Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Marijuana: Breaking Down the Buzz

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Teenagers get the real information about marijuana use based on the history of tobacco legislation and research. As they read an educational passage about marijuana laws, science, and changing attitudes, they address their preconceptions...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: Obesity and Food Deserts

For Students 8th - 10th
Read this selection about "food deserts," places where high poverty rates limit access to healthy foods with your class. Six multiple choice questions on comprehension, inferences, vocabulary, and citing the text follow the selection and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting the Most Nutrition from Your Food

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Healthy eating is a habit that one can never start too early. Learners in grades five through seven, work through a series of activities and informational reading to understand how to make good food choices. You'll find a full...
Interactive
Curated OER

Food Exercises--Tortillas

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about tortillas and answer five multiple choice questions based upon the facts from the text.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Young Drinkers

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study binge drinking problems in the UK by discussing and reading about the problem. They investigate drinking facts, take quiz on alcohol amounts, and investigate different attitude toward drinking.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Nervous System Through Disease and Injury

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the nervous system. In groups, they research the relationship between disease and injury and how it affects the nervous system. To end the lesson, they present their findings to the class and create a poster.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Responsible Decision-Making

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders accurately identify, illustrate, and evaluate a decision based on the six steps of the decision making model.