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I Am What I Eat!
In this nutrition activity, students record the food that they consume. Students record how many calories, grams of fat, protein, and sugar is in each portion of food that they list.
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Keeping Healthy
Students exercise their muscles to explore concept of heart rate and to explain how blood supplies muscles with oxygen.
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Exercise: The Right Stuff
First graders explore how regular exercise keeps the body strong and healthy.
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Living Tobacco Free
First graders explore how smoking and tobacco are made of harmful substances.
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Pathway of Life
First graders explore the circulatory system and its functions. They draw and label the parts of the circulatory system on traced body paper cutouts, and walk on a large chalk outline of a body, following the path of the circulatory system.
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The Human Body: Focusing on Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
Students study the components and functions of the respiratory and circulatory systems. They take blood pressure using a stethoscope and investigate ways to maintain a healthy respiratory system.
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Clogged Arteries
Students participate in active demonstrations to explore the understanding of cholesterol in an artery. Students stand outside hula hoops to represent an artery. When they are tagged, they become a piece of cholesterol. Students...
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Card Suit Aerobics
First graders perform a variety of locomotor skills to enhance aerobic fitness and explain different movements that can be used to keep fit and active.
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Marijuana
Students identify the main parts of the body that are affected by using marijuana.
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Healthy Play
Fifth graders participate in an activity in which they explore healthy lifestyles and why it is important to be active.
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Jr. Chef Club Delightful Desserts
Learners identify the fat content in foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and identify foods that are low in fat. Learners create a low-fat dessert by using fruit.
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LOOKING DEEPER
Young scholars study trauma, recognize episodes that can produce it, and behaviors it can elicit. They glean an example of a potentially traumatic event. They need to think who might be traumatized and why.
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Opening and Responding
In this Bridge learning exercise, students give the response to their partner's bid. Students give a response given a hand of cards and their partner's opening bid.
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A Baby Shower Puzzle
In this baby shower crossword worksheet, students complete 31 phrases or definitions related to throwing a baby shower. They solve a crossword puzzle filling in the appropriate baby shower term to complete each statement.
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Defining and Discussing Death
Students participate in an imaginary scenarios that involves different ways to confront and talk about issues surrounding death. Students will write a letter expressing their emotions to a pet or person who has died.
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What Do Doctors Do?
Students recognize how doctors help people and about germ spreading.
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The Presidential Physical Fitness Test
Students practice skills of physical fitness to prepare for The Presidential Physical Fitness Test. They practice daily using specific exercises like curl ups and the one mile run/walk. The lesson allows students to project a profile...
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Minding Your Body
Students explore the benefits of yoga and meditation by studying baseball players who incorporate them into their pre-season training. They investigate a variety of mind-body techniques and create a presentation for the class.
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The Dangers of Marijuana
In this marijuana word search, learners find words warning of the dangers of smoking marijuana. They explore terms such as hallucinations, inhibitions, paranoia and other negative aspects of the drug. There are approximately 33 words...
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Medical Terminology
Pupils analyze specific medical terminology. In this medical terminology lesson, students research medical terminology and write properly grammatical paragraphs on each word including the scientific term, nursing and general...
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Dribbling and Passing
Eighth graders study soccer. In this lesson on a sport, 8th graders practice dribbling and passing skills associated with soccer.
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Fortune Cookie Warmup
Pupils participate in various physical warm-up activities after reading their "fortune."
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Stimulants
Students explore the use of stimulants; in particular, amphetamines and cocaine. They also examine crack, which is a methamphetamine that is made in a laboratory and used as an inexpensive substitute for cocaine.