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Create a Healthy Calendar

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Health nuts create a month-long calendar presenting health-themed pictures, tips, or facts in each day's box. Rather than just a project, you could raise the required number of health facts and use this as a unique assessment of...
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Real Life, Your Life: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discuss the topic of body image.  In this body image lesson plan, students view a few people's body image thoughts and discuss how to help their people.  Students then write a poster and pretend press release,...
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Body Image

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders look at advertisements paying close attention to the people in them, then create an advertisement based on a healthy body image. In this health lesson, 5th graders analyze magazine or television advertisements for the...
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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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Advertising for Healthy Habits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create ads based on provided topic. In this digital art lesson, students role play as graphic designers working on a project for a client. They research about certain health issues and prepare a public poster about it.
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Nutrition Plates

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups.  Students...
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Money and health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a proposal with an appropriate budget to establish a health day at school. They design this day to educate and promote good health. They educate other students about health care, inform students of health concerns, and...
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Discovery Education

Is Our Community Influenced by the Opioid Epidemic?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Opioid abuse is becoming a national crisis, but combating the influence of opioids requires examining the ways it affects individual communities. A thorough teacher guide provides step-by-step instructions about implementing an...
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Time is In

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health. High schoolers will identify and recognize propaganda techniques (glittering generalities, bandwagon, sex appeal, testimonial, transfer, etc.) and write a...
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Fabulous Fruits

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify several fruits, research nutrition information about each of them, and compare and contrast their findings. They design thank-you cards by creating soft color was images of fruits. They then write thank-you notes to...