Middle schoolers will identify several professions in the healthcare field along with the characteristics of effective healthcare providers. They will also consider if any of the occupations covered in class are appropriate career paths....

Students explore rescue and medical careers and then discuss ways that emergency personnel help people on-the-job. They choose a health topic and write a list of basic health rules. Students design a poster depicting a scene in which...

Tenth graders analyze different healthcare occupations in relation to older adults. They identify current concerns of healthcare occupations and formulate questions that address current concerns of occupations servicing older adults

Students investigate careers in each of the five pathways of health care to include therapeutic services, support services, diagnostic services, biotechnology research and development, and health informatics.

Career exploration can begin with something as simple as a personal interest inventory. Learners complete a list of personal interests, determine their personality type, and then discuss how suited they'd be to a health care career. 

Reasearch the transmission of tuberculosis and design a communication product to help youth understand the risks of the disease, how it is tested for, and the benefits of proper treatment. This project incorporates language arts, math,...

Students investigate various careers in the field of aviation in this lesson. They watch and discuss a video, develop a list of careers in aviation mentioned in the video, and create a resume and cover letter for an entry level aviation...

Learners explore the Therapeutic Services Career Pathway using articles in the Health Careers Planner.

Former President Barack Obama reformed the United States' health care system with Obamacare, but is the new legislation good for America? Scholars read a historical timeline about the passage of health care reform laws and compare United...

Learners research a specific job. In this lesson about jobs in the Health Sciences area, students learn about jobs. Learners utilize the book "Paws in Jobland" to explore Health Sciences jobs. Students answer ten questions from a...

Students explore a variety of careers. They research careers they may be interested in pursuing. Students create a Career Flyer or Brochure and a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class.

After having a discussion about skills they have already acquired in school, pupils imagine that they are leaving school to go look for a job. They discuss what kind of job they would look for, and what they would tell about themselves...

Students identify careers in the healthcare field. They listen to a description of work done by family members, school personnel and community workers. They role-play a visit to the doctor's office and all the staff involved in that visit.

Learners explore similarities and differences in jobs in one field. In this careers lesson, the teacher introduces the concept, then students brainstorm a list of jobs in the health field and complete a worksheet pertaining to various...

As your scholars begin their career study, it's important they understand their personal intrinsic values. What makes them feel rewarded? There are discussion prompts here to get learners thinking about specific careers, and they also...

In this global problems activity, students are given a list of ten issues that we face world wide and they rank the list in order of priority after discussing the topics with a group. Students then order the top ten...

Students act as medical pioneers to establish a clinic in an under served area.t They work in teams of two to complete a portfolio about their clinic and examine new treatments in various area of medicine.

Sophomores can be sometimes wise and sometimes foolish. The same can be said for their behaviors. After watching a presentation about risk taking behaviors, class members discuss the presentation in small groups, and then complete a...

Students work in collaborative groups researching topics such as nutrition, the benefits of exercise on the body, dental and personal hygiene. They conduct interviews, create charts and posters, and report their results with a written...

Students explore cats.  In this pet care lesson, students participate in a discussion with a local veterinarian about proper health care for cats. Students name reasons it is important to protect against pet overpopulation. ...

Third graders examine the roles of health and safety workers. The lesson includes reading and research about the health services offered and how they have changed over the years. Once they choose habits a health worker would endorse,...

Students explore the systems that comprise the human body. In this human physiology lesson, students create a model of the human body and research a disease from a particular system. Students will then choose to either interview a person...

Students complete a unit with cross-curricular activities to learn about a healthy body and maintaining their health. In this health lesson, students complete 8 lessons to learn about good health, a healthy diet, healthy foods, healthy...

Students investigate, discuss and write about health related illnesses common among teenagers in this series of lessons. They research health related careers of interest to them