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My Beating Heart
Students watch a video over the functions of the heart. They follow along on a website to see how the heart pumps blood.
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Heart Beating Exercise
Students examine video clips and websites that explore the heart. They find and take their pulse while at rest and after exercising. They discuss foods which are good and bad for heart health.
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Too Much Sun, Not Much Fun
Sixth graders, in groups, research the dangers of too much sun. They are to create and present posters they made showing the information of what happens when one is exposed to too much sun and how to protect your skin from the sun.
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Don't Stress Out
Ninth graders research stress and better ways to cope with it. They create a PowerPoint presentation showing coping strategies for stress with pictures and illustrations.
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
Learners study hearing and are able to differentiate between different sound waves. In this sound wave lesson students develop a cause and effect model that shows the parts of the ear.
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The Food Pyramid
Students determine that humans need food to function properly. In this nutrition lesson plan, students discuss the food categories used in the food pyramid by charting the foods eaten in one day.
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Germs and the Body
Young scholars explore biology by completing an illness worksheet. In this human germs instructional activity, students identify how germs are transferred from one body to another and the prevention methods that can be taken. Young...
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Freckle Juice
Third graders read Freckle Juice as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good ideas of extensions you can do as your students go through the story.
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CO2 Blow Out!
Fifth graders determine that carbon dioxide is a gas given off during respiration and that oxygent is the gas that is absorbed during respiration. They determine the air capacity of the lungs.
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Real Attractive
Sixth graders create a collage of attractive people. They write about what makes these people attractive. They discuss what makes someone attractive. They research eating disorders and how the media impacts what people deem as attractive.
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Don't Even Start!
Pupils research teen smoking and present a PowerPoint presentation, which be their personal anti-smoking campaign for their peers.
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Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Bug Bites and Stings
Find out how to prevent, treat and deal with bug bites and stings in this article for teens. Includes links to additional information.
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Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
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Kids Health: How Stitches Help Kids Heal
If you need to get stitches, this article will explain the procedure and how you should take care of your wound. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: Say Hello to Hair
There aren't many kids' sites like this one! Have fun and learn at the same time about the fuzzy, curly or straight stuff on the top of your head. Available in Spanish. Site by KidsHealth.org.
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Kids Health: What's the Big Sweat About Dehydration
KidsHealth offers an article on dehydration and the problems it can cause.
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Kids Health: En Espanol
Access to Spanish translations of a number of KidsHealth site articles, plus access to the English language site and complete database of information on health topics of interest to younger children, such as everyday injuries and...
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Kidshealth: What Are Germs?
This web site that gives good explanations of what germs are and what they do. You can learn how to protect yourself from them here as well.
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Kidshealth: Teaching Your Child Self Control
In order for a child to be successful some degree of self control is necessary. This site looks at how children can develop self control and how an adult should react if a child is demonstrates a lack of control.
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Kidshealth: Broken Bones, Sprains, and Strains
What happens when you break a bone or get a strain or sprain? Find the answer at this website, and also find instruction sheets on first-aid care for broken bones, strains, and sprains.
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Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: What's Up With Warts?
Read this kid-friendly article to discover why people get warts, how they look and feel, and how to remove them.
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Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Concussions
Learn what happens when you get a concussion and discover some ways you can protect your brain.
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Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Eczema
If your skin is dry, itchy, red, sore, and scaly, you may have eczema. Learn more about this uncomfortable condition and what you can to do stop itching.
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Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Indigestion
Upset stomach? Indigestion is a common condition that many people have at one time or another. Find out more in this article for kids.