Disease Prevention and HIV/AIDS Education - First Grade

First graders participate in the review on the body information profile. They share why Freddie would or would not be a good student in first grade and then complete the activity sheet, "I Am a First Grader", writing things they do,...

Students in an ESL classroom brainstorm what they already know about HIV/AIDS. In groups, they are given slips of paper of a dialogue between two people that is out of order. They put the dialogue into order and answer comprehension...

Second graders, in groups, rotate to several stations around the room, in which question cards, regarding disease prevention, have be assigned. Groups visit each station, discuss and record their answer to the question and move to the...

Students discuss communicable and non-communicable diseases, and how germs travel from person to person through the air, on objects, in body fluids, and on animals and insects. They take a short quiz.

Identify behaviors that promote health and demonstrate personal hygiene.

Students demonstrate strategies to reduce or prevent illnesses.

First graders identify behaviors that promote health and demonstrate personal hygiene. They create a fairy tale entitled, "The Forgetful Princess."

Students demonstrate proper care of the body

Looking for an interactive back to school activity? Start by reading the book The Kissing Hand, and having your class discuss their feelings about the first day of school. They trace their hand onto paper, cut out the paper hand, paint a...

Students use the Internet to examine ways they can prevent using drugs. They discover the dangers of these substances and complete online quizzes.