HealthTeacher: Grades 4-5 Manual
PRODUCT DETAILS
HealthTeacher lessons make use of a variety of instructional approaches, including role-play, cooperative learning activities, independent work, and classroom demonstrations to help students develop both a knowledge base and a skills base to help them pursue a healthy lifestyle throughout their life span. Features hundreds of clear, classroom-ready lessons. Each lesson addresses both content and skills, providing interesting activities for students and appropriate methods to assess student learning. Lessons may also include masters for transparencies and student worksheets. Teacher keys are provided for student pages when appropriate. Provides skill-based instruction linked directly to assessment and integrates into English, science, social studies, and other core curriculum subjects. Nine core topics include: alcohol and other drugs, community and environmental health, family health and sexuality, injury prevention, mental and emotional health, nutrition, personal and consumer health, physical activity, and tobacco. Meets National Health Education Standards.
Lessons include: Inhalants; Refuse to Use; Clean Water; Reducing Pollution and Conserving Resources; Changing Families; The Passage into Puberty; Learning About HIV/AIDS; Biking Safety; Preventing Water Accidents; Caring for Self and Others; Family Communication; The Digestive Process; Advertising and Food Choices; Food Labels; Preventing Infectious Illness; Managing Diabetes, Asthma, and Allergies; The Benefits of Physical Activity; Flexibility and Cardio-Respiratory Fitness; What’s in Tobacco Smoke?; Decisions About Tobacco and Health; Clean Air is Healthy; Who Influences You?; and many more. 640 pages.
