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Nemours KidsHealth

Colds and Flu: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Two lessons from Kids Health Network aid in the prevention of cold and flu. The first instructional activity challenges scholars to read articles, discuss their findings, then create a PSA for proper prevention methods. The second...
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Handwashing and Dishwashing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students discuss the importance of correct hand washing and practice washing dishes. Individually, they examine the germs on their hands with Glo-Germ and compare it to the germs after washing their hands. To end the lesson, they...
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Hand Washing: I can handle it!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students wash cinnamon off of their hands in a variety of ways to learn proper ways to disinfect. In this washing hands lesson plan, students use water, soap, cooking spray, and other ingredients to wash hands and talk about the results.
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Why Is Hand Washing Important?

For Teachers K - 2nd
This personal hygiene PowerPoint demonstrates the importance of washing hands. The slides display several photos of proper hand washing techniques and reasons why it is important to wash your hands.
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Handwashing Coloring

For Students K - 1st
In this health worksheet students learn about the importance of handwashing. Students color the picture and sign a pledge to wash hands.
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Hand Washing: I Can Handle It

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore biology by viewing a germ video in class. In this sanitation instructional activity, 3rd graders identify the importance of washing hands and complete several on-line germ safety activities. Students view a video in...
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Washing Germs Away

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate germs. In this cross curriculum health and biology lesson plan, students listen to Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth and identify ways in which flies spread germs. Students discuss hand washing during a visit by the...
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HIV/AIDS & Other STDs, Day 1: Germs & Risk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Assist your secondary special education class for understanding risky behavior, hygiene, and STDs. The class discusses how germs spread, how people get sick, and what needs to be done to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. They...
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Baylor College

They're Everywhere: Bacteria

For Teachers K - 5th
Totally gross out your class with the eighth lesson in this series on food science. Explore the microscopic world of bacteria by taking swabs of different classroom objects and growing colonies in petri dishes. An engaging activity that...
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Pearson

Immune System – Guarding Against Disease

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Health fact: Washing your hands is one of the most important ways to protect your body from germs. Share this advice and many other tips for guarding against diseases such as the cold and flu virus with a colorful 73-slide PowerPoint...
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Education Development Center

Word Problem with Rational Numbers—Balancing Bars of Soap

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Here's a resource teachers won't want to wash their hands of. Given a task where a full bar of soap is on one side of a balance and 3/4 of a bar of soup and a 3/4-ounce weight is on the other side, young mathematicians must determine the...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Germs: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As part of their study of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, middle schoolers create engaging public service announcements for preschool and kindergarten classes, teaching them how and when to wash their hands. To begin, class...
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Cover Your Mouth Please!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate how to slow the spread of germs from coughing and sneezing. In this illness prevention instructional activity, 2nd graders talk about why people cough and sneeze before telling about ways to prevent the spread...
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To Market

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine the process of cooking a meal. In this cooking background lesson, students explore cooking utensils, recipes, songs, and literature. They go through stations that encourage dramatic play and hands-on exploration of...
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NSW Department of Education

Relationships Between Formal Measurement Units: Measure and Record Mass in Kilograms and Grams

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Teach the masses about the metric system with this hands-on measurement lesson. Given a fruit or vegetable, learners estimate, measure, and convert its mass using the metric units gram and kilogram.
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National First Ladies' Library

Be Sure To Wash Your Hands!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of personal hygiene and its contribution to the prevention of disease. They focus upon the practice of handwashing while conducting research looking for its proven effectiveness. Then students answer some...
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Stay Well Cards

For Teachers K
Students draw pictures of things that help them stay healthy such as brushing teeth and washing hands. They write healthy ideas on their pictures. They post the pictures at home and in the classroom as reminders to stay healthy.
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Potato Petri dish

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an experiment to understand how germs grow. In this potato experiment students use their hands to touch a potato and leave it to see what grows on it. Students also observe a disinfected potato piece. Students the...
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Make Slime

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make slime. In this chemical reaction lesson, student use Borax to make a gel like solution. Students add all ingredients listed, add food coloring, and mix well. Students see first hand how  chemicals react together and create...
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All the Colors We Are

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars make a hand print mural. In this painting instructional activity, students read the book All the Colors We Are and describe the color of their skin.  Young scholars learn how to mix paints to create various skin tones,...
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Pumpkin Exploring

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use their senses to explore the make up of a pumpkin.  In this senses and observation lesson, students cut off the top of a pumpkin, reach their hands inside the pumpkin, discuss the different senses they are experiencing,...
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I Wash My Hands of It!

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students conduct a survey about hand washing. They view the results and examine "Infection Charts". They research diseases and talk about the importance of handwashing and how they could improve their hand washing habits.
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Germs Experiment 2

For Teachers K - 5th
Students express artistic ideas thru art glitter and science. Students experiment with the theory of how germs spread. Students summarize findings in an art format. Students work in groups to analyze data.
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When Are We Wasting Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study water conservation. In this water conservation instructional activity, students participate in a water conservation experiment. Students discover how to conserve water while washing their hands.

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