Students investigate the affects of various risk factors and cumulative risk factors vs. a life of wellness in this technology-based lesson for the High School Health class. The lesson requires the use of the Inspiration education...

Students examine the dietary guidelines for young children.  In this healthy diet lesson students examine the issues surrounding the children's diets. 

Students use the internet to research the causes, effects and how AIDS is transmitted from person to person. In groups, they discover why women are more suseptiable to the disease. To end the lesson, they are introduced to the various...

Students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more about Facebook Depression....

Students, after defining/reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms on the board, discuss and explore acceptable and unacceptable parenting skills with a variety of disciplinary practices to assist them.

Students investigate the definitions of poverty and impoverishment. They design a poster that show the Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that are violated by poverty. They write an article for the school newspaper...

Students determine how healthy they are. They examine health risk behaviors of adolescents and their consequences. They complete a risk factor survey and discuss why they might take risks.

Young scholars explore shape perceptions. In this body image lesson, students take measurements of childrens' toys and use ratios to determine what the dolls would look like if they were real human people. Young scholars discuss the...

Is laughter really the best medicine? Middle and high schoolers discuss the truth behind this adage by reading and discussing a New York Times article about Dr. Patch Adams. They participate in a round-table debate in response to...

Students listen to different types of music and observe their classmates reaction to the music. They state why they think some reactions happened or did not happen.

Students consider the role of the nurse at their school. Using Internet resources and archived articles, they gather information regarding relevant health topics. Students use their information to create pamphlets on health topics...

Sixth graders use a variety of resources to determine the importance of getting the proper nutrients. In this nutrition lesson, student complete an activity in which they examine the world issue of hunger and malnutrition. They locate...

Third graders study a healthy diet. In this healthy diet lesson, 3rd graders investigate the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables. Students compare a healthy diet to their personal diet.

Students study the characteristics that an elderly person may develop in their life.  In this brain changes instructional activity students evaluate activity status to determine if changes need to be made to promote a healthy brain...

Fifth graders explore personal health by identifying positive food choices. In this calcium sources lesson, 5th graders discuss the common ways a human can receive calcium such as consuming dairy products. Students view a virtual tour of...

Fifth graders investigate hunger and malnutrition. In this hunger and malnutrition lesson, 5th graders study the importance of proper nutrition. Students explore the scope of hunger and malnutrition problems.

Students practice reading food labels. In this nutrition activity, students bring in examples of food labels and practice identifying the nutrients in each of the foods. Students determine what changes should be done to the food label to...

Fifth graders explore healthy dietary guidelines. In this dietary guidelines lesson, 5th graders investigate fractional parts of a healthy diet using pizza as a visual aid.

Fourth graders explore human health by identifying calories in food items. In this healthy eating habits instructional activity, 4th graders view the USDA food pyramid on the Internet and identify the choices they should be making each...

Fourth graders discover a healthy diet. In this healthy diet lesson, 4th graders compare their typical diet with the recommendations of MyPyramid for Kids.

Fifth graders investigate serving sizes. For this serving size lesson, 5th graders study the food pyramid paying special attention to proper serving sizes of food. Resources are provided.

Young scholars explore how steroids can harm the body physically and mentally.

Third graders explore nutritional variety. In this nutritional variety lesson, 3rd graders explore the many options for a healthy and well balanced diet. Students explore the food pyramid with nutritional guidelines from other countries.

Third graders recognize what constitutes a healthy diet and explore if their diet is healthy.  In this healthy diet lesson plan, 3rd graders listen read books and explore the food pyramid to find a balanced diet.  Students...