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Weight Training: Lifetime Fitness
Students research the relationship between physical activity and the prevention of illness, disease and premature death. Students understand that working out regularly will increase muscular strength, endurance and improve many areas of...
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Sixth graders explore, analyze and explain self concept and five ways that alcohol harms the body. They assess the relationship between positive health behaviors and the prevention of injury, illness, disease, and other health problems.
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Animal Diseases
Many of the toxins and parasites that cause illness are specified and discussed in this slideshow. Poisoning and other mechanisms by which an animal can fall ill are detailed and the information about frequency, prevention and...
Kenan Fellows
Impacting the Risk of Falling: How Do Accelerometers Work?
Young engineers consider how to apply accelerometers and sensors to help prevent falls in elderly people. They consider forces of motion and gravity as part of the engineering design process.
Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
MedMyst Mission 4: Malady In Mabuufo
An outbreak of malaria requires your help to stop its spread. To discover the pathogen that causes malaria and multiple ways to fight the illness scholars play games, answer short quizzes, and learn scientific concepts with the fourth...
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Plagued by Poverty
Students investigate the nature, causes and statistics of diseases in lesser-developed countries and explore ways in which disease impacts the global population. They write a speech regarding disease in their country and how to prevent it.
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Safe or Sorry (SOS) Pre and Post Test
In this health instructional activity, students download the print version of the quiz presented. They respond to 12 questions related to foodborne illness and how to properly prepare food to prevent contamination.
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Hand Washing: I Can Handle It!
Fifth graders examine virus transmission. For this health and nutrition lesson, 5th graders explore hand washing and food handling techniques that prevent food borne illnesses. Students name viruses and the diseases caused by them
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Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation
Students demonstrate how epidemiological investigations of outbreaks are performed. They illustrate the principles of hypothesis formation and testing by epidemiologic study in the setting of an acute foodborne disease outbreak.
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Your Body's Defenses When Microbes Attack
Students study how being exposed to a harmful microbe doesn't automatically make them ill. They discover the lines of defense against microbe invaders and explore the roles of skin and mucus membranes, white blood cells, and lymphocytes...
Nemours KidsHealth
Human Body Series: Immune System
When you work with school children, teaching about immunity and illness prevention is a priority! This approach includes a discussion, kid-friendly online articles, a creative writing assignment, and a quiz on the role of leukocytes and...
Mascil Project
Water Quality
How do you prevent the spread of water-borne illness in large public swimming areas? Scholars discover the challenges to identifying safe water through an inquiry experiment. They then produce posters sharing their understanding of water...
Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
MedMyst: Animal Alert!
An outbreak of disease is affecting people in a distant region—it's time to get to work! Scholars take the role of scientists as they learn more about the illness, discover the possible causes, and find a way to prevent the further...
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Health-related Illnesses/Job Opportunities in the Health Field
Students investigate, discuss and write about health related illnesses common among teenagers in this series of lessons. They research health related careers of interest to them
Utah LessonPlans
Disease Prevention and HIV/AIDS Education - First Grade
Identify behaviors that promote health and demonstrate personal hygiene.
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Life at Sea: Sores, Scabs, and Scurvy
Learners study the diseases that sailors contracted. They examine the ways that Captain Cook used to prevent illness in his crew.
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Health Education: Germs
Fourth graders take part in a germ simulation activity. For this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders summarize methods for preventing the spread of germs that cause communicable diseases.
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Nutritional Influence on Illness and Disease
Students examine nutritionally related diseases and illnesses, evaluating studies and developing topics for a science fair project. They investigate bacteria, researching how it can be harmful or helpful, and create illustrated displays.
California Department of Education
Safe at Work
From minimum wage to minimizing injuries, young workers need to know their rights! The sixth and final lesson plan in a series of college and career readiness activities gets eighth graders thinking about safety and labor laws.
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Sanitation and Disease Challenge
Students explore global health issues related to water and sanitation. In this Peace Corps lesson, students participate in an online game that requires them to examine how hygiene education, tapping springs, constructing wells, and...
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Scenario Introductory Menu Exercise
Seventh graders engage in a lesson that investigates the sources of Food Borne Illness. The practices of prevention are covered in the lesson. Various foods are looked at for the nutritional value and evaluated for the practices needed...
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How Did That Get in My Lunch?
Middle schoolers view "The Danger Zone" to learn about food poisoning and the bacterial causes and prevention. Students look at slides, use a worksheet, "Microbial Bugs"and the internet to identify and learn about each bacterium.
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Handwashing and Sanitation
Students experience and visualize first hand the importance of proper hand washing through a hand washing experiment with different temperatures of water and with a different length of time to wash. They prevent food-borne illness and...
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Food Poisoning
Identify strategies that prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination. National Standard 14.4.1 Identify food-borne illness Identify types of food-borne illness and their symptoms: botulism, e-coli, hepatitis, salmonella, staphylococci...