In this video, Veronica, Julie, and Olga demonstrate how to create three healthy yet delightful dips. Making a fruit dip out of cream cheese and yogurt, a vegetable dip from yogurt, mayo, and spices, and guacamole dip from avocado and spices, the team demonstrates each step of the process and what fruits and vegetables to pair it with.
Research on the impact of alcohol and the teenage brain is updated almost constantly. Rather than give the students the facts, let them find out for themselves as they dig up the latest details on the risks of underage drinking.
Most kids should get between 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night. Why so much? Sleep gives the body a chance to rest, repair itself, and prepare for the next day. The following activities will help your students learn why sleep is important for a healthy body and mind.
In this classroom resource from PBS LearningMedia, students watch a video about getting and keeping fit in a non-judgemental way. When Arthur doesn't fit into his costume for the play, he's shocked to learn that he's become "husky-sized." Now he's serious about getting in shape. Will he turn to an all-protein diet? Eat only herbs and berries? Or will he try something really radical... like exercise?! This is a free resource. This resource also includes links to additional activities to use with the video.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey explains how brushing keeps us smiling. Do you know how long you should brush and how often? Let’s find out!
Marathon runners must run much greater distances than their track-and-field counterparts, needing to start slow and speed up towards the end. This experiment will help you to discover why.
Welcome to the world of Ammi—a mindfulness adventure series for young children. Ammi is a wise and gentle child who leads the way as we explore ourselves and one another through the natural world. Each story uses guided imagery to inspire inner connection and support emotional regulation. These simple meditations recognize the importance of imagination as a foundation for conscious creation in the world. They bridge the physical, the energetic, the emotional, and all the spaces in between. Whether in the home or classroom, you can engage in these special practices with children of all ages. Read them aloud together, listen to the guided meditation, and welcome the time to process and integrate the practice.
This resource will help young students learn mindfulness techniques, including practicing self-control and strategies for managing stress.
This is a free video resource from PBS LearningMedia about opioid addiction. In this video segment from Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will watch the story of Michael Israel and learn how he became addicted to prescription painkillers. In this video, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the misconception of safety associated with prescription opioid painkillers. They will understand the differences between prescription drug use, misuse, and abuse.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This video from KET shows a young man hopping, skipping, and moving his body in different ways while he counts to 10. This is a great way to show young children that it doesn’t matter what they do as long as they just keep moving. Being active is vital for a healthy lifestyle, so it is important to show children that there is a way to be active in everything they do, including learning.
Students will use a self-management checklist to document essential activities that are necessary for optimal health. Students will also have journal time, an opportunity to answer a daily prompt to free-write for 2 straight minutes.
This classroom resource is a video from PBS LearningMedia about using bad behavior online. In this video, students learn about bullying, trolling, and free speech on the internet. The internet is a powerful tool for communication, but it can sometimes be a double-edged sword. The internet can bring out the worst behavior in people, highlighting some of the cruelest and most hurtful aspects of humanity. Issues such as bullying online and trolling have garnered a lot of attention recently, prompting questions about who does and should, regulate the internet, and what free speech means online.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Examine the growing debate over childhood vaccines in this video excerpt from FRONTLINE: The Vaccine War. Vaccines have been touted as one of the most successful advances of modern medicine, yet an increasing number of parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children because of possible side effects. Learn about the debate among public health officials, doctors, and parents centered around vaccine safety.
The fact that run/walks are classic fundraising events for nonprofit organizations doesn’t make them any easier to plan and execute. Like any event, attendance and fundraising results are very important, but run/walks involve extra challenges and expenses including marketing, registration, and safety. This guide will walk you through the process of organizing a charity run/walk event for your organization, covering logistics like choosing a date, location, and t-shirts, along with volunteer management, budgeting, and promotion.
The purpose of this activity is to put students in the frame of mind for developing short- and long-term physical activity plans with the objective of providing a sense of competence and positive self-image, as well as setting life-long patterns of physical activity. In particular, students are to use standard graphing techniques to indicate changes over time, as well as using visual depictions of data collected and subsequently analyzed. By emphasizing effort over actual performance, students will be motivated to engage in physical activity for more personal, intrinsic reasons rather than for extrinsic, performance-based reasons.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Playing outside makes kids happier, healthier and stronger! In this segment, Abby Brown plays Musical Hula Hoops with a group of friends. The only way to stay in the game is to listen closely to the music so that when it stops, you won’t be stranded without a hula hoop!
Social Media for Students has been designed to give students the information that they need to develop responsible social media habits. This course illustrates the long-term consequences that irresponsible social media usage can have on a student’s educational, athletic, and professional careers. It shows students ways in which they can use social media to promote their team, school, community, and their own personal brand. Social media has turned every user into a mass communicator. Learning how to skillfully and safely utilize it now, will greatly help you as you continue to use social media in the future.
