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Health Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
With childhood obesity becoming an epidemic, it's more important than ever for elementary students to learn healthy habits early on.
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The Mind-Body Connection

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn about the human body. In this biology lesson plan, 2nd graders will begin with the basics of understanding charts and graphs and progress into units that cover the body systems, and mental and emotional health....
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The Human Organism

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify their feelings and learn constructive ways of handling conflict. In this human mental health lesson, students identify their feelings, learn how to tell others about their feelings, and learn how to resolve conflict....
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Vocabulary Skills: Health Problems 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this health problems worksheet, students write "LT" next to listed health related issues that they think are life threatening.
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Health Problems 1

For Students 4th - 6th
For this health problems worksheet, students write next to each problem if they think it's life threatening or not. Students have 15 health problems to look at.
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Health Problems 3

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this health problems worksheet, students write next to each problem if they think it's life threatening or not. Students have 15 health problems to look at.
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Good Mental Health Word Search

For Students 10th - 11th
In this word search instructional activity, learners identify fifty words related to good mental health in a word puzzle. Examples include hormones, self esteem, and depressed.
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Discussing One's Health

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore common health issues.  In this health and literacy lesson, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations.  Students prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues are the...
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Health and The Layered Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a layered curriculum unit in Health in order to help students to answer the following essential question: In what ways will the choices you make today determine your future health and well-being?
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Completing a Confidential Health Intake Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice using new vocabulary related to their health. They complete a sample health intake form with few errors. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Health In Progress - Processed Foods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast processed foods to unprocessed foods. After exploring the differences, they research the health factors, benefits and concerns in both types of food. Discussions include fats, sweeteners, fiber, vitamins,...
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Health Word Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this health worksheet, students identify and find the nine words that describe the actions of 9 classroom objects in a word search puzzle associated with health terminology.
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Personal Health: Breakfast

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this health worksheet, students write or draw what they eat for breakfast every day for a week. They use shapes to show "go" foods, "slow" foods and "whoa" foods.
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Key to Good Health: Exercise

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars 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. Young scholars take their heart rate afterwards and observe the...
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The Health Hazards of Smoking

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the negative health effects of smoking. They view and discuss photos of a healthy lung and a lung exposed to years of smoking, read and discuss a handout, discuss ways to convince someone to stop smoking, and...
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Health: Food Borne Illnesses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how to inhibit food borne illnesses by practicing safe food-handling techniques. Among topics they examine are the advantages and disadvantages of using wooden or plastic cutting boards. After studying for the test,...
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Gender, Age, and Health

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this gender, age, and health in American society worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer questions and answer 13 fill in the blank questions regarding their role in American culture.
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Walk and Talk Health and PE Activity

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice concepts they are studying while exercising. In this health and fitness lesson, studnets walk and job while discussing current classroom lessons.
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Health: Inside the Tooth

For Students 4th - 5th
In this health:  inside the tooth worksheet, students look at the drawing of a tooth and label each part correctly;  there are four parts.
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Detecting Rise in Body Temperature in Human and Animals and its Effects on Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Beat the heat using sensors. Scholars research normal body temperatures for humans and a specific animal. In groups, they create sensors that monitor body temperature, as well as the weather. The goal is to reduce the occurrence of heat...
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Don't Mess with Mercury (Lesson C)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The health effects of mercury exposure if the focus of the first of three activities about the properties of metals. Pairs research mercury to write, prepare, and share posters, articles, or PSAs with the class. 
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Virus Hunters: Epidemiology of Nipah Virus

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Who actually goes looking for a virus? Expose your class to the high-stakes life of an epidemiologist on the trail of the Nipah virus. Pupils engage in a short video, then examine how scientists predict, model, and find the source of...
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A Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human HealthVector-Borne Diseases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Develop an understanding of how climate change affects humans' health. The class lists what they know about climate change and its connection to disease and then read sections of an article providing specific details on how climate...
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Personal Fitness: Merit Badge

For Students 5th - 12th
This personal fitness workbook provides all of the steps that scouts must complete to earn their merit badge. It requires a physical and dental exam, documentation of current health issues, understanding of behaviors detrimental to...

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