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Marijuana Awareness
February is Marijuana Awareness Month, and a set of interdisciplinary activities can make your class aware of the social, medical, legal, and psychological effects of marijuana. With writing prompts, research opportunities, and...
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Consider the Source
Who is more trustworthy when it comes to marijuana: a high school student, or The National Institute on Drug Abuse? Sources matter when reading informational text. Help teenagers discern which facts are true with an activity that focuses...
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Major Disparities in Adult Cigarette Smoking Exist Among and Within Racial and Ethnic Groups
Data indicates that some racial groups smoke more than others, and that with that racial group, there are smaller groups whose smoking habits vary as well. Secondary learners read a graph that details the differences between the Asian...
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Youth and Tobacco Use
There are a number of social, emotional, and physiological reasons why teenagers start smoking, and why they continue smoking into adulthood. Help class members understand why smoking begins in youth—and how to protect themselves from...
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Medical Mysteries
Use the theme of medical mystery to engage learners in analyzing the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health. They will explore problem solving and mystery diseases as they practice and improve public...
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Depression
Fifth graders discuss feelings and depression and brainstorm ways to seek help. For this health lesson, the teacher leads a discussion about emotions focusing on when emotions are balanced and when they become unbalanced and a person can...
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Food Pyramid
Third graders examine healthy eating habits by identifying the food pyramid. In this personal health activity, 3rd graders discuss their own eating habits and how there should be a variety of foods in all diets. Students research an...
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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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Straight Talk on Prescription Drugs
Young scholars discover how doctors custom fit prescription drugs to patients. For this health science instructional activity, students explain the risks associated with drug abuse. They discuss common myths about prescription drugs.
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Health Grade 1
First graders explore tattling. In this lesson about when to tell and when to not tell, 1st graders determine the difference between tattling and reporting. Students read the book The Tattle Tail Tale or Tattlin' Madeline, by Carol...
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Idioms Quiz: Health 2
In this online interactive figurative language worksheet, learners respond to 10 multiple choice idiom questions. Students may check their answer immediately.
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Making Healthful Snacks
Students examine how to make healthy snacks that include all the food groups and how to harvest, clean and eat fruits and veggies from the garden. In this healthy snack lesson students complete several activities that have to do with...
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Health: The Three Dimensions
Students examine the three dimensions of health, wealth, and happiness from both emotional and social perspectives. Among the week-long activities are discussions about good and poor habits, minimizing risks by proper planning and...
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Health Grade 3
Third graders explore respect. In this lesson about respecting others and their property, 3rd graders learn hoe to be nice to other people. Students discuss different situations and whether or not it is being respectful. Students write a...
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The Treasure of Health and Happiness
In this literature worksheet, students respond to Chapter Four of "The Treasure of Health and Happiness." Students complete 2 short answer questions about the characters.
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Make Your Health Count
Students write down the meals they have eaten in the past few days and then research the calorie and fat content of at least 5 of the food items. They create a poster with the information they found and then put that information into a...
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Advertising and Healthy Decisions
Students analyze alcohol and tobacco ads and create parodies of them. The eight lessons in this unit include discussions about why teens smoke or drink, the psychology behind the advertising, and writing persuasive letters to agencies,...
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Hic-Hic-Hooray!
What is really the best way to get rid of hiccups? Investigate some old wives' tales and folk remedies related to health. Middle schoolers explore the science behind why people might believe these myths to be true and find the real...
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Basic Vitamins: Water-Soluble and Fat-Soluble
An incredibly thorough lesson plan on vitamins, and how to keep one's body at peak health. Learners access a variety of excellent worksheets embedded in the plan that have them consider raw vs. cooked foods, a vegetable nutrition...
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Health and Nutrition
Students examine vocabulary words that deal with the parts of the body. They identify the body parts and organs associated with the five senses. They identify common illnesses, causes and treatments. They research various lifestyle...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics
Students, while reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, identify basic food groups with the help of picture cards. As a group, they create a collage of healthy and unhealthy foods using pictures from magazines and newspapers.
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Five a Day Reporter
Students evaluate human health by completing a class nutrition activity. In this food choice lesson, students read the book Five a Day Reporter and discuss the importance of balanced meals every day of the week. Students view an...
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What’s the matter?
In this health and communication related worksheet, students analyze how to match up the picture cards to the word cards to symbolize everyday situations.
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Trusted Adults
In this health problems worksheet, students name 3 people in their community who could possibly help with every day problems. Students then draw a picture of each person named and tell where they could find them in the community.
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