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There are college options for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These programs connect students to the community and the larger world. Continued education increases learning and skill-building, social contact and better job opportunities for students. This video can be played during a lesson on locating school and community health resources.

Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. in this TedEd video, Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes.

This resource is a lesson plan designed to stimulate student discussion following media coverage of a high-profile case of a youth or adult posting or transmitting inappropriate information or photos via cell/text, email, or social networking that resulted in humiliation, termination of employment and/or criminal charges. The main objective is to get students thinking about personal information/photos and why some things are never appropriate to post or send.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Daniel and his friends are excited to try the new instruments at Music Man Stan's Music Shop. But Katerina Kittycat gets very, very mad when someone else picks the instrument she wants to play. Music Man Stan helps Katerina find ways to deal with her mad feelings with a short song. This video can be played when teaching a lesson on expressing feelings in a healthy way.

This is the Project ALERT kick-off lesson. Activities 1 and 2 establish the tone and set the foundation for an open and supportive classroom environment. In Activity 3, students are motivated to want to resist pressure to use drugs by actively participating in small groups where they list and discuss the reasons why people do and do not use drugs. Comparisons between alcohol and marijuana (Activity 4) demonstrate the great similarity between the reasons for use and nonuse of marijuana and alcohol. The class discussion of the lists and the video "Let’s Talk About Marijuana" in Activity 5 allow for myths to be corrected and for additional information to be added.

This is a long lesson, so pacing is critical. While it is not essential that students know every reason for using or not using drugs, it is essential that wrong information be corrected from the lists.

The resource is information from youth.gov about identifying warning signs of unhealthy relationships. It is important to educate youth about the value of respect and the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships before they start to date. Youth may not be equipped with the necessary skills to develop and maintain healthy relationships and may not know how to break up in an appropriate way when necessary. Maintaining open lines of communication may help them form healthy relationships and recognize the signs of unhealthy relationships, thus preventing violence before it starts.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This video segment from IdahoPTV's Science Trek explains how something so small as a virus can make you so sick. You'll see the process of a virus replicating in a cell. This video can be played when teaching a lesson on preventing the spread of germs.

If you’re in emotional pain and thinking about suicide, the first thing to know is that there are people in your life who care about you and who want to help you feel better.

They may not know the perfect thing to say or do to make a difference, but they can help you find a trained professional with experience in situations like yours. There is immediate help to keep you safe, and there are effective treatments that can help you get better and stay better.  

This resource provides resources to help.

A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory system. This just means it can affect the nose throat, and sinuses. A cold virus gets inside your body and makes you sick. The rhinovirus is the most common cold virus, but more than 200 viruses can cause colds. Because there are so many, there isn't a vaccination, or shot, to prevent you from getting colds. This resource presents information on colds, their causes, cold prevention, and care.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Using this "Cool It!" video, children learn the art of goal setting. The instructor, Kelsey, gives the group some categories, such as friends/family and school/education, to choose from and visualize/write what they want to have or change within that category. Then, the group writes a paragraph about their goal using specific details. Finally, they close their eyes and visualize a specific goal. 

Rather than take the anti-bullying angle, this project has students use a medium of their choice to encourage and support others via positive prevention methods. This resource includes links to videos, articles, and other learning activities. 

This resource describes and discusses carbohydrates. Written in student-friendly language, this resource could be used for assigned reading or as part of student-led research. Additionally, links to other relevant material and resources are included. 

The Skin Cancer Foundation has developed the free Sun Smart U education program to help teachers expose students to the importance of sun protection and give them the tools they need to prevent skin cancer.

Sun Smart U is consistent with the CDC’s National Health Education Standards for middle school and high school students. The interactive lesson plan features true stories from young skin cancer survivors, medically reviewed Prevention Guidelines, handouts and activities, and can be taught in one or two class periods. Sun Smart U is available in a variety of formats.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Learn to help students develop key skills for successful relationships: communication, cooperation, and conflict resolution. Educators can help students develop these skills by working together in groups and discussing roles. Parents can support their children by spending time with them and encouraging communication.

CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) developed this presentation to educate youth on e-cigarettes, including the health risks, the factors that lead to e-cigarette use, and what youth can do to avoid all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. This resource is intended for adults who educate or serve youth ages 11 – 18 (teachers, youth ministers, coaches, scout leaders, etc.). Utilizing the talking points and information for users document, the presenter does not require additional information, nor permission to deliver the presentation.

It’s time to let your creativity shine with the Mood & Mindfulness Journal from On Our Sleeves! These fun activities for grades 3-5 will help you better understand why you feel emotions like happiness and sadness, and help you describe how you are feeling.

This journal includes the following:

• A page to identify words that describe emotions.
• A mood meter to help students identify ranges of emotions as positive/negative and high energy/low energy.
• A page to create a drawing of themselves experiencing an emotion related to a recent event.
• Emotional conversation cards that support the discussion and demonstration of cooperating with others in a positive manner.
• A fill-in-the-blank page for students to develop positive strategies to enlist when experiencing a negative emotion.

