Enhance your middle and high schoolers' research skills with this instructional activity. After viewing a video clip about HIV and AIDS, high schoolers identify the facts and issues surrounding the disease. They work together to create a...

Are your English language learners feeling unwell? Provide them with the tools to express how they are feeling and to talk about health in general. Included here are discussion activities, vocabulary, listening activities, grammar...

Students make life-size body outlines to learn the parts of the body.

Students read and outline a piece of expository writing to study the risks associated with tattoos and body piercing. They brainstorm low risk, healthful ways of expressing their identity as teens.

Students develop an advocacy plan to address a health-related need for a local, national or global health problem. Students write a detailed letter as part of their advocacy plan.

It's one thing to prevent yourself from becoming a bully, but how do you convince others to follow suit? Take the first step in creating a better world with a public speaking lesson that prompts learners to write and present persuasive...

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...

Does having an addict in your family make it more likely to become one yourself? Explore the genetic risk factors, as well as the prominent environmental influences, for substance addiction in a lesson that encourages awareness and open...

Instill kindness with a unit all about empathy. Lessons and activities follow a prepare, engage, reflect, and action sequence. Learning experiences include making the classroom a safe environment, peer-invented handshakes, discussions...

Third graders write about a photograph they have that represents friendship. In this friendship lesson plan, 3rd graders also read a book about friendship.

Here is an interesting lesson that tells the story of Edward Jenner, who came up with an immunization for smallpox. After watching a video that describes him, learners use an outline of a man to draw his picture and write down some facts...

Upper elementary pupils learn about the blood transportation system and anatomy of the human heart. They fill in an outline of the human heart  (not included) focusing on the flow of blood to and from the heart. Using stethoscopes,...

Students analyze maps for clues as to why students and mothers in both urban and rural areas of Africa may not fight HIV the same way as those in wealthier countries. They write an essay outlining solutions to the AIDS epidemic.

Sixth graders investigate the importance of observing safety rules in the use of electricity. They discuss electricity safety rules, observe a power company employee read a meter, write and perform a commercial about electrical safety,...

What do you do if someone you like wants you to do something you don't want to do? A series of activities, including discussion, videos, role-play, and poster projects, demonstrate the most effective ways to withstand peer pressure online.

Safety first! Safety first! A short video and a PowerPoint presentation introduce job seekers to child labor law awareness, safety standards, and ways to reduce workplace injuries. Class members first take a short workplace...

Members of the LGBTQ community are more likely to be bullied online than their peers—and bystanders who do nothing can be as problematic as the bullies themselves. Middle schoolers explore ways to protect themselves and others on the...

Students explore asthma, and then write proposals outlining how teachers, coaches, administrators and school support staff can be better prepared to treat students with asthma.

Students examine different healthy behaviors and choose one of their own that they would like to change or improve.  For this healthy lesson students write a letter to themselves that they are going to make a change and why it is...

In this apple shape book worksheet, students cut out the red apple front cover with the writing "My Apple Book", the red apple back cover, and the blank black and white pages to create an apple shape book. Students cut, paste, write, and...

Second graders discuss bullying and list ways on how they can help reduce bullying amongst their peers. In this bullying lesson plan, 2nd graders also reflect on their own experiences and write journal entries about them.

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.

Learners discuss with a Fire Safety Officer why they need a Fire Action Plan. They then watch the "Fire Action Plan" film highlighting the main points that must be included in the plan and use the worksheet as a framework to draw or...

In this physical education success worksheet, students create a bulletin board outlining strategies that they can use to be successful throughout the year in a physical education class. In small groups, they discuss ways to be successful...