Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hand Washing: I can handle it!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students wash cinnamon off of their hands in a variety of ways to learn proper ways to disinfect. In this washing hands lesson plan, students use water, soap, cooking spray, and other ingredients to wash hands and talk about the results.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is Hunger and Who are the Hungry?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the purpose of food and how the body needs it for survival. The social problem of hunger is introduced and then researched looking for its causes and some solutions. There is background information in the lesson for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sometimes And All the Time Foods

For Teachers K
Students utilize a picture of a lunch box and draw pictures of healthy food choices with which to fill it. The reasons for their choices of particular foods are discussed and the concepts of sometimes foods and all the time foods are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Nutrition Using the Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to make healthy eating choices. There are goals included for students to meet by the end of fifth grade.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Malnutrition

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students attempt to find innovative ways to solve the problem of malnutrition. They focus on finding workable and reasonable solutions, adoptable by any patient. Students enhance critical thinking to create an avenue by which...
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Vegetable Soup: A Reverse Recipe

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students cook up a healthy soup. In this early childhood food and cooking lesson, students gain knowledge about healthy diets, identify a variety of fruits and vegetable, and identify the connection between food served in the home and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

What's an Ecotect?

For Students 4th - 9th
In this future jobs worksheet, students use their creative thinking to select 10 job titles from a list and write a description for each job title. Students discuss as a class what good descriptions are and they discuss life in the future.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nutrition and Body Image

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students study nutrition and how to maintain a healthy diet.  In this adolescent nutrition lesson plan students complete several activities that allow them to see different nutrition scenarios.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Safety First - Danger in the Schoolyard?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students check for safety hazards in the schoolyard. In this safety activity, students become safety wardens and they check the dangers of the playground. They write six safety rules and display them on the playground. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prescription Stimulants

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars study ADHD and how prescription drugs can help.  In this behavior therapy and drug abuse instructional activity students read articles and complete a worksheet. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Effects of Drugs and Alcohol

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine how drugs and alcohol impair athletic performance They discuss the reduction in aerobic activity through drug use and discover what is most affected by abuse. In their journals they write about how maintaining...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

School Violence: Answers From the Inside

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the issue of school violence, bullying, and cliques. They watch and discuss a video, answer discussion questions, create a poster, role-play mediation techniques, identify conflict resolution techniques, and sign a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Cost of Smoking

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explain the financial and life expectancy costs of smoking using a computer model to enter and adjust parameters to collect data in the form of a table. They analyze the data collected and determine the true cost of smoking.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Anti-drug Shock Tactics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate the effectiveness of 'shock tactics' to discourage drug abuse. They view a video about the death of a 21-year-old heroin addict. In small groups they discuss the video and complete comment sheet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Choosing Healthy Foods

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this healthy foods worksheet, students read a 2 page article on the food pyramid and eating healthy foods. Students answer 10 questions with multiple choice answers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Are My Daily Calorie Needs?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars explore what their personal nutritional requirements are.  In this exploratory activity students calculate their total daily energy needs and energy outputs and study how age is related to changing this. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Resistance to Parents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine family life issues. In this interpersonal relationships lesson, students discuss typical resistance to parents from teen children. Students also discuss options for children dealing with difficult or abusive home life.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Obesity and Making Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers K - 1st
Students determine healthy snack choices for themselves.  In this eating habits lesson, students discuss snacks they regularly consume.  Students cut and paste pictures of snacks that they think are good selections.  
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HIV/AIDS, iChat, and the Immune System

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners study HIV and model the course of an infection.  In this immune system lesson students examine HIV and AIDS and learn that it is a preventable disease. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Killer Coal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore some of the environmental health risks involved with both the mining and burning of coal. They read articles on coal in the Balkan Peninsula, view the photographs, and then discuss what feelings and thoughts they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HIV/AIDS & Other STDs, Day 3: HIV/AIDS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the characteristics of HIV and AIDS. They identify the liquids in which the disease is found and how it can be transmitted. They examine healthy behaviors to keep them from getting the disease.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts: How Can Research Shape Ideas?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to characterize arsenic and determine its potential health threats in writing. They are able to compare and contrast arsenic to other water pollutants using Venn diagrams. Students are able to demonstrate essay skills...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Planning for a Healthy Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners investigate the difference between diseases that are controllable and those that happen by chance. They discuss the chance of dieing in a war with that of dieing from a disease that has controllable factors. They complete a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fast Food Junkie

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study their favorite fast food meal and analyze their nutritional value.

Other popular searches