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Lunch Menu Calories tracking project
In this lunch menu learning exercise, learners make a spreadsheet where they count the calories of different food items on the lunch menu, chart their findings, and answer short answer questions. Students answer 5 questions.
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The Optimization of Food
Students discuss nutrition and how to make better choices with food. In this algebra and nutrition instructional activity, students discuss the way the body process food and the importance of nutrition for our cells. They discuss...
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Birds, Bees and STDs
Students develop knowledge on STD's, their causes, treatment and prevention. In this investigative lesson students mingle with each-other to find the STD, then get into groups and research STD's on the CDC site.
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The Amazing Heart
Students examine human blood flow by comparing the pulse of athletes. In this human body activity, students discover the equation for finding the cardiac output from a human heart. Students identify heart rates of accomplished athletes...
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Dissection Scramble
Students discover the anatomy of a human body by dissecting a cow's eye. In this animal dissection lesson, students identify the structure of an eyeball by cutting open a cow eye and observing the insides. Students participate in an...
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Human Body Systems
Students explore the systems that comprise the human body. In this human physiology instructional activity, students create a model of the human body and research a disease from a particular system. Students will then choose to either...
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Gandhi's "Good Life": The Spiritual Dimension
Young scholars investigate awareness and spiritual transformation by researching the life of Gandhi. In this philosophy lesson, students discuss living in an aware state by practicing yoga, eating vegetarian, and becoming immersed in...
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Who's Up for the Olympic Challenge?:Integrating the 5 Themes of Geography with Olympic Bids
Young scholars explore geographical themes. In this problem solving geography lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation about the Vancouver/Whistler Olympic bid. Young scholars analyze Vancouver as an Olympic site looking at...
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The Mini-Me People Iditarod
Students participate in the "Iditarod" sled race. In this Iditarod lesson, students build their own sleds and pull their classmates to checkpoints. They use mushing terms and get timed to see how fast they go.
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STDs: You Have to Know
Students learn how to protect themselves from STDs. In this healthy living instructional activity, students define the acronyms for various STDs, work in groups to fill out charts on the most common STDs, and learn the five things they...
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Influenza Virus: A tiny moving target
Students investigate the structure and adaptability of viruses. In this viral diseases instructional activity, students play a game to introduce viruses and disease. They conduct computer research and complete interactive activities to...
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Promoting Safe Driving/Choices on Prom Night
Students explore ways to promote safe driving on prom night. In this driver education activity, students interview people about driving on prom night. Students design a poster with their researched quotes and discuss the topic in the...
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Cold and Flus
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.
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3-Every-Day of Dairy: Nutrient Package
Students discover the importance of calcium in their diets. In this nutrition lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to conduct surveys regarding dairy and assessing what they eat. Students discover the...
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Scientific Method in Action
High schoolers investigate the current environmental movement by cleaning up their own campus. In this environmental care lesson, students practice cleaning their "environment" by picking up trash on their campus and decrease litter by...
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Bad Algae!
Students explore algal blooms. In this ecosystem and health lesson, students define and describe harmful algal blooms, then discuss ways in which the impact of these algal blooms could be reduced. Students work in groups to research...
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The Numbers Tell the Story
Students demonstrate how to gather and interpret statistical data. In this data analysis lesson plan, students search for statistics on the health effects of smoking and place the information into charts. Students create these charts...
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World Food Day
In this World Food Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Health, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Privacy
Students examine articles to find out about the relationship between sanitation and disease. In this personal hygiene and home economics instructional activity, students diagram areas for personal hygiene in their homes, read articles...
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People World Wide: HIV/AIDS
In this HIV and AIDS worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions about the populations most affected by HIV and AIDS, the costs to aid people with the disease and the number of people affected in 1998 by the disease.
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AIDS: Responding to a Health Crisis
Students explore the health crisis presented by AIDS. In this AIDS lesson, students find out how nations around the world are dealing with AIDS and the stigma attached to it. Students plan an implement a service project related to AIDS.
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What is BAC?-Blood Alcohol Concentration
In this blood alcohol worksheet, students read about the factors that affect a person's blood alcohol concentration. Students use a given formula to calculate the amount of alcohol in a list of four different drinks and apply their...
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School Safety Survey Project
Students investigate safety issues at school. In this citizenship lesson, students discuss things they are fearful of at school. Students then conduct a school survey asking what others are fearful of.
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The Crisco Lab: A Demonstration of Diabetic Complications
Young scholars complete lab activities to illustrate the complications of diabetes. In this diabetes instructional activity, students work on labs that illustrate sugar in the blood and normal and atherosclerotic vessels. They...