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Curated OER

How Do You Choose Snacks and Other Foods?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss peer pressure pertaining to healthy eating decisions.  In this personal health lesson plan, students identify reasons why they make poor eating decisions and how to ignore food temptations.  Students complete...
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Curated OER

How Do Foods Help Our Bodies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the specific elements found in food that keep us healthy.  In this healthy eating lesson, students identify proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins as part of a healthy diet when consumed in moderation....
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Curated OER

What Factors Affect Exercise Habits?

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners investigate poor health habits by identifying their own exercise habits.  In this physical education lesson, pupilsdiscuss specific pressures and situations that lead them to make poor exercise decisions at home. They bring...
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Curated OER

Is Your Heart Getting a Good Workout?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars practice raising their heart rates through exercise.  In this physical education activity, students discover the key to a healthy body is a healthy heart that must be exercised often.  Young scholars perform a...
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Curated OER

What Happens to Our Hearts When We Are Active?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the benefits of a healthy heart through exercise.  In this physical education lesson, students participate in a few physical activities in order to get their hearts beating faster.  Students examine a visual...
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Curated OER

Where Does the Blood Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate where the blood in our hearts travels by observing a diagram in class.  In this cardiovascular lesson, students examine their own heart by checking their pulse in class.  Students investigate a human body...
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Curated OER

What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate fun physical activities that can be done year round.  In this physical education instructional activity, students read the story Big News! Straight From the Heart, and list the activities written about in the...
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Curated OER

Here We Go

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners take a closer look at the World Cup of 2006. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites that include information about football and the worldwide competition. Learners discuss the positive and negative...
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Curated OER

As Long As I Run, I Exist

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this marathon worksheet, students explore the motivations that individuals in Korea and Australia have for running marathons. Students also write profiles for Hwang Young-jo.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Sign Walk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Designed for primary age pupils, this site from the American Forum for Global Education is a lesson plan for teachers who want to make their students more aware of signs in the community.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: Sports for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students explore how participation in team sports can help empower youth in other areas of their lives. Students identify principles of how young people learn and discuss the ties between sports, civic engagement, and...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Science Ambassador Fellowship: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site gives many lesson plans for teaching middle and high school students about current and relevant science topics like autism, ADHD, Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects, genetics, and more. The lessons are based on...