Students learn about the musculoskeletal system. The article explains what bones, muscles, and joints are and what they do. It addresses muscles and movement as well as what can go wrong with bones, muscles and joints.
In this activity, students describe what a healthy breakfast includes. Students distinguish between healthy and unhealthy breakfast choices. The activity is located on page 2 of the pdf.
Bullying affects millions of students. Teens are bullied physically, verbally, socially, emotionally, or even sexually, every day. Bullying can get extreme during the high school years, especially with the technology available to students.
Students learn all the benefits of calcium for teens.You probably heard "drink your milk" all the time from your parents when you were a kid, and you knew it was good for you. But now you may opt for sodas or sports drinks, and other than adding a splash to your morning Wheaties, you don't give much thought to milk. But your parents were right to make you drink milk when you were little. It's loaded with calcium, a mineral vital for building strong bones and teeth.
Students learn about asthma and athletes, which sports are best when you have asthma, and what precautions should be taken.
Students learn about the relationship between the weather and asthma.
These activities will help your students learn more about the cardiovascular system
and how it circulates blood throughout the body.
This 10-item quiz assesses student knowledge and understanding of the heart and cardiovascular system.
Students learn about the use of a cervical cap as a form of birth control including how it works and possible side effects.
Students learn about stress, its causes, its warning signs and ways to reduce it. As providers and caretakers, adults tend to view the world of children as happy and carefree. After all, kids don't have jobs to keep or bills to pay, so what could they possibly have to worry about? Plenty! Even very young children have worries and feel stress to some degree.
Students learn about what choking is, what to do if someone is choking, and how to try to prevent choking. To understand choking, you first have to understand what goes on at the back of your throat hundreds of times per day. All the food you eat and the air you breathe passes through your throat to get into your body.
Students learn information to help understand what to do when someone is choking.
Students learn how to choose a mood, how to get into the best mood, and how to get out of an unhelpful mood.
Students learn about how to find a sport that they enjoy.
The following activities will help your students learn how to protect themselves from both the
common cold and the flu.
Students learn about compulsive exercise which is a behavior of eating disorders. The following topics are discussed: ?Too Much of a Good Thing? ?Why Do People Overexercise? ?Are You a Healthy Exerciser? ?Signs of Compulsive Exercise ?How to Get Help ?Make a Positive Change
Students learn what a concussion is and what causes it, as well as, what to do after a concussion and possible ways to prevent concussions.
Students learn about condoms including how they work to protect against STIs, condom precautions, and how to get them.
These activities will help your students identify potentially explosive scenarios, and
develop strategies for dealing with them.
Students learn about the difference between friends and cliques and how to cope with cliques. The following topics are covered: ?A Group of Friends vs. a Clique ?What's the Deal With Cliques? ?Why Do Cliques Attract People? ?The View from the Inside ?Surviving Cliques