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Health and Nutrition Lesson Plan: Learning Healthy Eating Habits With Junk Food Jack and Healthy Harry

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students distinguish healthy foods from junk foods. In this personal health and nutrition lesson, students make Junk Food Jack and Healthy Harry. Students use the puppets to role play discussion about healthy eating.
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The nutritional value of snack foods

For Teachers 5th
This lesson is intended as preparation for a school health fair but could be used anytime. Learners discuss and compare the nutrition found in typical snack foods. They compose investigative questions, collect data, and research a...
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Hopi Running

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify why the Hopi tribe practiced running as it relates to health, delivering messages, defeating other tribes, and for ceremonial events. In this social studies lesson, students use maps to identify latitude and longitude...
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Nutrition and Physical Activity

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of the...
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The Three Dimensions: Health, Wealth, and Wisdom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine seven lifestyle factors. In this personal health lesson, students will examine healthy lifestyles and create a personal health, wealth, and wisdom calendar.
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Health Bookmarks

For Teachers K
Students discuss the importance of good health such as, brushing your teeth, not putting toys in your mouth, using tissues, washing hands before and after meals, and other examples. They create a bookmark from the examples shared in class.
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Health Fair

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify and research the aspects of a healthy lifestyle and create a Health Fair with the information. In this healthy living lesson, students research a topic about healthy living. Students then create a health fair using...
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Good Health Habits

For Teachers K
Students examine how they have changed. For 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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Health/Wellness Interdisciplinary Unit

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine human body systems, research a disease or condition, analyze their family trees to look for health conditions and/or diseases which may be prevalent, discover ratio and proportions of human body, and read novel, The...
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Eating for Health

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their family's eating habits. In this adult health instructional activity, students discuss changes they plan to make in their family. They observe how hopscotch is played and try to do this at home.
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Health and Wellness

For Teachers K
Students exercise without being in a big group. They have freedom of movement, learn particular body part at same time promote health, and enjoy exercising at a early age.
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Health and Wellness

For Teachers K
Students dance around to exercise and learn about the function of their different body parts. In this exercise lesson plan, students dance around to promote health and wellness.
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You're the Expert Now

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students evaluate information about mental illness for accuracy and relevance as they examine brochures developed in the lesson by their classmates. Data about mental illness is revisited and adjusted for additional information obtained...
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The Health Hazards of Smoking

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the negative health effects of smoking. They view and discuss photos of a healthy lung and a lung exposed to years of smoking, read and discuss a handout, discuss ways to convince someone to stop smoking, and...
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Detecting Rise in Body Temperature in Human and Animals and its Effects on Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Beat the heat using sensors. Scholars research normal body temperatures for humans and a specific animal. In groups, they create sensors that monitor body temperature, as well as the weather. The goal is to reduce the occurrence of heat...
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Media Smarts

Tobacco Labels

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Adolescents compare and assess the efficacy of tobacco product health warning labels from around the world. In groups, they invent warnings and create labels that would be effective for teens and children. Discussion covers advertising...
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Miss America

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The first part of this article by PBS on the Miss America pageants can be used in a health class when it's time to talk about body image. There are links to related articles. There are some great questions for discussion. There are ideas...
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Here's to Your Health!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Studets research a health issue. They write an essay about the health issue. The create a public service announcement.
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Health of Aquatic Life a Real Problem

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners explore the health of aquatic life in this science lesson They measure and track the oxygen level in the water to determine the health of the aquatic life. They collect this data using the TI explorer to graph and analyze their...
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Health Education: Stress 2

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how to deal with stress. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders identify family, school, and community resources as sources of social support to reduce or prevent stress.
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Health Education: Everyone's Unique

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders remember that everyone is unique in his or her own way. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders conclude that people have different body shapes, sizes, and other personal characteristics that make them unique.
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Health Education: Germs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders take part in a germ simulation activity. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders summarize methods for preventing the spread of germs that cause communicable diseases.
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Health Education: Sports Protection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders look at personal protective equipment. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders identify personal protection equipment needed for sports and recreational activities.
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Health Outreach -- Creating Research -- Based on Pamphlets on STDs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars view a video clip about people affected by STDs. They research causes, symptoms and cures of a sexually transmitted disease of their choice. They create a pamphlet to share information.

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