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Healthy Teeth
A simple, yet effective lesson on dental health is here for your young learners. In groups, your class will place eggs in cups that contain a variety of liquids and observe what happens to the color of the egg. They brush the egg with a...
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Be Kind to Your Teeth
What kinds of food can be bad for your teeth? Kindergartners and first graders explore dental health with an interactive science inquiry. Given a choice of foods such as celery, cake, and milk, kids choose which ones are better for their...
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Let's Talk Teeth
Complete a number of activities in this group of lessons about dental health and teeth. Your elementary students will like the projects like making teeth models, reading a book, writing poetry and diagramming teeth.
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Lessons for Children’s Dental Health Month
Students learn about dental health. In this dental health lesson, students relate the eggshell to the enamel of the tooth. Students experiment with four drinks to see the effects on the tooth. Students listen to books about dental health.
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Human Body Series - Mouth and Teeth - Healthy Teeth
This assignment regarding teeth is something to chatter about! It is a simple data table with two illustrated columns. In one, students cut out and affix pictures of foods that are healthy for the teeth. In the other, they cut out and...
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Dental Hygiene: Mr. Tooth
Learners discover the importance of dental care. Â In this dental hygiene lesson, students discover the full functions of their teeth and what can cause their teeth damage. Â Learners complete a worksheet at home which prepares them for...
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Open Wide and Trek Inside
Don't underestimate the value of a clean mouth! Here is a six-lesson unit that details everything a youngster needs to know about oral hygiene. It includes lessons on the purpose of a mouth and teeth, the nature of oral bacteria and the...
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Finders Keepers
In this early childhood dental health worksheet, students examine the pictures of 10 items and identify those that keep their mouths healthy.
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Stopping Decay
Students review reasons why teeth are necessary, define tooth decay, discuss and list ways to prevent tooth decay, name at least two foods that promote dental health, watch video Tooth Wisdom, and complete worksheet Tooth Healthy Snacks.
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A Teeth Changing Experience
Students research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson plan, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Students read the book A Teeth Changing Experience...
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Healthy Smile
In this health instructional activity, students circle the pictures that relate to good health. Examples include a toothbrush, apple, milk, and dental floss.
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Good Hygiene: A Healthy Smile
Students practice proper brushing techniques. In this dental hygiene lesson, students use a plaque disclosing tablet to practice the correct tooth brushing procedure.
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Oral Care Calendar
In this dental care calendar worksheet, students put a happy face in the box for each day on the calendar that they brush their teeth twice.
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Healthy Teeth
In this health worksheet, students are reminded to brush their teeth every day. Students will color the picture of the rabbit and her tooth brush.
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Healthy Field Day
Hosting a Healthy Field Day will take a lot of planning and organization, but with a lot of parent participation it can come together very well. The resource describes seven stations of the ten that were presented. Each of these has a...
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Tell Me the Tooth
Young scholars demonstrate the proper teeth brushing technique. In this dental hygiene instructional activity, students read the book I Know Why I Brush My Teeth and invite a dentist into the classroom to demonstrate the proper way to...
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The Crest Egg-Speriment
Students discover how fluoride protects their teeth. In this dental lesson, students conduct an experiment with two eggs to simulate what would happen if they didn't take care of their teeth. Students discuss the results of the...
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A Healthy Smile
In this dental health worksheet, students reinforce the idea that good dental hygiene creates a beautiful smile. Students draw a picture of themselves with a healthy smile in the oval frame.
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What Keeps Teeth Healthy?
In this dental health worksheet, students examine 10 pictures and decide which 6 items help with oral health. They draw a line from each of those pictures to a picture of a smiling boy. They add the letter t to 3 word ending to form the...
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Dental Health
Students watch a presentation about how cavities are formed, view a dentist office on the Internet. Students make a class book about teeth after taking digital pictures of teeth.
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Teeth and Healthy Eating
This presentation doesn't just tell kids to brush their teeth, it tells them why! It also names all the parts of the tooth and provides healthy snack options. A simple, yet informative health care lesson that is just a click away.
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Tooth Brushing Lesson Plan
Young scholars discuss importance of brushing teeth, and create paper teeth to practice brushing plaque.
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Washing Hands
Students read stories, conduct experiments and create graphs as they consider the importance of proper hygiene in maintaining their health. They identify the best way to wash hands and design handwashing posters for classroom placement.
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Water Conservation Task
Pupils list reasons that water conservation is important. They describe methods to conserve water. This lesson could be incorporated with an oral hygiene lesson on brushing teeth.