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What Keeps Your Mouth Healthy?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students dramatize the oral disease process caused by bacteria which leads to tooth decay.
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Heart 2: Changing Lifestyles and Heart Health

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine and evaluate changes in diet and lifestyle from prehistoric to modern times and how these differences have spurred the development (and better treatment) of heart disease.
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Using Sterile Techniques as a Tool in Studying Plant Diseases

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the concept of sterile techniques. They realize that plant diseases can be identified and classified in various way. Students identify some of the diseases that attack the garden plants.
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Brushing Teeth Halts Heart Disease

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the causes and effects of Heart Disease. In this ESL Current Events lesson, 9th graders read an article on Heart Disease. Students complete guided questions on the reading.
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Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explain the relationship among nutrition, infection and diseases. In this health science lesson, students suggest ways to break the nutrition-infection cycle. They brainstorm solutions to prevent infectious diseases in the...
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Lung Disease

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students simulate breathing for a smoker and someone with a chronic lung disease. In this health science lesson, students examine the short and long term effects of smoking. They write a persuasive argument against it.
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Health and Hygiene

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine hygiene and health practices today. In this health science lesson, students research  medieval treatments to ailments common today. They evaluate how effective herbal remedies are in treating diseases.
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Addiction As A Disease

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study drug addiction and its problem in society.  In this addiction lesson students answer questions and complete an activity. 
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Mechanisms to Fight Disease

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain how our body fight diseases. In this biology lesson plan, students identify the role of bacteria and viruses in human illness. They create a PowerPoint presentation and essay at the of the unit.
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Biology Honors Final Project

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders work on a project about cellular biology and genetics. In this biology instructional activity, 10th graders research about the assigned human body system and genetic disorders that affect it. They create a multimedia...
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Protecting the Herd

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils simulate the spread of a fictitious disease using an internet-based simulation. In this biology instructional activity, students predict the factors that could affect epidemic. They investigate these prediction using computer...
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Life Traps - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students observe and discuss microbes.  In this microbes lesson students complete a lab activity where they grow microbes in petri dishes and discuss their findings. 
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Super Scientists Code

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, students use the key code on the right to unscramble each of the scientists. They also match each of the scientists found to their correct description.
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Protect Yourself

For Students 6th - 9th
In this word search worksheet, students search for 18 words related to sex and health issues. Terms include sexually transmitted diseases and other sex issues.
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Leukemia and It's Symptoms: Word Search

For Students 6th - 9th
For this word search worksheet, students search for symptoms of Leukemia. Terms include medical conditions and effected body parts.
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National Cancer Registrars Week

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students find the words that are related to the disease with cancer and the answers are available by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Genital Herpes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health learning exercise, students find the words that are associated with the disease of genital herpes. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Glaucoma Word Search

For Students 9th - 12th
In this health worksheet, students find the words that are related to glaucoma and the answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Oncology Word Search

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this health worksheet, learners look for words in the puzzle related to the practice of oncology and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Asthma

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students look for the vocabulary terms related to asthma in the word search. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Asthma Word Search

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms related to the subject of asthma. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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National First Ladies' Library

Every Child By Two: Early Childhood Immunizations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the childhood immunizations and how they are used to help prevent the spread of disease. They conduct an information search using a variety of resources and focus upon the problem of disease in children. The research...
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Germs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders dicsuss germ. They discuss how they can't see them (germs), but they're everywhere! Students are asked if germs cause disease? They discuss some types of illnesses they get from germs. Students discuss ways inwhich...
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Prescription For Survival

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson that is focused upon the survival of populations located in third world countries. They conduct research using a variety of resources while focusing upon the delivery of healthcare with the help of...