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How Can We Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Students summarize research they have conducted on Type 2 Diabetes. Students identify healthy lifestyle choices and set goals for their personal health. Students reflect on their research findings in a journal entry.
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Seventh graders practice applying strategies and skills needed to attain personal health goals, including changing health issues, abilities, priorities and responsibilities. They explain, after listing three goals, one detour they might...
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Design-A-Meal
Third graders record what they eat for a week. In groups, they develop a menu for a fictitious restaurant. They create dinners which include all groups from the food pyramid. To end the lesson plan, they practice making healthy food...
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Safety Safari Poster
Students study the safety hazard list and discuss how students can make good choices in order to be safe and how they can choose between their personal feelings and keeping themselves safe. They brainstorm to make a list of safety...
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Go-o-o Tooth!
First graders explore teeth care by identifying healthy and unhealthy choices.
Common Sense Media
Private Today, Public Tomorrow
What responsibility do we have to protect the privacy and safety of others when posting information about them online? This is an essential lesson for every learner today experiencing their social and professional worlds in an online...
Ms. Mariely Sanchez
New Teacher’s Survival Guide
An amazing amount of information is packed into this 44-page packet. Everything from how to avoid first day jiggers to planning first day activities, from personal and classroom safety tips to how to break up fights, from classroom setup...
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Genetic Research: Decisions to be Made
Students examine the genetics involved in the human genome. They brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages to this discovery. They research different experts opinion and write a case study which addresses an ethical dilemma.
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Snowball Soap
Students demonstrate healthy hand-washing techniques. They mix water and soap flakes, and create snow soap sculptures.
Missouri Department of Elementary
Community Wellness Fair
Seniors work with teachers, counselors, and administrators to organize a community wellness fair. Committees take on the responsibility for the various tasks (publicity, set up, hospitality room, agency contact, thank you letters, etc.)....
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How To Be A True Friend
Student develop the importance of a healthy friendship. In this healthy friendship lesson , 4th graders participate in role-playing and enhance their interpersonal skills as well as their life skills. Students then are introduced to the...
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Ecological Footprint--How Does The Way We Live Affect Earth?
Students demonstrate an awareness of the global implications of decisions that individuals and families make about their needs and wants. They identify environmental and health issues related to the production and consumption of food....
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Empathy
Students complete activities to develop empathy. In this empathy lesson plan, students complete discussion activities and all the related worksheets in order to build their understanding of the concepts to empathy. Students identify a...
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Healthy Relationships
Teens, dating, relationships, breaking up, what's appropriate dating behavior? Go through this PowerPoint presentation and discuss all of these things and more. Too often, teens are not sure what's appropriate and what's inappropriate...
Sacramento Country Day School
7th Grade Character Development Workshops
Be proactive. Begin with the end in mind. Synergize. These are just a few strategies outlined in Sean Covey's ground-breaking best-seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. With a series of five character development workshops...
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Chapter 9: Social Stratification
For this social stratification worksheet, students answer 12 fill in blank questions and 7 multiple choice questions regarding the division of society into categories.
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Pre-K Appetizer
Students understand there are healthy and not healthy food choices. In this food pyramid lesson plan, students learn to make healthy choices by playing a traffic light game. Students recognize raw foods from the farm may not be ready for...
Polar Bears International
Taking Action!
Motivate young scientists to stand up and take action with this environmental science instructional activity. To begin, the class works in small groups brainstorming actions that support the conservation of the earth before creating and...
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Awesome Stories: Vincent van Gogh
Who was Vincent van Gogh? Most of the questions can be answered in two or three sentences; however, there is at least one essay prompt and one personal response question that require longer answers. Questions call for a good mix of...
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Nutrition
Third graders explore the components of a balanced diet and practice making healthy diet choices. They discuss health-enhancing choices. Students investigate the food pyramid and how to use it to make educated menu decisions. They...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 5--Consumer Education
Students focus on identifying the differences between automobile, property, and health insurances. They also review the different cost for each and view a variety of brochures. In addition, they chart their findings to visualize all...
Nemours KidsHealth
Smoking: Grades 3-5
Learners discuss the pros and cons of smoking. In this smoking lesson, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
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Simple Steps to Healthy Living
Young scholars observe a video on eating habits, discuss their own habits, and then create their own food pyramid. In this research lesson students go to a webpage and enter their personal information then they get a food pyramid...
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Try Something New! Enjoy the Great Taste of Whole Grains
Students share their personal experience in shopping for whole grains. In this adult health lesson, students explain the different ways to cook them. They discuss how they can incorporate whole grains in their meals