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Rhyme at Circle Time
Students study the importance of clean hands and practice the literacy skills of listening, matching, auditory discrimination, vocabulary, and rhyming. They illustrate their rhyme chart with drawings or photos taken doing the different...
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All Star Fitness
Students examine the principles of living a healthy life and establish their own goals that will lead to a healthier lifestyle. In this fitness lesson students keep records of their goals.
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Germs and Microbes
Students observe how to clean their hands with antibacterial wipes or instant hand sanitizers. They discuss the steps to germ fighting and use reproducibles, fingerplays, and songs to reinforce that cleaning hands and fighting germs are...
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Little Me in a Big World: Ants
First graders predict, observe and record strategies to overcome them using discussions, role play, and charts. Over a three or four day period, they examine obstacles that humans and insects encounter.
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Dietary Guidelines for Good Nutrition
Pupils examine Dietary Guidelines for Americans developed by United States Department of Agriculture, analyze their diets for three days, and determine if their diets met the recommended dietary allowances (RDA) for their age and sex.
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Cooking Terms - Level II
Young scholars complete cooking terms with partners at their tables with the help of a foods classroom text.
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Road Safety - Communication and Understanding What's on Board
Tenth graders apply math formulas to explore the truck driving career. In this math lesson, 10th graders explore websites about road safety and truck driving spills. Students view a PowerPoint about safety placards and exercises.
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Behavior=Values=Reputation
Students investigate the method of transmission of STD's, treatments, and cures. They discuss the effect of these diseases on others' reputations and create skits to highlight these concerns.
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Making a Mini-Landfill
Young scholars examine the materials that comprise the products they use. Students describe whether these materials are renewable or nonrenewable resource. Young scholars observe what happens to materials when placed in a landfill.
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Doctor's Dilemma: Advocacy for Whom?
Young scholars investigate why doctors feel torn between patients and insurance companies. They examine the health care system and how it affects patients. They discuss one's ability to afford health insurance as well.
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Disease Role Play
Young scholars develop an action plan in collaborative groups addressing a new disease. This activity provides 3 roles for student participation: scientists, public health officials and community leaders.
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Anne Frank: Propaganda
Students discover techniques that are used to spread propaganda. They define what propaganda is and how it can be used in both a positive and negative manner. They produce an ad campaign for product.
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Industrial Revolution
Eighth graders examine the conditions of workers during the Industrial Revolution. Using the internet, they select three personal statements from workers and others to develop their own conclusions. They answer discussion questions about...
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Real Food in the Classroom
Use a class garden to teach learners about real food, nutrition, and more.
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Water Safety: Grades K-2
Students identify bathtub and pool safety rules. In this water safety lesson, students create a bathtub safety book and water bottle label that contain pool and water safety rules.
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Information, Please
Students view the video "Healthcare Crisis: Who's at Risk?" After researching various healthcare plans, students present their findings to the class.
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Personal Fitness
Students research important personal fitness and sport concepts through note taking, internet research, data collection, and the website Quia. Development of concept maps are also encouraged.
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From Land to Lunch
Students record their three meals and snacks for three days. They determine which items in their diets are grown on farms and record the items in various categories. They conduct Internet research to determine where carious ingredients...
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Making Choices
Students work with a partner to write a play, story or ad that teaches about our choices as consumers. Students focus on educating people about how food choices make a difference in their lives.
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Soccer Golf
Young scholars practice golf etiquette without the use of golf clubs, balls, etc.
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Nutritionist for Hire
Tenth graders role play that they are nutritionists devising a healthy dietary plan that focuses on the client's needs.
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Food Groups and the Food Guide Pyramid
Students read and explain food labels and decide in which part of the food guide pyramid selected food items belong.
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What is Beauty?
Young scholars discuss "What is Beauty?" and discover their own definitions.
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Persuasive Letter about Smoking
Students write a persuasive letter to someone they care about who smokes. They must use both logical and emotional appeals in their letter.