This interactive student workbook is filled with 19 activities that explore Discover MyPlate lesson topics and is connected to education standards for literacy, letter-sound correspondence, counting, sequencing, classifying objects, identifying healthy behaviors, and more. The answer key is located in the Discover MyPlate Teacher’s Guide. A STAR Chart for evaluating and measuring student understanding and a Discover MyPlate Certificate is also provided.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey leads everyone outside to smell the fresh air! Let’s run and play one hour every day in our beautiful world!

This lesson helps young people understand why exercise is important for their bodies and minds. The youth will experience how they feel different before and after physical activity. They will estimate how much exercise they get each day and think of ways they can be more active.

This is a free classroom resource from PBS LearningMedia.  Students watch a video to learn how to cut their sugar intake.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Join Penny and the KidVision VPK Kids at Miami Gymnastics Academy!  They stretch, run and jump on the tumble track, act like animals on the balance beam, lift their bodies on the bars, and learn rhythmic gymnastics. This field trip wins a gold medal!

All Trails is an online and app based resource that can be used to identify walking, running, biking, and hiking trails all over the globe. This resource categorizes trails in different categories based on difficulty, length, and terrain.  Using the app, users can track their real-time position on specific trails. This is a great tool that can make users feel comfortable exercising on a new trail. 

There is a free and upgraded (pro) version. 

This learning activity from Wonderopolis combines interactive resources to answer these questions:

• What is BMI?
• What does BMI mean for my health?
• What are some ways I can stay healthy?

A combination of interactive text, audio, video, vocabulary, checks for understanding, and extension activities explain the big ideas of BMI. This resource provides an easy to understand explanation supporting the importance of making responsible personal health decisions. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

New York student Shadia Wood tells how she became an environmental activist in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute’s New Leaders Initiative. Wood lives near several toxic waste sites and was concerned to learn that the New York Superfund—the money set aside for cleaning such sites in her state—had gone bankrupt.

This website has a series of visuals that can be downloaded, printed, and displayed in the physical education gymnasium or class. These visuals range cover varying topics such as the FITT Principle, BORG Rating, and the Conflict Corner.

Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of sudden death among youth athletes. It primarily targets athletes whose sport causes an elevated heart rate (football, basketball, soccer, track, etc.). While some exhibit warning signs such as fatigue and shortness of breath, for many people the first indication of a heart problem is cardiac arrest.  This video also contains support resources to help teachers to check for understanding.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

When you’re in high school, it can seem like being popular is the most important thing in the world. But being popular in high school tends to have adverse outcomes once someone enters early adulthood. It all depends on what type of popularity someone has because it turns out there are two types. They are status and likability. 

A basic belief underlying The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching is that how children learn to treat one another is as important as what they learn in reading, writing, and arithmetic. We believe that social skills such as cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control are essential to children’s academic and social success and we emphasize the teaching of these skills, along with academics, throughout the school day.

This resource provides teachers with classroom strategies to build community, improve communication, and enhance classroom discussion. This resource also has a listing of professional books related to these topics. 

Everyone feels sad, depressed, or angry sometimes — especially when dealing with the pressures of school, friends, and family. But some people may feel sadness or hopelessness that just won't go away, and even small problems may seem like too much to handle.

This resource provides information about:

• Many warning signs of suicide
• What you can do
• Dealing with Suicide

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Food labels tell you what's inside the food you're eating and list its parts. This resource teaches upper elementary students the basics of food labels, including nutrition facts, comparing labels, serving sizes, calories, fat, macronutrients, and vitamins and minerals.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Help show kids that rest is best when you're sick, with Daniel Tiger. Everyone gets sick sometimes, including Daniel and his friends. There are people who take care of you when you're sick, and soon you get better. This video can be played when teaching a lesson on healthy behaviors.

This resource gives tips and strategies for creating and implementing school-based wellness plans. Sample wellness plans are included. Additionally, this resource is full of links to external websites connecting the user to additional informational material. 

This resource is a lesson plan developed by Sanford Medicine-Tobacco Prevention Toolkit. The lesson plan objective is to provide an understanding of the known health risks associated with smokeless tobacco use. Many adolescents may not fully understand the risks of smokeless tobacco use and believe that it is harmless. 

The included PowerPoint provides an overview of what students should know about smokeless tobacco, including why youth find them appealing, marketing tactics being used, what we know about the health effects of smokeless tobacco use. At the end of the PowerPoint are some debriefing activities that you can use with the students.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Being a good friend means sharing and playing nicely together. Use this song as a reminder of why sharing is the best! This video can be played when teaching a lesson on using listening skills to build healthy relationships.

Each day, America’s teenagers are bombarded with misleading messages about drugs. Glamorized by media and endorsed by peers, the consequences of drug use and experimentation are dangerously disguised, and often hidden altogether. The reality is that drug use can alter a teen’s life forever. That’s why every student should be given the tools to make a decision against using drugs - and the best place to give them those tools is your classroom.

This resource is lesson 6. To access videos and lesson materials: https://www.projectalert.com/account