This multimedia resource, part of the NC Science Now series, describes how researchers with the Appalachian State University Human Performance Lab are providing new insights into how even a small amount of exercise can cut the risk of disease in half. The study focuses on physical fitness and health of middle grade students. Components of this resource include a video and a related blog article. Links to these components are provided on the page under the heading "UNC-TV Media."

Students will learn about all the changes that a boy goes through during puberty including confusion about girls, muscles, and body hair.

This is a compilation of discussion questions about how addiction and drugs affect the brain and behavior. The questions are accompanied with a comprehension quiz.

Students will learn the importance of wearing a bike helmet by creating a design for a bike helmet.

The Public Service Announcement (PSA) Break Bullying depicts adults in an office environment re-enacting the director?s personal bullying experience from middle school. His point: If we would not stand for this in the office, why do we stand for it happening to kids in schools? It is a call to action for everyone to take bullying seriously. Students and teachers alike are reporting visceral responses to the PSA.

This is a supplemental video that should be used with the "Breaking Bullying: Not in the Breakroom, Not on the Playground" lesson provided by Not In Our Town.

Students will be able to explain the difference between a healthy body, a body
with type 1, and a body with type 2 diabetes, state which kind of diabetes children and teens get most, and name the type of diabetes that is being diagnosed more and more often in children and teens.

In this lesson students will recognize the five food groups and identify healthy foods they can eat for breakfast.

In this lesson students will recognize some healthy foods they can eat for breakfast.

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.

In this lesson students will understand the benefits of eating breakfast and will identify some healthy breakfast foods.

In this lesson students will share how eating a healthy breakfast makes them feel.

This is a supplemental presentation that should be used with the Breakfast lesson plan. Students will be able to explain the importance of eating a healthy breakfast, discuss heath benefits of eating a well-balanced breakfast, and choose a breakfast consistent with the dietary guidelines.

In this lesson students will identify a variety of healthy breakfast foods.

In this activity, students explore the dynamics of keeping people on the outside, which often occurs through the use of subtle gestures, and can lead to feelings of isolation and alienation.

This video discusses the need for healthy relationships for teens and how to recognize the signs of unhealthy relationships.

Students will investigate respiratory functions and observe how respiration rate changes with different activities.

This resource provides information about bullying including the effects of bullying, what to do if you are being bullied, what to do if you are bullying others, and what to do if you see others being bullied.

Students should will be able to name foods that are healthy for everyone, explain why we need to eat a variety of foods at mealtimes, and identify the type of foods we need to eat every day.