Kentucky high school student Allison Tu explains how StAMINA (Student Alliance for Mental Health Innovation and Action) reaches peers struggling with mental health issues. This segment is part of the video collection You Are Not Alone, a youth mental health series produced by KET.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Statistics show some social media usage contributes to stress and depression in young people. In this video, discover ways experts are using digital tools to combat mental health issues in young people.
Children will learn about the type of toothbrush to use for brushing teeth, how to recognize an old toothbrush, the best times for brushing their teeth, and whether it is okay to share a toothbrush. Children will receive instructions on how to brush their teeth and a demonstration of proper toothbrushing techniques, and, after that, the class will brush their teeth together.
Many equipment malfunctions and lack of adherence to safety regulations can increase your risk of injury almost as much as playing sports without protective equipment at all. Using the wrong — or not properly fitted — equipment is a major cause of injuries. This resource provides information on sport and exercise safety, including the use of proper safety equipment (helmets, pads, eye protection), the value of proper warm up, rest, recovery, and rule following.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Help kids exercise their imaginations and learn to stay healthy with Daniel Tiger. Daniel imagines that he can make all of the germs on his hands go away. This video can be played during a lesson on preventing the spread of germs.
This is where students will go to analyze YRBS data.
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including:
YRBSS also measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma and other health-related behaviors plus sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts. YRBSS is a system of surveys. It includes 1) a national school-based survey conducted by CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and 2) local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.
This free video resource comes from Truth.com. When Rebekkah was 14, she blew out her ankle during cheerleading practice and was prescribed opioid painkiller pills. Instead of getting better, she quickly found herself addicted to powerful opioids and eventually turned to heroin. She had been an accomplished dancer and athlete, and that was lost when her addiction took over her life and self-image. Now Rebekkah is regaining control of both—courageously making her detox public in order to help other people while she works towards a new start.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
JR Martinez and Elmo talk about how to deal with tough feelings, like anger or sadness. Here are some exercises and tips for dealing with strong emotions. This video can be played during a lesson about emotions, feelings, and using good listening skills.
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 5. To access videos and lesson materials: https://www.projectalert.com/account
Students learn that food and physical activity affect how we feel. Healthy choices help us to feel good and to perform at our best! This one-minute video shows how unhealthy eating can make us feel sluggish and tired.
Go shopping with chef Won Kim as he dishes on selecting affordable ingredients that can come together to make a complete, healthy meal. A balanced lifestyle makes room for the exercise, nutrition, and sleep that keep our minds sharp and our bodies strong. Learn the basic science of balance and get excited to make a homemade meal with your kids.
This resource explores the topic of physical wellness and how to maintain an active, balanced lifestyle. The six-part video series includes balance in the world around them, and how kids can start thinking about keeping a balanced diet and incorporating exercises in their lives.
The Mind Matters series is a valued resource for tens of thousands of teachers. Each booklet is devoted to a specific drug or drug group. Hard copies of the booklets in English can be ordered for free, and both English and Spanish booklets are available online as printable PDFs. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide, which includes background information and activities to enhance students’ learning, is available online in a printable PDF format.
This free activity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will teach students the importance of washing their hands. In this activity, students will conduct an experiment on washing their hands. They will learn that “clean” hands may not be so clean after all and the critical importance of washing their hands as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Playing outside makes kids happier, healthier and stronger! In this segment, Abby Brown joins a local school for recess, where they play outside, learn new games, spend time with friends, and get a brain break!
The health skill, Goal-Setting, empowers students to strive for self-improvement. The Goal-Setting health skill supports students in creating and achieving both short and long-term goals. Students gain confidence in their abilities to set and achieve goals by following clear steps over short periods of time. Students learn to identify areas of growth before creating goals that support their success.
What are your automatic reactions when you think about anxiety, depression, alcohol, exercise, eating, or persons with mental illness?
At Project Implicit Health (PIH), you can measure your thoughts about mental and physical health that are difficult to consciously control. The tests require less than 15 minutes and you will receive feedback about your performance and learn more about your automatic thoughts.
Students will combine a study of facts regarding tobacco with a survey of their peers' attitudes and experiences to create a schoolwide smoking prevention campaign. The objective is to understand facts about smoking and use those facts to impact the entire school population.
Students will identify their current daily usage of digital devices through a personal log or estimation. Then, students will read an article and watch the corresponding video which describes a recent report that found the average American spends more than 12 hours a day on a digital device, not including time spent on school work. Students will discuss their opinions with a classmate. The teacher will lead students in a discussion regarding the impact of this digital consumption. Finally, students will brainstorm and discuss other activities they could do in a day if they spent less time on their devices.
Discover Inclusive Wellness is an addendum to CDC's Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. This guide will help teachers and students learn how to effectively include children with disabilities in their advocacy and school wellness efforts. As students are learning in middle school to work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools, this guide would assist teachers with educating their students on how to effectively include students with disabilities in their school wellness plans and how they can advocate for full inclusion.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
