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You Are What You Eat!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate information on various websites in relation to health concepts and healthy dieting in this technology-based High School Health lesson. Emphasis is placed on the use of small cooperative learning groups and the...
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Who Hid the Milk Products?

For Teachers K
Students study milk products and learn their health benefits. For this milk products lesson, students discuss dairy products. Students participate in a game of milk product identification. Students also discuss categorizing milk by their...
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TSI: Teen Science Investigations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars read an article about a research conducted on teen brain decision making. In this health science lesson plan, students identify the steps in the scientific method. They discuss how this research can benefit them when faced...
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State Report Card

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders evaluate their own state on how well the government protects their citizens from specific health issues. In groups, they list the environmental health concerns regarding water, air, toxic waste and radiation. They...
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Be a Fire Safety Monitor

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine ways to deal with unsafe fire situations. They determine what to do when someone else is casing a dangerous fire situation such as playing with a lighter, burning candles near curtains, or smoking in bed. Working with a...
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Nutrition: Why do we need rice in our diet?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover what the Food Guide Pyramid represents. In this health lesson, 2nd graders experience the types of foods represented in each of the groups found in the pyramid. As part of this lesson, students discover one food...
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Preventing Picky Eaters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars list the normal eating habits of children. In this health lesson, students identify common problems experienced during mealtimes. They discuss ways to better manage a child's mealtime experience.
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Drawing the Line

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners participate in a classroom discussion about sexual expression and personal sexual boundaries.
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Sir Milkford and Lady Holly's Milk Group

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in teacher led activities that introduce the food groups and their importance to health.
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Taking Care of Me

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners brainstorm on the effects of stress on the body. In this health science lesson, students write journals three times a week about how they feel. They determine strategies to cope with stress.
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I Appreciate You

For Teachers K - 7th
Students make a list of all family members, including themselves, on a piece of paper (family activity). Beside each name, write one thing you really appreciate about that person. Also, write beside your name what you think others in...
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Is It A Crime To Be Gay?

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students stage a parliamentary committee hearing in the newly independent Eastern European country of Boldovistan. Role playing characters with differing attitudes towards homosexuality, students testify on legislation to abolish laws...
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Mate Selection Theory

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the mate selection theories. They analyze the importance and process of mate selection and compose their own personal list of characteristics, qualities, and values desired in a marriage partner. They identify and explain...
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Sexual Exploitation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars analyze psychology by completing a true or false worksheet. In this sexual health lesson, students read assigned text which dictates when it is or isn't appropriate to touch a person and what to do if you feel...
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When Building Up Leads to Breaking Down

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine where one develops his or her views about health and ways in which teen-agers exhibit these influences, focusing particularly on the rising trend of anabolic steroid use in teen-age girls.
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Food Pyramid Mobile

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the food pyramid. In this diet lesson, 3rd graders discuss healthy foods, food servings, and food groups. Students cut out a few pictures from magazines representing each food group and create a...
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Sportsmanship: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities regarding good sportsmanship. For this sportsmanship instructional activity, students discuss winning, losing, and cheating. They participate in Sportsmanship scenarios and discuss what they would do in each...
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Genetically-Modified Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the pros and cons of genetic engineering. They watch a short Bill Moyers video, conduct Internet research, create a poster, participate in a pro/con debate, and write an essay expressing their personal feelings...
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The Brain: Control Central

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners investigate the brain as the organ that regulates all of their physical, emotional, and cognitive responses. Some of the components of mental illness are examined inn this lesson.
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Growing on My Own, Kids on the Grow

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in an after school program that promotes critical thinking, concern for others, recognizing differences, accepting differences, self-motivation and personal safety. They cover how kids develop, expressing different...
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Do You Dread the Spread?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the increased reports of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in China. They hold a mock emergency health summit to address concerns and possible solutions on behalf of the affected countries and international health...
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Fantastic Foods

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the health benefits of dark chocolate. They research other foods which they consider to be both healthy and delicious for a "classroom pantry."
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MICROBES 1: WHAT'S BUGGIN YOU?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use existing knowledge of microbes, focusing on the relationship between microorganisms and foodborne illness, as well as the implications that foodborne illness has on human health.
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Implications of the Human Genome Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars study the Human Genome Project through classroom discussion and the video, Cracking the Code of Life. They research reports about the issues of disease, human health, and the ethical, legal, and societal implications of...

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