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Asthma: Grades 3-5
Young scholars discuss the health effects of asthma. In this asthma instructional activity, students answer questions about their own history with asthma or difficulty breathing. They create a pamphlet to go in a doctor's office to...
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Healthful Living
Third graders take digital pictures of people in healthful activities. For this technology health lesson, 3rd graders use their digital pictures to create a healthy living multimedia presentation.
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Uninsured in America
Students explore the issue of being uninsured in America. In this social issues lesson, students review data about uninsured Americans. Students create and conduct surveys related to the social issue of being uninsured.
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Body Systems
In this body systems lesson, students work in small groups conduct research to become an 'expert' on one of the 7 body systems. Students present their findings to the class via power point, poster, or song.
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Candy Database
Young scholars make a database of their Halloween candy and decide which types are the healthiest. In this diet lesson, students make written data charts using their candy, locate dietary information on one type, sort the candy by shape,...
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Body Composition Circuit
Students work in groups to increase nutritional awareness. In this health and fitness lesson, students travel to various stations and complete the task on a body composition card.
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Can Diet and Exercise Help?
Learners research information on diabetes. In this health and or language arts instructional activity, students develop Power Point presentations to demonstrate how life style choices affect the risk of developing diabetes. This is...
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Good Health
Students complete a unit with cross-curricular activities to learn about a healthy body and maintaining their health. In this health lesson, students complete 8 lessons to learn about good health, a healthy diet, healthy foods, healthy...
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What Happened to Mya
Students research the symptoms and treatments of diabetes. In this diabetes instructional activity, students explore the topic and share their findings through a case study. Several extensive activities are also suggested.
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Health Grade 3
Third graders understand what a friend is. In this lesson plan about friendships, 3rd graders analyze friend and non friend traits. Students learn about relationships through discussion in class. Students gather in groups and look at a...
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Health Grade 5
Fifth graders understand conflict and how to solve them. In this lesson about conflict resolution, 5th graders explore different factors that cause conflict. Students are put into groups and develop a list of examples for a specific kind...
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Health Grade 1
First graders determine the difference between good and bad drugs. In this lesson about drug awareness, 1st graders explore differences between drugs. Students will look at picture and understand what uses there are for drugs. Students...
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911 Emergency
Students role play 911 emergency phone calls. In this health lesson, students first discuss the difference between emergencies and non-emergencies, and then role play given scenarios about what to say in an emergency situation to a 911...
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Summertime Health Activities
Students play together and learn together. In this early childhood lesson plan, students partake in any of the 10 listed here in order to explore healthful activities and foods.
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Pandemic Panic
Students gather information about the H1N1 virus, and share this information. In this pandemic lesson students read about Influenza A, or Swine Flu, compile information on the disease, and then present their findings to the class.
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Spelling by Picture -- Human Body Part 1
After a unit on the human body, learners could use this activity as a review of the material learned. This 9 question fill-in-the-blank worksheet reviews some of the main body parts. It could also be used as an ESL activity.
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Horticulture and Gardening
This 6 page information packet provides an overview of gardening and plants. Using this activity, students could design their own gardens, using math, science and writing skills. There are 30 questions involved.
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Food Safety
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers read the brochure that is concerned with the concept of food safety. The dangers and advantages are discussed.
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Basics About Beef
In this health worksheet, students examine the facts about beef that includes cooking methods, recipes, details for buying beef, and other healthful facts.
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Beef Nutrients
For this health worksheet, students examine the role of nutrients in the human body with a specific look at the role of beef in the building of proteins.
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Beef Made Easy
In this health worksheet, students examine the ways that beef can be beneficial to the diet of a healthy person, The sheet has wonderful graphics.
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Food Comparison PDF
In this health worksheet, students are led through lessons to become familiar with the dietary recommendations of the government.
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Strategies for Success
Students share opinions about common bad habits, read about behavior economics by reading and discussing article "Your Plate Is Bigger Than Your Stomach," identify goals and strategies designed to improve negative behaviors, and test...
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Self Acceptance
Students explore their own self concept. They draw a picture of themselves, read a story, and write a story that has a character like themselves. Afterward, they write and illustrate their stories in PowerPoint.