Students gain an understanding of emphathy, practice ways to be more understanding, and reflect on the effects of emphathetic listening.

Students will understand what diabetes is, how to treat it, and why it's important to control it.Kids all over the world deal with diabetes each day "” checking their blood sugar levels, following a healthy eating plan, and even giving themselves insulin.

Students learn about what causes blood sugar levels to be out of control and how to keep them under control.

Students learn how to deal with feelings when it comes to diabetes including how to talk to others.

In this lesson, students examine a case study of a woman with a family history of diabetes and create a family health portrait that will assess her risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Using the family health portrait to record the woman's family history, students identify her genetic, behavioral, and environmental risk factors for type 2 diabetes and make recommendations for lifestyle changes.

Students consider their knowledge about and associations with cancer. After reading up on new recommendations to limit cancer screenings, they develop patient fact sheets about cancer, focusing on treatments and screening techniques.

Students learn about the diaphragm including how it works and the possible side effects.

Students learn what dietary fiber is, what foods are good sources, what the health benefits are, how much dietary fiber is needed, and tasty ways of getting more fiber into their diet.

In this lesson, students identify and explain the recommended Dietary Guidelines for Americans and their importance in the diet when making appropriate food choices for a healthy lifestyle. Students review the Food Guide Pyramid-the six food groups with the foods that are included in each group by the nutrients they contain and the appropriate serving size for each food.

Calcium, the most abundant mineral in the body, is found in some foods, added to others, available as a dietary supplement, and present in some medicines (such as antacids). Calcium is required for vascular contraction and vasodilation, muscle function, nerve transmission, intracellular signaling and hormonal secretion, though less than 1% of total body calcium is needed to support these critical metabolic functions. This resource provides facts about calcium.

These activities will help your students learn all about the digestive system and how it functions.

This is an interactive resource where students will examine how health issues are treated in the media, using examples from TV, movies, advertising and other formats. Select an activity designed to further expand your knowledge of the treatment and how it impacts public awareness.

A healthy body needs nutrients (like vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates) for growth, development, energy, and running all of our body systems. Those nutrients should come mainly from the food you eat. Just as cars need gasoline to run, your body needs food to keep it going. But not just any food. To be your healthiest, and to look and feel your best, you need to give your body the right kinds and amounts of fuel. It's lunch time, you're in the school cafeteria and you need to decide on a healthy meal! This resource allows students to just click and choose the best food items for them. It provides a better understanding of how to make good decisions about healthy eating.

In this lesson students will identify the five food groupings and share how eating and preparing a healthy dinner makes them feel.

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

In this lesson students will recognize a variety of healthy foods they can eat for dinner

In this lesson students will recognize healthy foods that they can eat for dinner.