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Is Your Home Bugging You?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students look into the world-wide rise in allergy rates. In this personal health instructional activity, students research and discuss possible reasons for the spike in allergies. 
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Relay Races: Fun for Everybody!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students collaborate as teams in relay races. For this physical education lesson, students learn the basic rules for running a relay race and the different directions they have to follow to complete the race.
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Chase the Ace

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Chase the Ace is a great warm-up activity for all ages. Just make sure there is plenty of space to run around taking into consideration the number of players and the age of the players. Make the game challenging but not so difficult that...
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What A Feeling ... Just Dance!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Hopefully your middle schoolers have had some introduction already to dance movement before you do this lesson. If they have, then giving them ribbons and instructing them to make up a little routine should be a fun activity. Encourage...
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Sexual Harassment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Sexual harassment is not a topic that everyone is comfortable discussing. But it is definitely worth discussing. Use this presentation to help present this topic. The information is well-organized with good examples. The issues around...
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Indoor Physical Activity Ideas for Kids!

For Teachers K - 8th
Rainy day schedule doesn't mean you can't stay fit! Use a collection of indoor physical activities during periods of inclement weather, substitute teaching days, or for those afternoons when your class just wants to move around!
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The Kids are All-Right

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore alcohol abuse. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "The Kids are All Right", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on the content...
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Drug Use and Abuse: Past and Present

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Pick your poison: tobacco, alcohol, opiates, cocaine, or marijuana. An online exhibition launches a research project that asks groups to select one of the five drugs and gather information on how the use of the drug and the regulations...
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Health Education: An Integrated Approach; Causes of Violence

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm about situations that they think may lead to violence in order to learn how to predict when violence might occur. In this lesson on violence, 4th graders first participate in an activity to demonstrate how...
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There's a Rainbow on My Plate

For Teachers K - 4th
Students complete a variety of activities to learn about the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this healthy eating lesson, students complete activity sheets, make a wall poster, create a take home flyer, participate in a...
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Sanitation and Disease Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore global health issues related to water and sanitation. In this Peace Corps lesson, students participate in an online game that requires them to examine how hygiene education, tapping springs, constructing wells, and...
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Contraception, Day 1: Overview

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars identify and categorize contraceptive methods according to how they work. They read reference sheets, view and discuss transparencies, and complete various worksheets.
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Day to Day Life in a Small African Village

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students analyze life in a village of Tanzania including its language, geography, health, and hygiene issues. In this African village instructional activity, students locate Tanzania and its capital city on a map. Students...
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Service Projects in the Dominican Republic

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the role of Peace Corps volunteers. In this service instructional activity, students investigate service projects that feature agriculture, small business, education, environmental education, and health concerns in the...
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Where's the Beef - Beef Facts or Hype, Is it Bad for You?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Analyze a Happy Meal™ for nutrient content and calories. Blend the contents into "McMush" and use Biuret's solution to test for protein content. There are a few problems with the lesson plan: the resource links are no longer...
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Trial By Wire

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify the arguments on both sides of the new Medicare policy debate over claim hearings. They participate in a mock trial to adjudicate the fairness of the new policy.
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Anatomy

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the basic structures and functions of the human body and how they relate to personal health.
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The Energy Equation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore human energy components. In this personal health lesson, students determine how food, sleep, and exercise impact human energy levels as they play BAM! Body and Mind  interactive games. Students create motivational...
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Price of Sickness

For Students 7th - 8th
In this American health worksheet, students analyze a graph of prescription drugs in the U.S. over five years. Students use the data to answer 5 problems about the rate of change.
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Three Factors Threaten Teens

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use. For this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Three Factors Threaten Teens", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and...
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USA Today Lesson: "Meth" Moves East

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore methamphetamine use. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Meth Moves East", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on the...
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Mummy Ball

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice their hand and eye coordination in a ball throwing activity.  In this physical education lesson plan, students participate in a game where they sit in a circle and throw to each other only once until everyone has...
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Consuming Healthy Snacks

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Get your class into great shape by introducing them to the benefits of eating healthy snacks and engaing in regular exercise. This set of activities comes with all the worksheets and handouts needed to complete several weeks of nutrition...
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High-Tech Food: Science in Your Shopping Cart

For Teachers 7th
Kids are given a lot to think about, as they delve into the world of high-tech foods. They discuss GMOs, biotechnology, food enhancements and domestication. They view videos, engage in class discussions, complete worksheets, and learn...

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