In this nutrition activity, students create a comic strip about meals, nutrition, food groups, and the messages celebrities send about weight and nutrition. Students sum up their message with one sentence after drawing their comic strip.

Clear the smoke about cigarette use with an engaging application. Comic strip animation and games teach learners why they should never try smoking in the first place, and how to quit this lethal habit if they have already been lured in.

Get creative as you teach a lesson on positive peer and social interactions. Discuss good social interactions through a scenario, brainstorm a positive response to the scenario, then creat a comic book superhero that exemplifies the...

Go! Slow! Whoa! As part of a study of the nutritional value of foods available on the school campus, groups label those that are fine anytime as "Go" foods. Those that are okay a few times a week get the "Slow" label while those...

Can you catch the same cold twice? Elementary and middle schoolers learn about what happens when a virus attacks their bodies, and how the immune system never forgets a virus, with an entertaining comic book. The packet includes...

Henry the Hand leads youngsters on an exciting adventure through coloring worksheets, word puzzles, and comic strips on everything they need to know about preventing the spread of germs by washing your hands.

Oncology presents multiple opportunities for research and the collaboration of many different types of scientists. Scholars divide into groups and research the history of mass spectrometry, polarity/non-polarity,...

What happens when comic writing and hand-washing forces combine? A wealth of fun and creative writing, as well as an introduction to one of the most important healthy habits your youngsters should know, await you in a simple writing prompt.

Students read a comic about a teen drug overdose that leads to death. In this drug awareness lesson, students role play characters in the story that react to the death of their friend due to drug use in an online forum. Students evaluate...

To demonstrate what they have learned in the Health Smart unit, sophomores design a resource for incoming ninth-graders that includes what they consider the most important information they gleaned from one of the eight topics studied. 

Students investigate the lure of snack-food advertisements to explain how snacks can fit into a healthy diet.

Students investigate our society's pressures to conform to standards of beauty - particularly to be thin - and the related prejudice against being "overweight."

Learners identify human muscles and bones from a cardboard skeleton, named "Mr. Skelly." Using dialog balloons as props, the teacher holds up advice from Mr. Skelly, such as noting he drinks milk to keep his bones strong. The lesson...

Students select a fictitious obstacle to overcome as an analysis of their own resiliency. For this resiliency lesson, students discuss the meaning of resiliency and watch a video about the concept. Students work in pairs to trace...

Students practice refusal skills to cope with peer pressure. For this refusal skill lesson, students work in groups to create their own skit about pressure to use tobacco. They show how they can use the 7 refusal skills taught on the Dig...

Explore the topic of honesty in this interactive comic, Francine's Tough Day, based on the characters and storyline from the PBS children's series ARTHUR.

Explore the topic of learning from others in this interactive comic, Dear Adil, based on the characters and storyline from the PBS children's series ARTHUR.

Explore the topic of forgiveness in this interactive comic, Buster's Growing Grudge, based on the characters and storyline from the PBS children's series ARTHUR.

McGruff the Crime Dog is interested in helping you "take a bite out of crime." You can color, read comic strips, play lots of terrific games, and get great safety tips from McGruff! And don't forget to show your parents the special...

A downloadable PDF comic booklet with information on how to prevent heart disease and promote healthy hearts.