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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Risks from Smoking

For Students 6th - 12th
Discover what smoking does to one's body with a detailed reference page that points out the types of cancers and chronic diseases that can occur when using tobacco products. 
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Don't Mess with Mercury (Lesson C)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The health effects of mercury exposure if the focus of the first of three activities about the properties of metals. Pairs research mercury to write, prepare, and share posters, articles, or PSAs with the class. 
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Teach Engineering

What is Going on with Grandma?

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils individually determine what they need to know about osteoporosis and how they will find that information. They share their thoughts with a partner before moving on to share with the class. The class arrives at a list of a set of...
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Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Health & Sickness

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Headache, sore throat, runny nose. Words associated with health and sickness are the focus of this lesson designed for language learners.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chick Chock's Pollen Problem

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars analyze how allergens effect the body and how air borne substances can effect people.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Supersize Me Worksheet

For Students 7th - 10th
Morgan, who is a reasonable, healthy man, embarks on a 30-day quest to eat nothing but food from a McDonald's restaurant. This worksheet accompanies the video "Supersize Me". The video is definitely worth viewing, but this worksheet...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Diabetes: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate personal health by researching healthy eating on the Internet. For this childhood disease lesson, students discuss diabetes, the causes, and ways it can be prevented. Students complete worksheets based on potentially...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Alcohol: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate alcohol safety by researching the Internet.  In this drugs and alcohol lesson, students discuss the legal drinking age and brainstorm the problems drinking can cause.  Students complete a worksheet about making good...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Allergies: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore different types of food allergies. In this food allergy lesson, students look at what foods people with peanut, seafood, milk, egg, soy or wheat allergies have to avoid. They create a button for a student with an allergy...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Asthma: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discuss the health effects of asthma. In this asthma instructional activity, learners answer questions about their own history with asthma or difficulty breathing. They create a pamphlet to go in a doctor's office to...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Smoking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the pros and cons of smoking.  In this smoking lesson, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Treatments for Characters' Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research treatments for problems associated with specific characters.  In this online research lesson, students use kid-friendly search engines to find information that will help a character from Charlie and the Chocolate...
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Lesson Plan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Diabetes in the Family: A Case Study

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners 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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is There a Doctor in the House?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the answers to their own health-related questions, and evaluate the various sources from which this information comes after read "Teenagers Find Health Answers With a Click."
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Environmental and Health Concerns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
The idea behind this lesson plan is to introduce learners to the health and environmental issues related to the use of computers. The lecture should include topics such as tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, but information is not...
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Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Sickness: Health Problems and Treatments

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL worksheet, students complete a 100 question fill in the blank and matching online interactive exercise about health problems and sickness.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Health Problems

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this health problems worksheet, learners write the problem they see in the pictures, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 2 activities total.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Lead Pb Environmental and Health Issues

For Students 5th - 10th
In this health issues worksheet, students write a letter to the President about the health issues that arise from metal and lead after reading articles about the dangers. Students read 9 articles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Then and Now. Public Health from 1900 to Today

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze public health issues. For this public health lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding the health concerns and diseases of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students also  interview medical practitioners...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Connect the Dots and Write: Health Problems

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this health problems connect the dots and write worksheet, students trace 15 health problem words 2 times each. Students match the 15 words to the pictures of the appropriate words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Trace and Read: Health Problems

For Students K - 3rd
In this health problem words trace and read instructional activity, students trace 15 health problem words 4 times each. Students use the extra space to write the transportation words independently.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Health Problems Word Searches

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this health problems word searches instructional activity, students complete a series of word searches that require them to locate 15-17 words in each of the 6 puzzles.
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Organizer
Curated OER

The Honeycomb Challenge: Health Problems

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this health problems word game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Write About These Health Problems

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing practice worksheet, students write 12 original sentences about the 12 health problems pictured on this worksheet.