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Try These Egg-citing Activities to Celebrate Better Breakfast Month!
Have some fun with eggs while learning the health benefits they provide.
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Fifth Grade Science Assessment
In this science assessment worksheet, students complete a 25 question multiple choice quiz about biology. Plant and animal anatomy is included.
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Attack of the Viruses!
Not all viruses are bad, but are all retroviruses groovy? The lesson starts with a detailed presentation before scholars create their own model of a virus. The resource incorporates many worksheets and practice questions to reinforce the...
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Endocrine Review Sheet
Starting with a diagram of the kidneys and urinary tract of the human, this sheet has questions about excretion, blood concentrations of hormones, gland feedback mechanisms and the effects of some hormones.
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Fitness Trail
Students design a fitness trail which incorporates warm-up, aerobic, and cool-down phases. Each student develops their own plan and monitors their own progress through the use of an exercise log.
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Small Pox Scare Wks 1-2
Young scholars identify basic similarities and differences between B- and T-lymphocytes, stressing function, location, and role. They complete a worksheet that requires them to apply knowledge about ELISA and antibodies.
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Beef and Beef By-Products
Students examine the various types of beef and the many uses of its by-products. They increase their knowledge by playing a game of "beef bingo."They discuss what parts of beef animals are their by-products.
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Pandemic
Students examine contagious diseases. They explore different types of bacteria and the illnesses they cause.
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Connecting School Meals and Classroom Learning Making Breakfast Count
Students investigate the significance of a healthy breakfast. In this nutrition activity, students participate in an activity that enables them to assess their own eating patterns. Students also analyze breakfast menus to determine...
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World AIDS Day
In this World AIDS Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey,...
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Cold and Flus
Students investigate the difference between viral and bacterial illnesses. In this health instructional activity, students learn the symptoms of each and examine ways to prevent spreading virusus and bacteria.
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A Forum on Racism
Twelfth graders compare and contrast the work of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In this racism instructional activity, 12th graders read The Autobiography of Malcolm X and discuss how Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Life Saving Computing
Students read an article on anthrax and complete a series of cloze activities related to the article.
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The Skeletal System
Students identify bones off a skeleton during quizzes; assemble disarticulated skeletons; bird, frog and rat. They dissect frogs, remove the muscle tissue, and identify of bones.
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Meal Planning
Students study the nutrients found in foods and the food pyramid. In this investigative lesson students will plan a seven day menu built around the food pyramid.
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All About HIV and AIDS
Students use the internet to research the causes, effects and how AIDS is transmitted from person to person. In groups, they discover why women are more suseptiable to the disease. To end the instructional activity, they are introduced...
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The Laughing Brain 1: How We Laugh
Students to rate themselves on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the happiest) as to how happy they feel and write their rating on a sheet of paper. They explore gelotology (the science of laughter) and its benefits to our social, mental,...
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Opportunistic Diseases
Students explore the concept of opportunistic diseases. In this opportunistic diseases lesson, students take notes on a lecture regarding systemic herpes, candidiasis, cytomegalovirus, tuberculosis, MAC, recurrent pneumonia,...
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Autoimmune Disease
Young scholars conduct Internet research on an autoimmune disease, and present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
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Vital Vitamins
Students study vitamins and who should take them and what ones to take. In this investigative instructional activity students plan a healthy diet after reviewing the types of supplements.
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Key to Good Health: Exercise
Students calculate their heart rate before and after exercise. In this health lesson, students find their resting heart rate and then exercise for 5-10 minutes. Students take their heart rate afterwards and observe the differences.
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Cancer Treatments
Students explore the different kinds of treatments available for cancer and what their dangers or side effects are. They discover how often patients get treated, and how expensive the treatments are.
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Disease Prevention and HIV/AIDS Education - First Grade
Identify behaviors that promote health and demonstrate personal hygiene.
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What Do You Know About AIDS?
Students explore AIDS. For this AIDS lesson, students discuss their impressions and knowledge of the disease prior to listening to a lecture regarding the attributes of the disease.