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What Do Mouths Do?
Students discover the purposes and parts of the mouth, about oral health.
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Invisible Neighbors
First graders explore the importance of keeping their body clean in order to maintain good health. They explore washing their hands and maintaining other good hygiene practices.
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Cereal Box Redesigns
Middle schoolers examine cereal boxes for nutrition information. In this nutrition lesson, students redesign cereal boxes to reflect their nutritional value. Middle schoolers understand that some cereals contain too high a percentage of...
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Germs Can Make You Sick
Students explore how germs are spread. For this science lesson, students practice good hand washing practices and discuss how washing hands can prevent the spread of germs.
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HIV/AIDS & Other STDs, Day 1: Germs & Risk
Assist your secondary special education class for understanding risky behavior, hygiene, and STDs. The class discusses how germs spread, how people get sick, and what needs to be done to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. They...
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Show Them The Germs!
Learners learn the importance of washing their hands through a "hands on" germ activity. For this germ lesson plan, student put glow germ on their hands, and shake the teacher's hand. When put under a black light, students see the germs...
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Hand Washing: I can handle it!
Students wash cinnamon off of their hands in a variety of ways to learn proper ways to disinfect. In this washing hands lesson plan, students use water, soap, cooking spray, and other ingredients to wash hands and talk about the results.
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Jr. Chef Club
Students review proper hand washing techniques and make a recipe. In this cooking lesson plan, students explore how to wash their hands properly before cooking and how to make a few edible treats.
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Hand Washing: I Can Handle It!
Fifth graders examine virus transmission. In this health and nutrition lesson, 5th graders explore hand washing and food handling techniques that prevent food borne illnesses. Students name viruses and the diseases caused by them
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Adopt Good Personal Health Habits
Pupils, through teacher lecture and instruction, review the personal wellness habits that can prevent illness and maintain good health. Hopefully, if students adopt these habits they will decrease their chance of getting sick.
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Nutrition and the Elderly
Study the nutrition of elderly people and how it helps them to remain independent and healthy. Learners investigative the nutrition concerns of the elderly. MyPlate, vitamine requirements and sensory changes in the elderly are...
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Hand Washing Crossword Puzzle
In this health related lesson plan, students review, discuss and analyze all the important hygiene habits involved in the washing of their hands after certain activities. Students then complete a crossword puzzle on hand washing.
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Determining the Effectiveness of Handwashing
Students participate in an experiment in which they grow bacterial colonies. They examine the effects of antibiotics killing the germs. They discuss their findings to end the lesson.
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Handwashing and Sanitation
Young scholars apply Glo-Germ to their hands to see the amount of germs on their skin. As a class, they watch a demonstration on how to properly watch their hands to prevent the spread of disease. To end the lesson, they are introduced...
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Where Do You Stand?
Scholars assess a government's ability to intervene in personal health decisions. They research basic facts about euthanasia and describe their opinions about new legislation passed in the United States Congress about an individual's...
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Germs: Grades 3-5
Students investigate personal health issues by discussing germs. In this contagious disease lesson plan, students identify ways germs infect our bodies and how we can best protect ourselves. Students discuss food preparation and safety...
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Germs: Grades K-2
Learners demonstrate knowledge about germs. In this health lesson, students investigate what germs are, how to protect the skin by comparing the skin to apple skins, and the proper hand washing technique for getting rid of germs....
Utah LessonPlans
Disease Prevention and HIV/AIDS Education - First Grade
Identify behaviors that promote health and demonstrate personal hygiene.
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Health Importance
First graders create a poster about health after filling out a survey on a health topic. In this health lesson plan, 1st graders read the Staying Clean and Fit section of their health book.
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Head Lice: Grades K-2
Head lice—how not to get or give it. Scholars read or listen to kid-friendly articles that offer information about head lice. They complete a worksheet that identifies items they should and should not share with their peers.
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Wanted: The Infamous Five
Students name the five most common types of foodborne pathogens. They comprehend how bacteria can grow and spread. Students are taught healthy hygiene and food-safety habits. They discuss the crimes of the five most wanted foodborne...
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Technology Tackling Biofilms
Students use their knowledge of biofilms to design a model of a new toothbrush to tackle dental biofilms. In addition, they evaluate the product, and communicate the process of the technological design.
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Educate Yourself About Food Borne Illness
Students explore the rules to food safety and how to keep foods from growing bacteria. In this food illness instructional activity students view a demonstration about bacteria complete a food safety test online.
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Food Safety
Students recognize that safe food preparation is important to good health. In this food safety instructional activity, students participate in an activity students separate, clean, chill, and cook food safely. Students use Glo Germ to...