This is a video about "What you need to know about exercising for your heart and lungs". The video talks about resting heart rate, how to measure resting heart rate, and how to improve your cardiovascular fitness.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this "Fuel It!" video, Maggie and Mrs. Kissell work together to demonstrate how to create a healthy and tasty after school snack of pitas filled with vegetables and a creamy sauce. The host, Mackenzie and Cynthia Cave- Gaetani, a registered dietician from Lourdes Hospital, discuss why it is so nutritious.
You see it all over the aisles of the grocery store…. “whole grain”, “gluten-free”, “non-GMO”. But how much weight do these health claims really carry?
That was the question my students set out to answer as they began a new project analyzing the health claims made on packaged foods.
Anything someone does that makes someone else feel bad or unsafe is bullying. It can take many forms: name-calling, leaving someone out, or hurting them. Kids bully other kids for all sorts of reasons: for having lots of friends or very few friends, or for being different. Bullying is never okay. If you're getting bullied, you can ignore it, surround yourself with friends, try talking it out, or tell a trusted adult. If you're bullying other kids, please stop. It's way cooler to be nice to people!
This resource is a BrainPOP video.
This free resource from KidsHealth is a lesson plan containing valuable information about germs for students in grades 3 through 5. The resource includes discussion questions, activities, links to additional activities, and an assessment to assess the students' knowledge about germs.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Listen to students at Wheeling, West Virginia Middle School discuss peer pressure they experience relating to drug use and making good or poor decisions.
How are food and beverage marketers blurring the line between advertising and entertainment to engage young consumers, and why do this concern nutrition experts and children’s advocates? To what extent are product-related games, quizzes, and apps making children both recipients and tools of marketing? In this lesson, students consider various forms of advertising, then keep logs of the ads and other branded content they encounter in a specified period, and reflect on their experiences with marketing.
In this lesson plan, kindergartners use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore the concept of empathy. They discover what it means to think about and understand how other people are feeling. Then they apply their understanding by drawing an on- or offline picture that shows how they make people happy. By learning how to be empathetic to others' feelings, students will improve their skills in creating and maintaining friendships.
This activity has students look at how they act, feel, and think. Topics covered include self-esteem, social image, decision-making skills, and personal values (what is important to each student). The activities are designed to provide students with a chance to practice decision making and to empower them to make healthy choices.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey encourages kids to explain how they feel to their grown-ups. Watch a clip from Arthur and see how sharing his feelings make him feel better.
This lesson helps young people understand the basic concepts of concussions. Youth will discuss brain injuries and complete a KWL chart (already Know, Want to know, what I Learned) to list facts about concussions. A hands-on learning activity gives young people a chance to experience what living with a brain injury may be like. Finally, the youth will reflect on what they learned about brain injuries and how to prevent them.
Students take a quick oral quiz on television, advertising, and body image. Then they use an “Ad Decoder” (critical questions) to examine advertisements that are aimed at them. They also discuss how messages about body image can affect health.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Exercise and physical activity are important to each person's physical and mental health. Join these students as they learn about the importance of physical exercise.
This is a library of downloadable resources focused on the topic of cyberbullying. These resources are in PDF format and are easily downloadable. These resources are geared towards educators.
You've probably wondered how you developed diabetes. You may worry that your children will develop it too. Unlike some traits, diabetes does not seem to be inherited in a simple pattern. Yet, clearly, some people are born more likely to develop diabetes than others. The text explains what leads to diabetes and explains risk factors.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Joronda Montaño shares her story of surviving and thriving despite mental health challenges. She and the other voices of Not Broken reinforce the message that teens living with mental illnesses are not broken and not defined by their diagnoses.
This is a comprehensive resource center for teens to have access to numerous topics related to mental, physical, and emotional health. This would be a good site for students to be made aware of adolescent health issues.
Media can be a powerful force in shaping perceptions about products and our own consumption habits. During the early to mid 20th Century, cigarette advertising was pervasive and the use of it was high. In the 1970s, a wave of anti-smoking advertising was released which ultimately changed the public’s perception and use of tobacco. The media encouraged people to smoke and when scientists proved that smoking was harmful to the media, in turn, encouraged people to stop. In viewing these three clips from Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, students will understand how media can influence the habits and attitudes of an audience.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this media-rich activity from Cyberchase, students use math to investigate the components of a healthy, well-balanced meal. They use the My Plate food chart as a reference to learn the proper proportions of each of the five food groups and plan a well-balanced meal.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this episode of iQ: smartparent, learn all about fitness—with a digital twist! Experts reveal the newest technologies that support and promote health and fitness. Build healthy habits for the 21st century with tips from this video. Get your whole family connected and set personal fitness goals for each member of your family.
