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Building a Healthy City (Final Project)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a scaled model of a city that provides for the economic and cultural needs of a community while maintaining high quality air and water to protect the public health. They articulate, in a presentation, the locations of...
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If I Wasn't Me, What Would I Be?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use their metacognitive skills to complete a self-worth and self-concept activity. In this self-worth lesson plan, students finish a sentence about what else they would like to be and then explain why they would want to change....
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Food Pyramid Nutrition Puzzles

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students put together food group puzzles on the computer and identify the healthy message in the end. In this food lesson plan, students identify the food group that the puzzle is representing as well.
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Good Snack,Smart Snack

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders pretend to be company managers who design and advertise healthy snacks to sell.
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The Kyoto Protocol: What Should We Do?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine why the United States did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol. They develop their own opinion on the Protocol and share them with the class. They also discover how scientific data may be organized to use in a debate.
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Food Group Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the four food groups and nutrition. They cut out pictures of food from newspapers and magazines, create placemats, and create an ABC book of food.
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Consumerism - Labeling Lab With Convenience Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the role of the consumer in the economy and the purpose of labels on products. In groups, they follow a recipe for a calzone using only pre-made dough, sauces and toppings. To end the instructional activity, they...
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Safe ways to take medicine

For Teachers K
Students match who to contact if they need help in certain situations and discuss safety with medicines. In this medicine lesson plan, students match the person who can help them take medicine safely. They also participate in a...
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Why Do We Need Clean Air?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students recognize that tobacco smoke is bad for the heart. For this healthy choices lesson, students understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and damage to the body.
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Fast Food Junkie

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study their favorite fast food meal and analyze their nutritional value.
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Pie Crust Experiment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This experiment can be used as a pre-assessment to see what experience and knowledge the students have in preparing pies. They identify the difference in taste, flavor, texture and appearance as they substitute different ingredients for...
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Snowball Soap

For Teachers K
Students create their own soap sculptures and take them home to use. They gradually add water to soap flakes until they are a consistency that can be molded. They mix the concoction with their hands and then sculpt the "snow" into...
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Nutrition (Low Fat/High Fat Foods)

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explain that a low fat diet, accompanied by being physically active, help them live longer and healthier lives.
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Persuasive Letter about Smoking

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write a persuasive letter to someone they care about who smokes. They must use both logical and emotional appeals in their letter.
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Cleanliness

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify ways that staying clean contribute to good health. They perform an experiment involving potatoes and washed and unwashed hands, observing the results. They complete a cleanliness chart, checking off each healthful habit...
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What is Beauty?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss "What is Beauty?" and discover their own definitions.
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Nutritionist for Hire

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders role play that they are nutritionists devising a healthy dietary plan that focuses on the client's needs.
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Personal Boundaries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the functions and benefits of boundaries. They discuss personal boundaries, list personal questions, and role-play crossing personal boundaries.
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Foodways

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss where food is obtained and list their favorite items. They research recipes to discover their ingredients. They investigate the advertising and cost of food and prepare menus from earlier eras.
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A Media Literacy Unit on "Turn Beauty Inside Out"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students become aware of the importance of distinguishing between inner and outer beauty. They explore how the media's opinion of beauty is biased and should be evaluated rather than just accepted. Each student also assesses how the...
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Pie Shell - Lemon Meringue or Cream Pie Shell Demo

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe teacher demonstration of correct way to prepare pie shell, and identify proper techniques of preparing pie shell using basic ingredients, including lemon or cream filling and meringue or whipped cream topping.
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Special Delivery

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate locomotor skills for assessment. After receiving an envelope with a skill to be addressed, they perform that skill and receive a stamp for completion. Each student must complete all of the skills in order to...
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"Know How" to Line Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and define several movements physically acted out. They participate in a freeze activity in which they line up performing different movements. For example, they line up (1) if they are doing a strength exercise, (2)...
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Class "Goals"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars observe a soccer theme poster displayed on the classroom walls. As they follow directions, participate, and listen, students earn soccer balls to attach to the poster. Upon receiving 10 soccer balls, the class receives a...

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