Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Maintaining Your Health and Well-Being
Future counselors and mental health professionals engage in two activities that give them insight into careers in human services. First, groups of four compare and contrast health and wellness apps and share their findings with...
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Key to Good Health: Sleep and Mental Relaxation
Students investigate the effect good sleep and rest has on the human body. In this health lesson, students discover the different stages of sleep and discuss ways they can ease their own tension through exercise or meditation....
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Interdisciplinary Unit On Wellness
Students create a portfolio throughout their middle school years on wellness. Students explore their awareness of the connections between health, physical education, and family and consumer sciences with particular emphasis on the areas...
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Health (General Wellness)
Seventh graders explore their personal health by completing a worksheet. In this healthy living lesson plan, 7th graders examine the health triangle and research ways to prevent at risk behavior. Students complete a health survey based...
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The Abc's of Healthy Eating
Students examine healthy eating as it relates to physical and mental health. In this the abc's of healthy eating lesson, students discuss the effects of unhealthy eating habits. Students examine the My Pyramid Food Guidance System...
Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks School Community Toolkit
Guide members of the educational community in understanding and supporting autistic learners. A kit from Autism Speaks includes an array of tools designed for parents, teachers, and community members.
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Health Puzzle
In this health worksheet, students identify and locate words related to health lifestyles. There are 39 words located in the puzzle.
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Benefits of Cycling
Fourth graders discuss cycling and create a list of good effects from cycling. In this cycling lesson, 4th graders design a leaflet or poster to encourage cycling. Students debate the benefits of cycling.
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Soccer: Kickin' Butts!
Students view a PBS "In the Mix" video about soccer and identify the benefits of playing the sport. They examine how playing a sport can help prevent tobacco abuse and design posters depicting the benefits of soccer.
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Building Blocks for a Healthy Body
Students watch a video and discuss the benefits of regular exercise. They use books, Internet sites and interviews with health professionals to develop a list of activities to develop physical fitness.
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That's Dope - Part 1
Students investigate drugs in sports. In this performance enhancing drugs activity, students discuss the uses for steroids in medicine and sports. Students utilize the web to play a steroid related game, view media clips of their...
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Understanding MyPyramid
Fifth graders investigate serving sizes. In this serving size lesson, 5th graders study the food pyramid paying special attention to proper serving sizes of food. Resources are provided.
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The Benefits of Exercise
Ways are identified in which exercise benefits the nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems of the human body in this presentation. It also includes definitions for and examples of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, as well as...
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Soccer: Whole-Part-Whole Method-Dribbling to Beat an Opponent
Students practice soccer drills by playing various team combinations including a three vs. three player game and a four vs. four player game. They play a one player vs. one player game and a four vs. four bank game. Finishing their...
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Bring Sports Inside the Classroom
Research sports to foster an interest in afterschool engagement, and see your students grow more creative and focused.
Calvin Crest Outdoor School
Survival
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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Aboriginal Physical Education
Students engage in p.e. activities that have roots in native Indian, Metis, and Inuit cultures. They practice the skill involved and listen to the significance behind the skill. They read relevant books and define new terminology.
National Institutes of Health
Nih Curriculum Supplement for Middle School: The Science of Mental Illness
A curriculum that explains how mental illness can be treated and cured. The site offers a web version of the curriculum or printed supplements can be requested. Included is a teacher's guide.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Borderline Personality Disorder
Thorough overview of this mental disorder. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Health Information for the Whole Family
The American Academy of Family Physicians provides this comprehensive health information article with sections for men, women, parents, kids, and seniors.
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American Mental Health Counselors Association
The American Mental Health Counselors Association works for Members of the Mental Health Profession.
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National Mental Health Awareness Day: Materials
Posters, banners, notes and tips for speeches and newspaper editorials, a proclamation template, pamphlets and other great materials you can use to raise awareness about children's mental health issues or participate in Children's Mental...
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health: Schizophrenia
This page lists some facts on schizophrenia, treatments, research findings about the disorder, present and future research directions, as well as information about a new clinical trial that the National Institute of Mental Health is...
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