From medications to products you would never think are dangerous, Dr. Michelle Ruha, from the Banner Poison Center, brings to light expected and unexpected hazards for children.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) causes people to believe that parts of their body look ugly. People with BDD spend hours focused on what they think is wrong with their looks. Many times a day, they do things to check, fix, cover up, or ask others about their looks. They focus on flaws that seem minor to others.
This can be tied directly to a unit on self-esteem and/or eating disorders.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Ever heard the saying, "you are what you eat"? Food labels give us important nutritional information to make informed healthy eating decisions. Hear why the FDA decided to give food labels a makeover with this video and educational resources from PBS NewsHour from May 20, 2016. This video can be played during a lesson on using food labels to determine nutritional value.
The School Health Index (SHI) Self-Assessment and Planning Guide is an online self-evaluation and planning tool for schools. The SHI is built on CDC’s research-based guidelines for school health programs that identify the policies and practices most likely to be effective in reducing youth health risk behaviors. The SHI is easy to use and is completely confidential.
The SHI (and related materials) is available as an interactive, customizable online tool or downloadable, printable version. The SHI aligns with the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model.
This resource is informational material about how Robert Jackler has spent more than a decade researching the history of advertisements produced by Big Tobacco. The ear, nose and throat surgeon from Stanford University has built a diverse collection of more than 50,000 advertisements from magazines, newspapers, billboards, television and the internet from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. The collection highlights the tobacco industry’s efforts to deceive the public about the health risks of their products.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
A young boy, Will, is going in for a check-up. This video clip from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood takes the viewer from the waiting room, through the examination of Will's height, weight, eyesight, reflexes and more! After watching this clip, children will know what to expect when visiting the doctor. This video can be played when teaching a lesson on community health helpers.
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 4. To access videos and lesson materials: https://www.projectalert.com/account
The resource is informational material about communicating to trusted adults, specifically your parents, about mental health. The information provides strategies on communicating effectively to adolescents parents. The resource is from Mental Health America and gives other resources about mental health. The overview is about how to communicate effectively to parents, but it also includes teachers, relatives, and guidance counselors. This is a great resource on explaining when input from a health professional, counselor, or trusted adult would be helpful.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this video, students will learn about equine-assisted therapy and how working with horses helps individuals with intellectual disabilities to develop new skills through their interactions.
A Jeopardy-style game of drug facts.
Drug Facts Challenge! is a Jeopardy-style game based on scientific findings developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The questions and answers are based on the NIDA for Teens Drug Facts pages.
Play as a group or have students play individually. Allow time for teens to review the NIDA for Teens Drug Facts prior to playing. You can print out or have teens access the pages online. Another option is to display each of the Drug Facts on a large screen, allowing teens ample time to read and discuss. Then, use the same large screen to display and play the Drug Facts Challenge! game.
This informational web page helps students to understand the basics of self-esteem and ways to increase self-esteem.
This resource is appropriate for younger elementary grades.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This resource is an animated video from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) which explains addiction in simple terms. Quitting drugs is hard because addiction is a brain disease. Your brain is like a control tower that sends out signals to direct your actions and choices. Addiction changes the signals in your brain and makes it hard to feel OK without the drug. Watch the video for a visualization of these concepts and for information on how to get yourself or a loved one help.
Students can use this tool, from the Surgeon General, to
Body image refers to how people see themselves. Distorted body image (also called negative body image) refers to an unrealistic view of how someone sees their body. Like eating disorders, it is seen most commonly in women, but many men also suffer from the disorder.
You begin forming your perceptions of your body’s attractiveness, health, acceptability, and functionality in early childhood. This body image continues to form as you age and receive feedback from peers, family members, coaches, etc.
Personality traits such as perfectionism and self-criticism can also influence the development of a negative internalized image of your body.
Smokeless tobacco doesn't mean harmless. Chewing tobacco can cause cancer and other problems, just like smoking cigarettes. There's no such thing as a "safe" tobacco product. This resource offers a thorough overview of smokeless tobacco and helps educators convey the following messages to students in middle grades: why people use smokeless tobacco, dangers of using smokeless tobacco, and how you can quit using smokeless tobacco.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
