Friday, January 18, 2019
Colds, Flu, and Boogie Wipes - Timely Science Lessons
Colds, the Flu, and You is a video from SciShow Kids that is appropriate for elementary school classrooms.
How is a cold or flu passed from person to person and what exactly is it doing to your body? NPR answers those questions in the following animated video.
Did you get your flu shot this year? This TED-Ed lesson explains why you should get one every year.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
This TED-Ed Lesson Explains What Causes Heartburn - No, It's Not Your Kids
Applications for Education
This lesson could be a good fit for a health class in which students are learning about the effects of diet and nutrition. The lesson could also be a good fit in a science class in which students are studying anatomy and physiology.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Kids Health in the Classroom - Guides & Resources for K-12
Kids Health in the Classroom hosts games, movies, quizzes, and activities for learning about topics in health. The contents of the games and movies is divided into sections for teenagers and sections for younger students.
Applications for Education
If teaching personal health lessons is a part of your teaching responsibilities, Kids Health in the Classroom could be a great resource for you to bookmark. The Game Closet could provide some individual activities that your students can do to reinforce the ideas that you teach in your classroom.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
How Coffee Affects Your Brain
Enjoy your coffee!
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Cold and Flu Season Lessons
Colds, the Flu, and You is a video from SciShow Kids that is appropriate for elementary school classrooms.
How is a cold or flu passed from person to person and what exactly is it doing to your body? NPR answers those questions in the following animated video.
What is ‘flu? - Explania
If you want to use any of these videos in flipped lessons, take a look at the tools featured in my playlist of tutorials on creating flipped lessons.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
A Health and Science Lesson - What Is Fat?
Thursday, July 24, 2014
What is Fat? - A Health and Science Lesson
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Interactive Animated Explanation of Body Mass
Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) - Explania
On a related note, you might also like Explania's explanation of cholesterol.
What is Cholesterol? - Explania
Friday, November 11, 2011
Kids Health in the Classroom
Kids Health in the Classroom hosts The Game Closet containing games, movies, quizzes, and activities for learning about topics in health. The contents of The Game Closet has a section for teenagers and a section for younger students.
Applications for Education
If teaching personal health lessons is a part of your teaching responsibilities, Kids Health in the Classroom could be a great resource for you to bookmark. The Game Closet could provide some individual activities that your students can do to reinforce the ideas that you teach in your classroom.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
TeachAIDS - Animations and Software for Teaching HIV/ AIDS Prevention
A lot has changed in the twenty years since Magic Johnson's announcement. HIV/ AIDS prevention is a part of health education programs in public schools everywhere and the general population's understanding of the disease has changed significantly. But there is still a lot of work to do both in the US and globally to educate people about HIV / AIDS prevention. That's where TeachAIDS enters the picture.
TeachAIDS is a non-profit organization backed in part by Stanford University whose goal is to educate people around the world about HIV / AIDS. TeachAIDS works toward that goal by producing and freely disseminating educational videos and software. The videos and software are available in a wide range of languages. To tackle issues that may be "taboo" in some cultures, the videos are customized to address those sensitive topics. In other words, the videos aren't just the same product with a different voice-over. According to the TeachAIDS website, in the near future you will be able to download copies of their software for free. Watch an overview of TeachAIDS in the two minute video below.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Clorox Offers Free Lesson Plans About Germs
Monday, November 15, 2010
Snag Learning Film of the Week - The Family Meal
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Applications for Education
The Family Meal could be a good resource for health and fitness teachers to share with their students. After a classroom viewing of the film teachers could challenge students to create healthy "family meal" menus.
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Fat World - A Video Game About Nutrition
Friday, October 22, 2010
Fat World - A Video Game About Nutrition
Fat World is available as a free download for Windows and Mac users.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Are You and Your Students Getting Enough Sleep?

Applications for Education
The Secrets of Sleep quiz could be used by teachers themselves and by students. Health teachers could have students take the quiz to see first-hand how much sleep they should be getting and how they can go about improving their sleeping habits.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Infographics - Eating Out and Obesity

Eating Out: From Bad to Worse gives a run down of worst items to order at popular chain restaurants including Chili's, Applebee's, McDonald's, and Wendy's.
The CDC has a series of infographics and slides related to trends in obesity and diabetes in the United States. One of the infographics is an animated map showing the increase in obesity by state from 1985 through 2009. The CDC has also published maps illustrating obesity rates by race in the United States. The information used in creating the maps is also available to download as Power Point slides.
The Future of Food is a series of nine infographics produced by Wired. The infographics illustrate the global demand for food, what that demand means for farmers and for the planet, and how that demand could be met in the future.
Applications for Education
After exploring the infographics students could research ways to correct the problems illustrated in the graphics. In the case of the Eating Out infographic you might have students create infographics of their own that illustrate the healthiest menu options at each of the restaurants.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Putting Tech in Phys Ed - Google Maps Bike Routes
Watch the video below to learn more about bicycle routes in Google Maps.
Applications for Education
Google Maps can now be used by physical education teachers and or health teachers to have students plan safe routes for bicycle rides. To take the assignment a step farther you could have students plan a route, measure the distance, and calculate how many calories a person could burn on that route. There are numerous calorie calculators on the web that you could use for that second step, here is one to get you started.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Nourish Interactive - Great Site for Health Teachers


Applications for Education
To reach more students and parents most of the resources on Nourish Interactive are available in English and Spanish. The printable resources could be good to send home with students as a homework assignment to do with parents.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Ad Decoder - Kids Learn About Advertising Scams
The Ad Decoder is produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The game appears on the B.A.M. (body and mind) section of their website. BAM is full of great resources for health and physical education teachers. The Ad Decoder provides students with two virtual magazines which they flip through to see examples and explanations of advertising tactics used to grab the attention of tweens and teens. After flipping through the magazines students can test their new knowledge.
Applications for Education
The Ad Decoder could be a good way to teach students how to recognize deceptions in advertising. The activity is simple, but provides students with useful information about advertising and the hidden meanings in advertising. The Ad Decoder has quizzes students can take regarding advertising. The Ad Decoder also offers an in-depth look at advertising practices which they call Under the Microscope.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Cool Infographics - Caffeine Consumption

Applications for Education
Health and nutrition educators may find this poster to be something they would like to share with their students. The quantities in the poster are based on typical serving sizes so you may want to challenge your students to determine the quantity of caffeine per ounce for each drink.
Tobacco Education Lessons Plans and Game

Most of the TIGed resources are only available on a fee-based model, but the tobacco resources are free once you go through the registration process.
Applications for Education
TIGed's tobacco use prevention resources are appropriate for middle school and high school students. The lessons are designed not only to impart knowledge but also to make students develop skills to resist tobacco use.
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