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Free health projects
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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MINDFULNESS FLIPBOOK ACTIVITY FREEBIE
This is a small taste of my larger Mindful Rotations Pack, focusing on having a mindful brain and body. Great addition to any growth mindset lessons! A flipbook that get your kiddos thinking about how to be mindful by controlling their breathing, actions, and bodies. If you have any questions or suggestions about this product, please email me at AmandaThompsonsTeachings@gmail.com. Positive feedback is always appreciated! Feel free to also connect with me on Instagram @thompsonsteachingsIntereste
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K - 3rd
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Healthy Teeth - Dental Health Experiment
Help students understand first hand the importance of not only brushing their teeth, but avoiding sugary drinks like soda and kool-aid, and the benefits of milk and water
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K - 2nd
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RED RIBBON WEEK FLIPBOOK FREEBIE
Engage your students in learning about staying safe with medicine and making smart choices with drugs and alcohol using this interactive flipbook! Great for using along side of my Drugs and Alcohol pack for Red Ribbon Week. FULL PACK:• Drugs and Alcohol Pack for Red Ribbon Week and BeyondIf you have any questions or suggestions about this product, please email me at AmandaThompsonsTeachings@gmail.com. Positive feedback is always appreciated! Feel free to also connect with me on Instagram @thomps
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1st - 4th
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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My Plate Collage
Do your students know what a healthy meal looks like? Having them design a nutritious "My Plate Collage" can help make sure they do! This My Plate Collage product is a fun, creative, and visual way to show your students what a nutritious plate should consist of. This product requires your typical school supplies, such as glue and construction paper, so you don’t have to worry about finding “special” materials. The only thing you may need to purchase are some paper plates. The instructions are ea
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Not Grade Specific
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Eat This - Not That: healthy and not-so-healthy foods
This simple set of two pages is designed to give students the opportunity to describe what they've learned about healthy (and unhealthy) dietary choices. My first graders do two pages of healthy and two pages of unhealthy foods as a home project over spring break, and the results are made into a class book. This gives parents the chance to add their own family's values into the project. Students also use language skills to share their work, compare information from different sources, and lear
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PreK - 4th
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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
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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Nutrition Unit
It is always a good idea to help students become more aware of the foods they are eating, and encourage them to make healthy choices. This unit provides activities that focus on math, language arts and nutrition. All activities are created to engage students in standards based learning, while also deepening their understanding of healthy food choices. This unit includes: 6 food group posters- fruits, vegetables, grain, dairy, protein and junk food9 activities:Count and Match- Students count food
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PreK - 1st
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Inside Out Movie Activity - Free
Great activity that goes along with the Disney movie Inside Out! It allows students to draw what they believe their emotions look like and also reflect on how their emotions affect them in a fun way! Then you can have students either share them or they can be put up on a bulletin board so students can look at peer's brochure's and learn about each others emotions!
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K - 4th
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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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Self Care Toolkit Activity - Mental Health Craftivity
Teach your students what self-care is and how to identify ways they can take care of their physical, mental, and emotional health! In this activity, teacher and students discuss what self-care is, brainstorm strategies for taking care of their mental, emotional, and physical health, and create a "Mental Health Toolkit" craft to highlight their go-to methods of self-care.
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Not Grade Specific
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.
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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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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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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
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
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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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Body System Infographic Project (PPT and Google Slides) - FREE
In this digital activity, your Anatomy and Physiology students will create an infographic about any human body system. The included instructions will guide them through the design process of presenting meaningful information in an eye-catching graphic format. Infographics are a trendy form of visual communication that captures attention and enhances comprehension. As your students work on this project, they will synthesize details and develop a deeper understanding of how the human body works. W
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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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
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Red Ribbon Week Art Project, Roll-A-Dice Game, & Art Sub Plan Idea
Red Ribbon Week Activities for the Week of Respect don't all have to be coloring sheets. Why not infuse some Arts Integration and have your students engaged in your lessons with drawing and painting? Watch how easy it is to paint with markers and get your students involved in being drug free, making great choices, and on the path to success.PURCHASE THIS "DESIGN A RED RIBBON WEEK GAME" HERE.These roll-a-dice games are great for one or two day art projects for art teachers and classroom teachers
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1st - 5th
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