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Tooth or Consequences
Students listen to facts about dental health and watch a tooth brushing and flossing demonstration by the teacher.
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Module 2: "Keeping Teeth Bright and Healthy"
Young scholars become aware why cleaning their teeth helps keep them strong and healthy. They study basic brushing techniques, what plaque is, how a cavity is formed, why having clean teeth is an important part of having a clean body and...
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Dental Hygiene: Mr. Tooth
Students discover the importance of dental care. In this dental hygiene lesson, students discover the full functions of their teeth and what can cause their teeth damage. Students complete a worksheet at home which prepares them for...
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Healthy, Happy Teeth
Students demonstrate the right way to brush their teeth and why its important to keep them clean.
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Health and Nutrition Lesson Plan: Learning Healthy Eating Habits With Junk Food Jack and Healthy Harry
Young scholars distinguish healthy foods from junk foods. In this personal health and nutrition lesson, students make Junk Food Jack and Healthy Harry. Young scholars use the puppets to role play discussion about healthy eating.
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A Teeth Changing Experience
Young scholars research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Young scholars read the book A Teeth Changing...
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Brush Up On Your Teeth
Third graders examine the reasons why it is important to take care of their teeth. As a class, they sing the toothbrush song and read about tooth decay. They identify the parts of the teeth and identify foods that can keep the mouth...
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Teeth And Eating
Learners are introduced to several concepts about milk teeth and permanent teeth. They view photos of baby teeth, complete a worksheet that depicts their current tooth development and identify ways in which to care for permanent teeth.
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Nutrition and Physical Activity
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of the...
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Let's Take Care of Our Teeth!
Students identify types of teeth, tools for teeth, the people and behaviors associated with dental care. Then, they create a list of ways to take care of their teeth. Students also create a chart of dental care using key terms and...
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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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Good Hygiene: A Healthy Smile
Pupils 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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Modeling Good Eating
Students identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. In this dietary lesson, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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Teeth and Eating
Students examine pictures of different animals and decide if they eat meat and/or plants. They inspect models of pairs of upper and lower teeth and discuss which teeth are most useful for cutting grass and tearing meat.
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Go-o-o Tooth!
First graders explore teeth care by identifying healthy and unhealthy choices.
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What Keeps Teeth Healthy?
For 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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Healthy Teeth
Students discuss how unhealthy teeth and gums affect health. For this adult health lesson, students identify foods that are harmful to teeth. They share ways to keep the teeth and gums healthy and disease free.
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Watch Your Mouth
Learners become better aware of their anatomy, development and function of their teeth. In this healthy mouth lesson students view a slideshow and complete several activities.
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First Place Foods
First graders identify healthy foods. For this nutrition lesson, 1st graders create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast healthy foods. Students place foods in the proper circle.
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What Keeps Your Mouth Healthy?
Students dramatize the oral disease process caused by bacteria which leads to tooth decay.
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Taking Care of Your Teeth
First graders discuss the importance of taking care of their teeth while viewing pictures showing good/poor teeth care. In this health and science activity, 1st graders list 3 things to do to keep teeth healthy, creating a lis on chart...
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Teeth and Eating
Students explore animal diets and teeth. In this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...
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Stay Well Cards
Students use ice-cube brushes to paint pictures demonstrating ways that they can stay healthy.
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Coming Soon: Sodas with Vitamins
Students react to a series of statements about sodas, then read a news article about the addition of vitamins to sodas to increase sales. In this nutrition and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion...