Two lessons from Kids Health Network aid in the prevention of cold and flu. The first lesson challenges scholars to read articles, discuss their findings, then create a PSA for proper prevention methods. The second lesson...

Two lessons identify three steps to prevent catching a common cold or the flu. The first lesson turns a familiar song into a friendly reminder to wash hands, cover your coughs, sneezes, and keep hands off your face. Lesson two...

Students discuss germs and how they get colds. They demonstrate the importance of covering their mouths while sneezing and what happens when the don't. They practice sneezing and coughing with a tissue.

Henry the Hand leads youngsters on an exciting adventure through coloring worksheets, word puzzles, and comic strips on everything they need to know about preventing the spread of germs by washing your hands.

Feeling high is not the only side effect of abusing prescription opioids. Middle and high schoolers learn more about specific painkillers, including Fentanyl, Oxycodone, and Clonazepam, as well as their common brand names and extensive...

Explore the human body through hands-on activities. Young learners will trace their bodies and place cut out body organs in the proper place, print patterns using cut fruit, sing songs about good nutrition, and use their five senses...

In this recognizing health and diseases worksheet/quiz, students match symptoms with diseases, translate underlined words in sentences, categorize ways drugs are taken, match symptoms with explanations, and fill in blanks with words from...

Sneeze, snap, tap, and whistle; Did I do that? Explore the parts and sounds of the human body with your learners with visual impairments. First you'll name the parts of the body, make a sound with each part, and then have the class...

During a biology lesson plan, scholars research microbes, design a lesson plan using an outline, and present the lesson plan to the class. 

Second graders investigate how to slow the spread of germs from coughing and sneezing. In this illness prevention lesson, 2nd graders talk about why people cough and sneeze before telling about ways to prevent the spread of germs. They...

When kids enter school, they often bring home new illnesses. Decode their symptoms, and help them to take care of themselves, with a fact sheet about the common cold. It delineates the symptoms one would experience as well as the signs...

In this body defense and disease worksheet, learners complete two multiple step questions about infectious diseases and how they are passed.

Learners discover fluid dynamics related to buoyancy through experimentation and optional photography. Using one set of fluids, they make light fluids rise through denser fluids. Using another set, they make dense fluids sink through a...

Students investigate the difference between viral and bacterial illnesses. In this health lesson, students learn the symptoms of each and  examine ways to prevent spreading virusus and bacteria.

Introduce infectious diseases and the epidemiologic triangle. A helpful resource describes the agent, host, and environment from the three vertices as well as the time factor, which is in the middle. Scholars complete a simple...

Students demonstrate how germs spread from one person to another. They hide a small quantity of flour or cornstarch in their hand and then pretend to sneeze or cough into the hand. they shake hands with a child sitting nearby. They...

Identify behaviors that promote health and demonstrate personal hygiene.

Students explore how proper handwashing can prevent the spreading of germs. In this handwashing lesson, students use glitter and cooking spray to demonstrate how germs spread. Students will wash their hands correctly and incorrectly and...

In this common cold activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...

Students examine the difference between a cold and the flu. They discuss the symptoms of colds and flu, complete a cloze activity, and discuss how to stay healthy.

Learners explore germs. For this literacy and health lesson, students listen to the book Germs! Germs! Germs! by Bobbi Katz and discuss methods that prevent the spreading of germs. Learners cut symmetrical shapes out of construction...

Youngsters recognize that germs are everywhere, and can make us sick. They identify ways that germs can be spread, see how they can prevent the spreading of germs, and learn appropriate hand washing techniques.

Add a science experiment on medicine and drugs to your health lesson. After reading a paragraph on the difference between helpful and harmful drugs, kids choose which pictures of bottles they could find at a pharmacy. The last activity...