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Asthma and Allergies

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Your health class reads two biographical stories: one about a girl who has allergies and the other about a girl who has asthma. They watch a quick cartoon on the KidsHealth website about immunity and take the related online quiz. You...
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Asthma and Allergies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students show the symptoms of asthma, diabetes and common allergies. Students discuss ways of managing asthma, diabetes and allergies. Students devise ways of helping children to cope with these.
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Helping Kids with Asthma Succeed

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Understanding this common breathing challenge can be a boon for suffering students.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Asthma: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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Asthma Survey

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students collect survey data on the prevalence of asthma in a community. They summarize and display the survey data in ways that show meaning.
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Allergies

For Students 4th - 6th
For this allergies worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about allergies. Students complete 3 multiple choice questions about allergies.
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Noncommunicable Diseases

For Students 7th - 9th
In this chronic diseases worksheet, students read and identify with a chronic disease called asthma. They discover how a person deals with a chronic disease and explain if they can still participate in most activities. Students also...
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Is Your Home Bugging You?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students look into the world-wide rise in allergy rates. In this personal health lesson, students research and discuss possible reasons for the spike in allergies. 
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Health Education: Childhood Diseases and Health Issues

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research childhood diseases and health conditions. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders identify problems associated with and measures to control common childhood diseases or conditions such as asthma,...
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Nothing to Sneeze At

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore allergic reactions; they then synthesize their knowledge by creating informational pamphlets that help new allergy patients research the nature of allergies.
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Posters -- What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discuss the basics of poster productions. In groups, they follow written directions to make a poster about asthma, allergies, AIDS, or personal safety. They present their poster to the class and reflect on the process in a...
Activity
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Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Exactly how environmentally friendly is your school? From the air fresheners in the bathrooms to the cleaning solvents used in the classrooms, young conservationists search the school grounds for sources of air pollution in...
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Going SmokeFree Matters: Casinos

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Everyone has the right to a smokefree workplace, but those who work in casinos are exposed to so much secondhand smoke that they can suffer the same ailments as heavy smokers themselves. Learn more about the effects of secondhand smoke,...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Smoking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the pros and cons of smoking.  In this smoking lesson plan, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
Worksheet
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Breaking News English: Not Making Your Bed May be Healthier

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Not Making Your Bed May be Healthier," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
Worksheet
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Tox Mystery: Science Word Scramble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word scramble worksheet, students color pictures and use clues to unscramble words about science; chemicals gasses, fungus, etc.
Article
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Asthma

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of asthma. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Handout
National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Asthma and Allergies and Their Environmental Triggers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover what causes allergy and asthma attacks and what you can do to prevent them.
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Don't Let Asthma Keep You Out of the Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about athletes who didn't let their asthma get in the way of going to the Olympics and about the types of sports best for asthma patients. This website includes links to information on "Famous people who have asthma," as well as...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Triggers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Buster knows that some things will start up his asthma. They are called triggers. Explore what triggers effect Buster in this activity from Arthur "Buster's Breathless."
Article
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Types of Allergies

For Students 9th - 10th
Insightful article that categorizes and describes the various types of allergies. Also gives information on treatment of symptoms.
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Do Allergies Cause Asthma?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids who have allergies also might have a breathing problem called asthma. Find out more in this article for kids.
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Allergy Shots: Could They Help Your Allergies?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides great information on allergy shots and whether or not they could help with your allergies. The topics that are covered include: what are allergy shots, how do they work, what kind of allergies can be treated with...
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Aetna: Inteli Health: What Is Allergy?

For Students 9th - 10th
Extremely insightful article that explains what allergy is. Includes information on types of symptoms, how an allergy occurs, and common misconceptions about allergies.