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In this self-paced lesson, students learn how environmental factors affect the health of living things, including humans. They will view videos, use an interactive activity, and respond to writing prompts to investigate common environmental health hazards, routes of exposure, factors that influence the potential health effects, and ways to reduce exposure.

About 25 percent of students in Baltimore who need glasses do not have access to them due to their high cost and the high level of poverty in Baltimore. City health department officials, a nonprofit organization called Vision to Learn, and other volunteers are working together to provide the exams, prescriptions, and fashionable glasses.

This resource is a test bank of assessment items in True/False, Multiple Choice, and Short Answer formats that are provided for each of the Project ALERT Core (Lessons 1-11). You can choose from these items to create lesson-based assessments, a Project ALERT unit test, and/or for part of a course exam that may include an assessment of the students' success using the Project ALERT curriculum.

This informational webpage explains what stress is, what causes stress, how to find a balance, and how to prevent stress.

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

We all have to follow the rules. This fun, animated poem follows students as they board the bus and head to school, following all of the rules along the way.

In the past decades, a dazzling number of studies have investigated the effects of old and new media on children and teens. These studies have greatly improved our understanding of why youth are so massively attracted to media. And they have also shown how children and teens can be affected by media, in positive and negative ways. Plugged In provides insight into the most important issues and debates regarding media, children, and teens.

Students test their knowledge about the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health with this interactive quiz from Arthur's Family Health. Students get immediate feedback as they answer questions about healthy eating habits and fitness activities on this ten question quiz.

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

A researcher and psychotherapist explains how trauma affects children and teens and describes what can be done to help. Ginny Sprang, Ph.D., executive director of the Center on Trauma and Children at the University of Kentucky, explains how psychiatrists define trauma. Trauma can include direct exposure to physical or sexual harm, witnessing such harm, learning about a life-altering event such as a parent’s death, or repeated exposure to details of a traumatic event.

Emotions are natural and temporary, just like passing clouds, rain, or the shining sun. In this lesson, students learn how to be mindful of their emotions and discuss how emotions change, just like the weather

Self-regulation is a critical skill for people of all ages. It is the ability that helps us to control our behaviors to make good decisions for the long-term, rather than just doing what we want in the moment. It’s also the skill that allows us to manage our emotions when we’re feeling angry, disappointed, or worried. These can be difficult for adults but are significantly more challenging for children and young adults, whose brains are still growing and developing.

There are huge benefits to helping kids and young adults improve their skills for self-regulation. These skills can help kids and young adults to complete their work and chores (even if they don’t want to), maintain lasting friendships, make safe choices when out with friends, stop themselves from breaking a rule, and work through challenges when they feel like giving up, and so much more.

This informational material presents over 15 strategies that educators can use to teach and build students' self-regulation skills.

This free resource from KidsHealth is informational material that can be used to teach students about eating disorders. Eating disorders are problems with the way people eat. They can harm a person's health, emotions, and relationships. There are several types of eating disorders.

This resource covers eating disorders, types, health and emotional implications, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and where to go for help.

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

Learn about unified sports through Special Olympics in communities or schools. Everyone on the team, with and without disabilities, is included and learns how to play as part of a team for fun, recreation and competitions. Athletes get to know each other as people, which helps them to appreciate what they all have to contribute.

3-2-1 Blast Off! CDC’s Injury Center has developed a mobile game app on concussion safety for children aged 6 to 8. Through a futuristic world of galactic racing adventures children can learn the benefits of playing it safe and smart!

The app aims to teach children:

• the different ways the brain can get hurt during sports activities.
• how important it is to tell a coach, parent, or another adult when an injury occurs.
• the importance of taking time to rest and recover if they have a concussion.

This video describes the behavior patterns of school violence incidences. Interviews with violent offenders reveal school culture and peer influence as strong influences of their behavior. Recognition and warning signs of violent behavior pattern influences are described. In addition to examining the influences of behavior patterns of students considering violent attacks, this video recommends strategies to avoid violent or criminal activities in schools.

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

The World Health Organization has now declared the coronavirus outbreak in China to be a global health emergency. Officials in China confirmed more than 7,800 cases today (updated from the video which states 6,000), with 212 deaths. The WHO said the virus is spreading worldwide, despite China’s efforts. “It’s not actually because China is not doing what it can. It’s actually doing more than China is required to do,” according to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

This guide uses biology, health, and world study topics to engage students in global health issues and solutions from experiential and multidisciplinary perspectives. The guide offers an outline of how to organize and host a "Global Health Conference," and provides suggestions regarding logistics and instructions as well as resource materials for preparing and organizing a student conference. The Global Health Conference is a school event where students present display boards and two-page essays on various countries and their health challenges, very much like a science fair.

As a template, the guide can be modified to suit each educator's goals, student needs, and school policies. The guide is designed to involve all students from a single grade level—e.g., all seventh-grade students. However, educators can use pieces from the guide or tailor it to one class or a whole school. It is recommended that each educator adapt this guide to the most appropriate scale for his or her own school environment and policies, student needs, and learning outcomes.

This activity is designed to open students' eyes to the consequences of binge drinking and bad choices. A secondary purpose is to have students use critical thinking skills to try to determine if the information given to them is credible.

