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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Management Exercise: Impulse Control

For Parents Pre-K - 2nd
A coping skill helps to manage emotions. Young scholars pretend they are a remote control. When they feel strongly about something, they pause their actions, take a deep breath, reflect, and press play to get back to what they were doing.
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Writing
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Student Opinion: How Impulsive Are You?

For Students 9th - 12th
Sure to spark lively discussion in any Language Arts classroom, this article from The York Times asks the question, 'How much self-control do you have?'. Pupils begin by reading a short passage about a study on delayed gratification and...
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Savannah-Chatham County Public School System

Using Self-Control

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Everyone gets frustrated from time to time. You may not be able to control the way you feel, but you can definitely learn to control the way you act in times of frustration. A helpful lesson on self control encourages your class to stop,...
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A Memory Strategy to Improve Self-control

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars explore how to monitor their own behavior. They read a book about self-control and respecting others. Students answer questions about the book. They list strategies to assist in behavior improvement.
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Uncovering a Signal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils examine information EEG impulse control. They observe representations of EEG signals. Students use inquiry skills to interpret and analyze the waveforms. They explore how confusion can send control impulses to the wrong...
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Baylor College

Crossing the Synaptic Gap

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
As part of a unit on the chemistry of the brain, thinkers learn how chemicals work to transmit messages between individual neurons and how controlled substances impact the synaptic cleft. They do so by playing a dice-and-card game in...
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Performance
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The Odyssey: Narrative Writing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Help readers make a personal connection to Homer's The Odyssey with a narrative writing assignment. Scholars select one of three prompts and craft a first-person narrative rich in sensory details that describes an experience they had...
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Florida Department of Health

Mental and Emotional Health Education Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Stressed out? To begin a mental and emotional health unit, participants take a stress test to determine their level of stress. They study the effects of stress, identify sources of stress in their lives, and learn different ways to...
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Museum of Science

Virtual Heart

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
No more beating the pavement to find a virtual model of the human heart. See one in continual real-time motion, and layer it to highlight electrical impulses, blood flow, and valve activity. 
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Worksheet
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Communication and Control

For Students 6th - 10th
In this nervous system instructional activity, students complete 4 fill in the blank, 10 word puzzle questions, and 6 short answer questions about the nervous system.
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Ohio National Guard

Emotional Intelligence

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Provide teenagers with the social skills they need to live happy lives with this collection of worksheets and activities. Covering a variety of topics from self-awareness and assertiveness, to stress management and problem solving, this...
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How to Become Self Motivated

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students demonstrate their self discipline and motivation by brainstorming their own personal self discipline goals. In this self discipline lesson plan, students analyze examples of self discipline and self control by completing a...
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Thinking About Money and Goals

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of buyer's remorse and impulse spending. In this buyer's remorse and impulse spending lesson, students discuss times that they have purchased an item through impulse spending or had buyer's remorse. Students...
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Worksheet
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The Nervous System

For Students 8th - 10th
In this nervous system worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 15 clues about the structures of the nervous system such as the brain and spinal cord and the functions of the nervous system.
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Reflexes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students experiment to explain how reflexes, nerve impulses travel to the brain.
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Global Oneness Project

Freedom to Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here's something unusual and thoughtful: have your scholars do some pensive reflection themselves before tackling how such meditative techniques are used in prison rehabilitation programs. They watch the "Path of Freedom" video found...
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Printables
British Columbia Education

Physical Disabilities/Chronic Health Impairments Instructional Support Planning Process

For Teachers K - 12th
Perfect for review at an IEP meeting, this template walks the user through assessing and assigning modifications for a learner's physical disability. Strengths and needs are determined across five domains: physical functioning,...
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PBS

Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Contemplating Nature vs. Nurture

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Does having an addict in your family make it more likely to become one yourself? Explore the genetic risk factors, as well as the prominent environmental influences, for substance addiction in a lesson plan that encourages awareness and...
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Worksheet
Reading Through History

The Federalist Papers: Federalist Paper No. 10

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
James Madison, under the pen name “Publius,” justifies the need for an American Republic in Federalist Paper 10, which is perhaps one of the most influential contributions to the Federalist Papers. Readers examine his perspective with...
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Stop, Look, and Listen

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a class discussion and view a traffic safety video dealing with crossing the street safely. They discuss the steps taken in order to cross the street safely and then analyze the benefits of walking and...
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Digging for Treasure: Note-Taking Skills for Primary Children

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the criteria for biographies and the vocabulary that is specific person and time. They take notes, write e-mail and gather information on a famous person.
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Dealing With Bullying

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils define bullying, assess the place of bullying in their lives, evaluate how adults can help kids deal with bullying, and explore how families and schools can address bullying.
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Lesson Plan
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The Biology of ADHD

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the biology of ADHD and its implications upon the formation and treatment of the disease. They draw and label the parts of a neuron. Also, they describe the neurotransmission cycle. Students create a list of pros and...
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Money Smart Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers plan positive goals for spending resources and understand why not to spend. In this financial planning lesson plan, students set up personal spending plans based on their resources and their long term plans. Middle...

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