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Standing Review - A Learning and Assessment Technique
Pupils review information covered in class through participation in action activities. The class begins standing as the teacher asks a question. Students may mingle to obtain assistance. Pupils sit when they are confident they have...
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Nutritionist for Hire
Tenth graders role play that they are nutritionists devising a healthy dietary plan that focuses on the client's needs.
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Tiny Bites: What Difference Could They Make?
Students explore how small "extra" bites of food can add significant calories to their diet. They estimate how many extra calories they add to their diets by just taking small bites of food throughout the day.
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Geography Made Fun with Technology
Students incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration lesson, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.
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Lesson 9: Communication - Day 2: Assertiveness
Appropriate assertive and non-verbal assertive communication is the focus of this lesson designed for the special education classroom. Using mirrors, class members practice assertive responses to a variety of situations.
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Fatal Accident
While there may not be any ghostbusters in the neighborhood, there are plenty of emergency response agencies ready to give support if something is amiss. To that end, instructors invite a member of an emergency response agency to address...
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Risk Taking Behaviors
Sophomores can be sometimes wise and sometimes foolish. The same can be said for their behaviors. After watching a presentation about risk taking behaviors, class members discuss the presentation in small groups, and then complete a...
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My Feelings
Encourage self-awareness with a lesson that challenges scholars to identify feelings—happy, sad, mad, and scared. Using a feelings thermometer, similar to that of a bar graph, pupils discuss how they would feel in specific scenarios then...
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October: Respect for Self and Others
Students realize their worth and dignity as human beings and account for their strengths as well as display their weaknesses. They display good manners and politeness, showing the respect for others as they would wish for themselves....
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Fire Safety (Stop, Drop & Roll)
Third graders review what to do in case they are faced with a fire in their homes or school. They review what to do if they are faced with moving safely within a structure that is on fire. Students play a Tag Game together to reinforce...
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The Quicker the Better? Food Processing
Sixth graders explore food processing. In this food processing lesson, 6th graders investigate the effects of processing foods on the food's nutritional value. Students examine a variety of healthy snack options.
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Smoking Out Valid Information About Smoking
Eighth graders work in teams to investigate the authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency & coverage of web sites related to tobacco use. They have previously been taught the concepts of authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency...
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Get Your Calcium-Rich Foods
Sixth graders explore foods in the dairy group. For this dairy food lesson, 6th graders examine the nutritional value of dairy foods and determine the proper number of dairy servings per day. Students also evaluate numerous food labels...
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Wiffle Tag
Students participate in a Wiffle Tag game. Students tag other classmates by touching a designated body part. The name of the body part changes each time someone is tagged. Students practice listening and following directions.
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My Pyramid Tag
Pupils explore the new My Pyramid five healthy food groups and their benefits. They become familiar with the five healthy food groups and the colors that represent each food group in the new My Pyramid.
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Litter Recognition
Pupils identify litter, and discuss what to do with it. They analyze people's response to litter. Some people may ignore it, while others may pick it up. They observe student behavior as part of an experiment.
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Food Pyramid
Second graders are introduced to the food groups on the food pyramid. Individually, they draw pictures of their favorite foods and identify which food group it belongs. To end the lesson plan, they discuss the importance of eating a...
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Getting the Most Nutrition From Your Food
Fifth graders research the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, 5th graders track their eating habits during the day. Later, students review their food log and place each item into the food pyramid.
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Personal Fitness
Students research important personal fitness and sport concepts through note taking, internet research, data collection, and the website Quia. Development of concept maps are also encouraged.
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More Grocery Bag Fun
Students practice both underhand and overhand throwing using plastic bags as balls. They also explore how to hit a target, throw a ball through a hoop, or throw a ball to a partner.
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Talk-About-It
Students follow guidelines to meet with others and discuss individual complaints or small problems.
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Walk Around the Block
Second graders participate in walking a route in a neighborhood with parent volunteers in order to stress the importance of looking and listening for moving cars. They take this "field trip
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Looking at Conflict
In this conflict worksheet, learners answer a set of 6 questions related to conflict. Site has links to additional resources.
