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Lesson Plan on Refugees
Students explore the issue of "human rights" and discuss world events/situations in which human rights are in question. They determine their own needs and wants and simulate the experience of being a refugee having to leave their home. ...
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Taking Care of Your Teeth
First graders discuss the importance of taking care of their teeth while viewing pictures showing good/poor teeth care. In this health and science lesson, 1st graders list 3 things to do to keep teeth healthy, creating a lis on chart...
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The Sun Safety Activity Guide
Students examine the sun safety guide. They identify the dangers of getting too much sun and not protecting themselves. They participate in hands-on activities to finish the instructional activity.
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Snacks
Learners study how healthy snacks are a better choice and the results of unhealthy snacking. In this healthy eating lesson students examine how to choose good healthy snacks.
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A Well Balanced Meal
Students are given paper plates and pictures of food. They are to glue the foods they would eat that would make a balanced meal.
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Family Life Cycle
Students review the food groups and their placement on the food pyramid. Using the internet, they research the nutritional guidelines for different age groups and compare them. To end the lesson plan, they identify reasons for choosing...
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Tag the Germs
Students review what happens when they wipe germs off their hands with a wet wipe. Next, they play a game of tag in which some students are germs and others are wipes. They move around while music plays, stop when it stops, and the wipes...
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Spider Web
Students work together to get all of their team mates through the holes of an obstical course called the spider web while not touching the rope. In this team work lesson plan, students focus on working together.
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Safety First
Students examine the dangers that may exist in their home. In this safety rules instructional activity, students complete a graphic organizer for the activities they like to do at home. Students draw a picture engaged in the activities...
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Germs and Handwashing Lesson
Young scholars explore how proper handwashing can prevent the spreading of germs. In this handwashing instructional activity, students use glitter and cooking spray to demonstrate how germs spread. Young scholars will wash their hands...
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Let's Read! Tops & Bottoms
Students listen to the story Tops & Bottoms and learn the name of one vegetable which grows above ground and one which grows below ground.
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WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE?
Learners examine different food groups and identify the daily amounts of each that are necessary for healthy eating. In this food pyramid instructional activity students evaluate their own diets and see how they can eat more...
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Sleep and Energy
Students discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep. They make connections between sleep, energy, and having a good day at school. They make a sleepiness chart which shows how they feel each day for a week.
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Can You Name Parts of the Body?
Students share what they know about the human heart. In this early anatomy lesson, students discuss the location, shape, and importance of the human heart.
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Coping with loss
Students explore ways of dealing with death or grief. They participate in empathy exercises and in small groups discuss how death is perceived in society. In addition, they write a paragraphs in response to provided questions.
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True Friends
Fourth graders examine qualities of friendship. For this friendship lesson, 4th graders investigate responsible decisions and healthy relationships. Students will role-play relationship situations.
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Circuit Training
Students participate in physical education activities in stations. They practice line jumps, squats, jumping jacks, running, and ball rolling.
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Bicycle Safety Rodeo
Students participate in nine different stations in a series of bike handling drills and the simulation of traffic situations.
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Protection
Learners create dolls in a variety of skin tones to help reinact different community helpers. They make a helping hands mural on butcher block paper. They adopt a doll and demonstrate how to treat others gently. They discuss along...
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Summer Safety Activity: Stop, Drop, and Roll!
Students practice stop, drop and roll. In this fire safety lesson, students learn to stop when the music stops, drop when the music stops, and then roll when the music stops. That can be translated to stop, drop, and roll in case of a...
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Healthy Food Makes Healthy Body
Students explore the food pyramid. In this healthy eating lesson, students participate in a variety of center activities where they explore the food pyramid and the importance of making healthy food choices. Students also have the...
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Challenge Courses
Pupils engage in and invent a variety of organized outdoor play activities to encourage cooperation and motor development. For this outdoor activities lesson, students are divided into three groups and organized in lines. Pupils play...
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Spatial Awareness and Understanding Directions
Students follow directions. In this spatial awareness lesson, students play follow the leader around an obstacle course following simple directions.
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Be a Manners Detective
Students fill out a sticker chart and identify behaviors for completing nice manners. In this nice manners lesson plan, students discuss behaviors that are nice.