene in their homes, read articles about health and...
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People World Wide: HIV/AIDS

For Students 6th - 9th
For this HIV and AIDS worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions about the populations most affected by HIV and AIDS, the costs to aid people with the disease and the number of people affected in 1998 by the disease.
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AIDS: Responding to a Health Crisis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the health crisis presented by AIDS. In this AIDS lesson, students find out how nations around the world are dealing with AIDS and the stigma attached to it. Students plan an implement a service project related to AIDS.
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What is BAC?-Blood Alcohol Concentration

For Students 7th - 9th
In this blood alcohol worksheet, students read about the factors that affect a person's blood alcohol concentration. Students use a given formula to calculate the amount of alcohol in a list of four different drinks and apply their...
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School Safety Survey Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate safety issues at school. In this citizenship lesson, students discuss things they are fearful of at school. Students then conduct a school survey asking what others are fearful of.
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The Crisco Lab: A Demonstration of Diabetic Complications

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars complete lab activities to illustrate the complications of diabetes. In this diabetes instructional activity, students work on labs that illustrate sugar in the blood and normal and atherosclerotic vessels. They...
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Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online — Our Values and Ethics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore Internet safety practices. In this online privacy lesson, students examine their digital footprints in order to assess their online privacy and ethics.
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The Magical Ingredient: Fat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore fats in foods. For this personal health and nutrition lesson, students view a Frontline video segment, examine the role fat plays in their personal diets, and develop plans to eliminate fats and implement exercise into...
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Change the World, One Month at a Time

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners complete monthly acts of kindness using the given instructions. In this acts of kindness lesson, students follow the directions for each month to create and give an act of kindness to their classmates or other individual.