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Explore the Circulatory System
The heart holds many mysteries. Connect the dots to uncover one of them: how much blood flows through its chambers.
In the lungs, what waste product does deoxygenated blood exchange for more oxygen?
What happens to the oxygen in blood when it leaves the heart?
Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimi
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K - 9th
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Nutrition Project
This is a project designed to help students learn more about nutrition of the foods they eat, eating disorders, and other nutrition topics such as how to build muscle, etc.
Students pick their topic based on the included project detail sheet and rubrics. They work on the project in class and at home for 2-3 days, then present the projects to the class. There are 3 different project options to choose from, and students can also pick how they wish to convey the information (poster, powerpoint,
Grade 6 Personal Safety & Injury Prevention Culminating Task
*********FREE********* RUBRIC INCLUDEDThis download is free for all teachers looking for a creative and fun culminating health task coinciding with the Grade 6 Personal Safety and Injury Prevention strand. My recommendation is to begin the year off with this health strand, but it does not matter. This task uses the online PIXTON website to create comic strips depicting a conflict resolution strategy. If you are happy with this download, please return to my TPT profile to find more free download
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5th - 7th
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Nutrition menu Diners, Drive-ins and Dives theme
This project gives students two options and uses a Diner's, Drive-ins and Dives theme to encourage enthusiasm and student buy in. The project revolves around teaching students nutrition and emphasizes understanding of the six nutrients groups.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Zombie Brain School Project
This project idea can be used in physiology, psychology, or biology classes. It is intended to be a fun project that allows students to use creativity to explain the different regions and functions of the human brain. Within the project, students must describe what happens to the human brain after it has been attacked by a zombie virus. Using what they have already learned about the functions and anatomy of the human nervous system, students will compile a report and generate a presentation e
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7th - 12th
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The Hidden Hazard: Uncovering the Truth About Vaping
In this Google Slides presentation and project, students will investigate the negative effects of vaping and e-cigarettes on their health and the environment. They will research the chemical composition of e-cigarettes, explore the marketing tactics used to target young people and examine the risks and dangers associated with using these products. Students will be required to create an informative brochure, a persuasive poster, and a presentation to share their findings and recommendations with
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7th - 10th
Nutrition Project
The perfect way to engage students in learning about healthy eating! After students have gained background knowledge about the Food Pyramid, essential nutrients for human life, and how to read a nutritional label they will be ready to do this project! Students are given one information card and are tasked with creating a daily meal plan for the person described on their card. They use a variety of resources to plan their meals. They then pull it all together in in a Google Slides or PowerPoint p
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6th - 9th
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Explore the Respiratory System
Breathe in and breathe out. What happens to your chest?
Our lungs are like balloons. As we inhale oxygen, they inflate. As we exhale carbon
dioxide, they deflate. Construct a paper lung and inflate it.
Spot the tiny dots. What do alveoli do as we take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide?
Directions:
1) Cut out square; place printed side up. Fold in half horizontally to crease. Flip over and fold on each diagonal.
2) Collapse into a triangle by pulling the edges of the horizontal fold in
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K - 9th
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Human Body Research Project
A great project idea for your human body unit in science. This project aligns with several 5th grade New Generation Science Standards. Students will research and present about one major human body system and one major disease that may affect one of the major body systems.
This project includes:
- Directions for how it could be used in the classroom.
- Printable student body system research page
- Printable student disease research page
- Printable student checklist for the entire project
- Prin
Teaching Healthy Living Habits: A Case Study Approach
The following activity is a great culminating task once you have taught your students about healthy meal options, physical activity components, and why it is important to make healthy lifestyle choices. Instead of simply asking students to explain the previous concepts, students take on the role of a nutritionist and personal trainer who has to provide recommendations to one of two fictional teenagers. Students are to analyze their subject's lifestyle choices and provide rationale for healthy
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6th - 9th
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Exercise Your Senses
Your senses—sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing—are a part of your nervous system. They work together to help you make sense of the world around you by sending your brain signals to decode. Grab a blindfold (no peeking!) to test them out.
Directions:
Find a partner and ask him/her to hand you a mystery item. As you try and guess what it is, have your partner record your observations.
1) How does the object feel? Soft or hard? Heavy or light?
