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The Magical Ingredient: Fat
Students explore fats in foods. For this personal health and nutrition lesson, students view a Frontline video segment, examine the role fat plays in their personal diets, and develop plans to eliminate fats and implement exercise into...
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Helping People Who Are Hungry
Students discuss the concept of hunger. In this hunger lesson, students discuss the book, The Story of Stone Soup. Student then brainstorm a possible service project ideas and create plans to carry out their service project.
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Nutrition: It's In Your Hands
Fourth graders use this lesson plan to focus on their health, nutrition and the state of the environment. In groups, they examine the various types of land, water and air pollutants and compare and contrast a food chain with and without...
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What is Wrong with My Pet? - An Introduction to Zoonoses
Learners describe how ringworm and roundworm cause diseases in both humans and animals. For this life science lesson, students research how these diseases can be transmitted. They create an information brochure to promote public...
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Resolving Conflict
Students observe the best ways to resolve conflicts. In this problem solving lesson, students read and evaluate a Clifford story about how he could have resolved conflict. A strategy of resolving conflict is given, and students role play...
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Personal Space
Students explore the meaning of personal space. In this social skills instructional activity, students are taught to respect others personal space by discovering their own personal space, and reading a story to identify when that...
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Immunization Month Lesson Plans
As a part of the back to school curriculum, students can learn about vaccines and their historical significance.
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Summer Bummers
Brainstorm popular summer activities and their risks after having your class read an article. They will discover the risks of sun overexposure and in groups develop public service announcements for young people. They also propose a media...
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Environmental Health Hazards and Children
Students are introduced to the environmental hazards their community is facing. In groups, they develop a list of the ways humans have changed the Earth and how these changes have lead to environmental hazards. They record their...
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The Science and Technology of Food
Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They...
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Promoting Safe Driving/Choices on Prom Night
Students explore ways to promote safe driving on prom night. In this driver education lesson, students interview people about driving on prom night. Students design a poster with their researched quotes and discuss the topic in the...
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Rape: Psychology, Prevention and Impact
Learners are introduced to the characteristics of rape. As a class, they identify statements as either facts or myths about rape. In groups, they complete a survey to identify their own perceptions about rape and compare them with...
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Plagued by Poverty
Learners 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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You Are What You Eat!
Students evaluate information on various websites in relation to health concepts and healthy dieting in this technology-based High School Health lesson. Emphasis is placed on the use of small cooperative learning groups and the creation...
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Puberty/Adolescence: Am I Normal?
Students inspect psychology by answering a list of health study questions. In this puberty lesson, students identify the impact teenage years have on boys and girls. Students define a list of scientific terms and answer study questions...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Students explore the issue of sexually transmitted diseases and discover that someone may have an STD with no symptoms. In this sexually transmitted diseases lesson plan, students complete a worksheet as a large group. Students discuss...
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Puberty: Day 2
Young scholars investigate human health by researching sexual health facts. For this puberty lesson, students identify the changes that will occur in a teenage body over the next several years and what the eventual outcome will be. Young...
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Abstinence
Young scholars identify positive reasons why people choose to practice abstinence and complete communication that is successful in this practice. In this abstinence lesson plan, students view videos and fill out worksheets provided.
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Understanding the Body, Day 1: Anatomy
Students review gender identification and label themselves female or male. They identify the parts of the human body and practice using appropriate vocabulary. They complete a worksheet to complete the lesson.
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Listen and Learn
Second graders play in a listening game and brainstorm ways to communicate health information and ideas.
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The Sun Safety Activity Guide
Students examine the sun safety guide. They identify the dangers of getting too much sun and not protecting themselves. They participate in hands-on activities to finish the lesson.
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Lesson 2: Diabetes (emphasis on Type 1 Diabetes)
Students investigate the cause, effects and prevention of the diabetes as well as the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Communication: Asking Honestly for What You Want
Young scholars discover psychology by participating in a relationship activity. In this honesty lesson, students read text which discusses the importance of being upfront with your feelings. Young scholars complete teenage communication...
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Reproduction, Day 3: Parenthood
Teenagers explain the process from making the decision to have a baby to parenthood. They identify the positive and negative aspects of parenting. In small groups, they browse catalogs of baby equipment and evaluate the cost of...