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Can Diet and Exercise Help?
Learners research information on diabetes. In this health and or language arts lesson plan, students develop Power Point presentations to demonstrate how life style choices affect the risk of developing diabetes. This is a great activity...
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What Happened to Mya
Students research the symptoms and treatments of diabetes. In this diabetes lesson, students explore the topic and share their findings through a case study. Several extensive activities are also suggested.
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Biomedical Engineering and Diabetes
Students discuss diabetes, it causes, and old and current technology to control the disease. They discuss biomedical engineering and new technology to control the disease. The examine the various types of insulin delivery systems and...
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Diabetes: A National Epidemic
Young scholars investigate the disease of diabetes. They observe research results to graph the trends of diabetes to contribute to the problem of being overweight. They explain in class discussion the physiological changes that occur in...
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Diabetes in the Family: A Case Study
Students examine a case study of a woman with a family history of type 2 diabetes and create a "family health portrait" that assesses her risk of developing diabetes. They use the family health portrait to record the woman's family...
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What is Diabetes?
Students examine basic information about diabetes and related vocabulary words. They explore various health websites, complete a worksheet, discuss the worksheet answers and discuss diabetes myths vs. facts.
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Vision Disorder
Students design a morning routine for a 60 year old female senior with vision disorder. In this biology lesson, students collaborate with their team to come up with possible solutions. They present at least two ideas of their design to...
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Diabetes and Your Family
Students identify common symptoms of diabetes. In this adult health lesson, students discuss common myths about it and evaluate whether they are true or not. They suggest ways to reduce their risk from this disease.
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Bittersweet: Diabetes
Ninth graders examine the disease of diabetes. In this diabetes and health lesson students examine the disease, the people who are most at risk for diabetes, as well as how to best prevent diabetes.
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Bittersweet: Diabetes
Students study diabetes including the warning signs and preventive measures. In this insulin lesson students complete several activities that examine the different types of diabetes.
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Why Diabetics May Have Frequent Thirst and Urination
Students explore how sugar in the bloodstream helps to take water from the body's tissue. For this diabetes lesson students complete several labs on diabetes and sugar.
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Graphing Glucose Tolerance Test Results.
Students graph glucose test results to compare between people with and without diabetes. In this investigative instructional activity students participate in activities that allow them to better understand diabetes and how to graph...
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Your Body, Your Health
Students study sickle cell anemia and other genetic disorders. In this investigative activity students create a poster and present it to the class on a certain disorder.
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Meal Plan for an Older Person with Diabetes
Students plan a healthy meal for elderly diabetics. In this nutrition instructional activity, students practice planning a healthy meal by creating a meal plan for an elderly diabetic patient. They learn the importance of controlling...
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Compare and Contrast Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Students use graphic organizers to compare and contrast Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. For this diabetes lesson, students are given information on the two major types of diabetes. They analyze how to compare and contrast the information.
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Percentage of Populations with Diabetes
Learners calculate percentages. In this percentages lesson, students watch a video clip regarding diabetes. Learners discover how to calculate daily carbohydrate allowances as well as the percentage of the population with diabetes.
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Pregnancy Search
In this medical worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms that are related to pregnancy. There are 54 health words located in the puzzle.
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Diabesity Childhood Epidemic
In this health worksheet, students find the words that are related to the problems of diabetes and obesity. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Diabetes Search
In this biology worksheet, students find the words related to the subject of diabetes and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Diabetes
In this health learning exercise, students look for the words related to the concept of diabetes and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Diabetes
In this health learning exercise, learners find the words in the puzzle that are related to the concept of diabetes and the answers are at the bottom of the page.
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Nine Months in Six Weeks
Student study possible effects the mother's nutritional habits will have on her baby. They see how important it is to eat right and examine a regular diet for a pregnant woman or one for a woman with diabetes or other physical problems.
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The Challenge to Deliver Insulin
Students investigate these fundamental chemical and cellular processes. They recognize the long-term danger that comes from a diet of fast food, chips, and soda, realize that avoiding diabetes is their responsibility, and establish...
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Diabetes - It's a Killer!
Students survey, graph and chart their prior knowledge about diabetes. They read a handout and complete a K-W-L chart. They develop a rubric to assess their diet and exercise and develop a shopping list, menu and exercise plan to share.