Scholars examine examples of peer pressure and discuss how specific actions negatively affect one's well-being. Learners gather in small groups to write two scenarios in which peer pressure is used. They reference the STAR method in how...

Students practice analyzing skeletal remains for clues by using the Internet.  In this scientific investigation lesson, students research the La Belle shipwreck using the Internet and written materials, later completing a Skeletal...

Should athletes carb load before an event or consume carbohydrates during the competition? Scholars discuss how to set up a hypothesis and experiment to answer a question relating carbohydrates and athletic performance. Then, they read...

Students study Developmentally Appropriate Practices. DAP is introduced through a lecture that is developmentally inappropriate, followed by activities that teach the same information in a developmentally appropriate manner. Through this...

Students complete worksheets and play the "Onion Ball Question and Answer Game" as an introduction to the basic facts about AIDS and HIV, such as what the virus is, the body fluids that transmit the virus, and the the most common methods...

Students use educational software to create an alphabetical directory of maps that indicates the precise location of the community's health care facilities.

Second graders become informed advocates in the prevention of childhood diseases. This takes place during the Preventing Childhood Diseases Project.