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

Sydney Mazik (age 12, Ohio) talks about her love of cooking and how two healthy foods that her family eats inspired her Healthy Lunchtime Challenge winning recipe for Spaghetti Squash Asparagus Pie, in this video from WGBH. She created her dish to spread awareness about spaghetti squash, which she says is a vegetable most people don’t know about. This video can be played during a lesson on healthy practices.

This is a YouTube playlist of videos focusing on personal health and wellness. These videos can be used in a health classroom setting or assigned for students to view outside of class. 

Topics in this playlist include: goal setting, growth mindset, mental health, and transformative moments.  

The National Wellness Institute promotes Six Dimensions of wellness: emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual. Addressing all six dimensions of wellness in our lives builds a holistic sense of wellness and fulfillment.

Developed by Dr. Bill Hettler, co-founder of the National Wellness Institute (NWI), this interdependent model for the Six Dimensions of Wellness provides the categories from which NWI derives its resources and services.

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

You know your friends in your neighborhood or at school because you see them almost every day, you play with them, sometimes you are in class with them, you see them at the store, the library, or the playground. On the Internet there are places where you sometimes meet people you don't know. Stick with what is real; only accept online friends you know in real life.

Students will review the health systems of the United States and Canada. They will identify the positive aspects of each system. They will look at the trade-offs associated with those positive aspects. In Canada, everyone has health care, but certain specialized medical services are not always available. In the United States, many people are not insured, yet for many people the access to technology and specialization is phenomenal. Which is the better choice? Students will also recognize that choosing between these two systems requires a trade-off between the economic goals of economic freedom and economic security.

You probably know someone who has had cancer, perhaps an older friend or relative. Read on in this resource to learn about cancer and how it's treated.

This resource provides information about the following topics:

• What is Cancer?
• How do People get Cancer?
• How do People Know They Have Cancer?
• How do Doctors Treat Cancer?
• Coping with and Recovery from Cancer

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

Follow students from Cane Run Elementary in Louisville as they make fresh spring pizzas using greens, garlic, olive oil and homemade cheese with the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm. Then head back to school with the Cane Run students as they make pizzas with traditional toppings from their own school garden like tomatoes, peppers, and basil. This video can be played when teaching a lesson on healthy behaviors such as choosing healthy snacks versus junk food.

Drinking in high school doesn’t just put students at risk; it threatens the ability of schools to achieve their educational objectives. AlcoholEdu® for High School takes a public health approach to alcohol education in schools, incorporating evidence-based prevention methods to create meaningful results.

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

Explore how students recognize and work with their emotions, learning to care for themselves and others. This video is from Kindness in the Classroom, is designed to give educators insight into the positive impacts of teaching mindfulness in a classroom setting. This video is intended to train educators to teach students mindfulness on recognizing and responding to their emotions.

Vaping has become a health epidemic for our kids. Nearly 8,000 kids start vaping every day, but parents can play an important role in preventing their kids from using e-cigarettes. Did you know that one vape pod can contain as much nicotine as one pack of cigarettes, which can harm the attention, memory, and brain development of children? With 5.4 million American kids already vaping, it’s important that parents talk to their children about the dangers of trying e-cigarettes.

“Talk About Vaping” drives parents to TalkAboutVaping.org so they can Get Their Head Out of the Cloud and learn the facts about youth vaping so they can have proactive and ongoing conversations with their children about the dangers of vaping.

This resource includes videos and printable visuals that promote conversation about this topic. 

This TED-Ed learning activity guides students through the explanation of how exercise improves brain health and function.

What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory -- and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

The activity includes a video, multiple choice and open-ended questions, additional resources to dig deeper, and a guided discussion.

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

Mr. Eagle is sad because he no longer sees children playing and because they spend too much time sitting. He tells the boys how many people are now sick with diabetes and explains that there are ways to prevent the disease. Together, they discuss fun ways to move their bodies and become healthier.

This article is written for teenagers to understand the dangerous effects of using ecstasy or molly. It discusses the effects on the brain and body, the prevalence of teen use, and what to do if someone needs help. 

Join the fun as Penny and the KidVision kids go to the beach! They learn sun safety, meet lifeguards, learn to read beach safety signs, find seashells, splash in the ocean, and end the day with a game of beach ball.

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

Personal information identifies who we are, where we live, and how family, friends and others can find us to talk to us or come over and visit us. Personal information can help us communicate with others, but we have to be careful with that information when on the computer. Help students stay safe on the internet. This video helps students determine what "personal" information they should not share with internet strangers.

Learn about the importance of eating healthy foods. In this video, a group of students present and explain the types of foods that are good for our bodies, the nutrients they provide, and how these benefit our bodies. They then explain what processed foods are, why some people like them, and why they are unhealthy.

Most students know that bullying is bad, and yet bullying still happens in our schools every day.

When we say hurtful things to other people, we often can’t see the damage that we’re doing on the inside. Our classmates may appear fine, but they’re really hurting. On the other hand, our kind words can be used to build someone else up, and make them feel beautiful on the inside.

These bullying lessons use apples to provide a memorable, visual to show the damage that can be done with harsh, unkind words.