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Good Hygiene: A Healthy Smile

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners practice proper brushing techniques. In this dental hygiene lesson, students use a plaque disclosing tablet to practice the correct tooth brushing procedure.
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Sleep and Energy

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the concept of a good night's rest. In this sleep and energy lesson, students keep track of hours slept per night for a week and how they feel each day. Students discuss how good rest contributes to feeling alert...
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Pedestrian Safety for Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate pedestrian safety. In this safety lesson, students present an idea for a project which addresses pedestrian safety. Students can construct a safety brochure or a PowerPoint presentation to share their ideas.
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WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine different food groups and identify the daily amounts of each that are necessary for healthy eating.  In this food pyramid lesson students evaluate their own diets and see how they can eat more nutritiously. 
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Circuit Training

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners participate in physical education activities in stations. They practice line jumps, squats, jumping jacks, running, and ball rolling.
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Hula Hoop Twister

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate how the body moves and the use of personal and general space concepts.Students identify different body parts and colors.students identify various body parts (knees, elbows, hands, feet, etc), right and left side of...
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Management of Grief and Loss

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn of coping behaviors related to grief and loss. They recognize the tasks associated with the grief and loss process. They also have an opportunity to identify common ways literary characters cope with loss.
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Candy or Medicine

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners compare and contrast the appearance of medicine and candy to demonstrate the need for safety precautions with medicines, and adult supervision.
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Choices That Adolescents Make

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the different types of information available to adolescents. They analyze the decision making process of adolescents and examine the basis for egocentric thought. They analyze to what degree peer pressure affects...
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Move and Make Friends

For Teachers K
Students participate in games to make new friends. They "dance and freeze" as music plays. Students skip, hop and wiggle as they play a moving down the line game. Students develop gross motor skills, listening, and social awareness...
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Belt-Abouts Lesson 4

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils continue to examine the importance of wearing a seat belt. After identifying new vocabulary, they discuss the ways in which wearing a seat belt can better people's lives. They write a letter to the newspaper to state why the...
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Why Are People Hungry?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss why many people don't have a balanced diet with nutritious food in order to not be hungry. In this hungry lesson plan, students learn what it means to eat healthy and start a service project for their community to help...
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Let's Go on a Hunt

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students search for specific color food items. In this color review instructional activity, students search for hidden food items of a specific color inside the classroom.
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Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, working in groups, role play skits highlighting healthy eating habits and physical activities.
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A Message From Your Heart

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore their heart and how the blood flows through the circulation system.
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My Beating Heart

For Teachers K
Students watch a video over the functions of the heart. They follow along on a website to see how the heart pumps blood.
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Divorce And Stepfamilies: Breaking Apart, Coming Together

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students view a PBS "In the Mix" video about the challenges teens face when their parents divorce and/or remarry. They participate in a class discussion about the video, role-play related situations and explore media depictions of...
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Babies Deserve A Good Start! Alcoholism: A Three Fold Disease

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the basic disease concept of alcoholism. The determine that alcoholism is progressive and explore the levels of progression. They name the three factors contributing to the cause of alcoholism and explain each one with...
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The Affects of Hormones on Human Development

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners examine the types of changes they are experiencing during adolescence. As a class, they are introduced to the physical changes in men and women and discover the functions of various glands. In groups, they research the affect...
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Skin Cancer Prevention

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore ways to prevent skin cancer. Using activities, students explore suggestions on protecting skin. Students report their findings to the class. They discuss events in their personal lives and changes they should make to...
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Kids & Computing Don't Crash Your Body With Your Computer

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students listen to two lectures about being healthy and including movement in their day. Students are encouraged to get away from the computers and move their bodies. Careful adjusting of the computer workstation is emphasized to prevent...
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All About HIV and AIDS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils 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 lesson, they are introduced to the various...
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Fat Fast Foods

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the fast food industry. In this fast food lesson, students research fast food restaurants and the food served. Students create a tri-fold handout to explain the history of fast food and types of food served. Students...
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Aging & Body Changes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students complete several activities that have to do with aging.  In this body changes lesson students take group averages, measure flexibility and see their changes over time.

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