2) How does it smell? Sweet or sour? Earthy or f
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K - 9th
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Skeletal System Project
This is a project related to the skeletal system. This project is for project based/student centered learning. This project, along with my other projects, cover FULL UNITS and REALLY ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING. The reason these projects enhance student learning is due to the fact that they have to personally research all of the important information of the unit and present it. These projects and resources can help a teacher that is interested in creating a student centered classroom do just that.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Meal Mender - Health Nutrition Summative Assessment Project
I am making this free because I am very passionate about helping students and their families understand HOW and WHY to improve the quality and variety of foods in their diets.
This is a really practical and engaging way to apply what was learned during a nutrition unit. The students use what they know about variety of foods (MyPlate food groups) and quality of foods to "mend" their favorite meal by making it healthier. I copied and bound the best projects into a booklet to send home as a Reci
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3rd - 6th
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Fast Food Restaurant Nutrition
The fast food restaurant nutrition assignment is designed to accompany middle or high school nutrition units. The assignment will allow for students to utilize computers to research the fast food restaurant of their choice. They will attempt to "sell" their restaurant based on a variety of components including nutrition. Healthy meals from the establishment will be researched and created. The 6 slide project will be created using Power Point. Slides include: cover slide, "selling the restaurant"
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6th - 12th
The Six Essential Nutrients Brochure, Rubric & Example Brochure
This assignment is designed to help students apply what they have learned about the six essential nutrients by making an informative brochure. It covers carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins and minerals. There is a rubric included and a student's brochure example.
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6th - 12th
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Sexual Health STD Research Project
Students are asked to research a pre-selected STD and prepare a report (written document) using web research. The students then pair up with the student who is researching the same STD and collaboratively prepare a PPT (or Google Docs) presentation to the class.
Instructions, guiding questions, expectations and RUBRIC included.
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5th - 10th
What's going on inside your body?
No matter the season, the immune system is always hard at work defending the body against common illnesses and infectious diseases to keep us healthy.
All the systems—nervous, skeletal, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, muscular, urogenital, and immune—are made up of different parts that work together.
Download this activity and grab a box of crayons to draw the different parts of your body that work together to keep you strong and healthy. Choose one of four body template options!
You nee
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K - 9th
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FREE Podcast Project For Any Subject!
Students choose any podcast or the teacher may choose a specific podcast for the entire class to listen to. This is a CELL PHONE FRIENDLY project! As long as you have good wifi at your school, students can use their own phones to listen to their podcasts. As an accommodation, you could always have students use the computer to listen to their podcasts or have them choose a TedTalk video with Closed Captioning.I had students utilize this website to learn about the Seven Dimensions of Wellness befo
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5th - 12th
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Health and Physical Education Assignment
"Who Am I" end of semester assignment. At the beginning of the semester, I have students create a small poster to introduce themselves. This is a great way to get to know the students and their interests. At the end of the semester I created this mini assignment to see students growth and interests within the class. This is a great way for students to look back and reflect on their growth in the semester. This can be adapted for all grades.
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1st - 12th
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Public Service Announcement Project
Students are to come up with an issue that is a problem in their own community and create awareness for it by making their own PSA skit and poster. Fun project, my kids have always enjoyed it.
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6th - 12th
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Build a Menu for Preschool
This resource is great for a Health, Safety, and Nutrition activity. Students are to imagine babysitting for younger cousins ages 3, 4, and 5. They are to do the following: 1. Create a meal plan for the children including Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and 2 healthy Snacks that comply with the food groups found in the USDA MyPlate. 2. Break your foods down in to both food groups and nutrient groups. 3. Draw a picture of what each plate and drink looks like. Meals / drawings should be colored realis
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8th - 12th
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Junk Food Science [Assignment + Rubric]
For this assignment, students will select any junk food to create or replicate
a science experiment or demonstration with. Do I smell burning Doritos?
Can Coca Cola really turn into goo?
Assignment Expectations Include:
1. Written Report
2. Presentation
Includes a rubric that is used for both the report and presentation!
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Birth Defects Pamphlet Project
Can be used for either a health care course, child development course, or early childhood education course. A fun way to start thinking like a health care professional! Students enjoy having choice of which birth defect they further explore while creating an informational pamphlet. Rubric included for standards based grading.
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6th - 12th
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Digestive System and Nutrition Project
This project has students work in groups of 4 to create "Gastro World," a digestive system and nutrition themed amusement park. A portfolio of attractions is the final product. This can be done in Biology/Anatomy/Life Science alone or as a cross-content collaborative project with a Health class. Includes student directions, rubric, and daily participation log for students.
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7th - 12th
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