This lesson integrates Health Standard 6 (dysfunctional eating) with Language Arts Standard 7 (imperative writing). It teaches students the dangers of dysfunctional eating. Students create a recipe for a healthy snack and present it to the class both orally and in written format.

Students will demonstrate health-promoting and risk-reducing behaviors to prevent substance abuse. Students will also demonstrate independent research to find academic information.  

In this lesson we will talk about why it is important to be healthy. We will use lots of pictures and class participation.

Students will create menus for a restaurants in small groups. The class will use them as a basis to order a healthy meal. Students need to know the difference between an "everyday food" and a "sometimes food." "Everyday foods" provide excellent fuel for the body to work efficiently and "sometimes foods" provide inferior fuel to the body. We CHOOSE what food to put into our bodies. When we choose healthy foods, our bodies work better and we live longer, stronger lives. If we select unhealthy foods to eat most of the time,our bodies will have trouble working efficiently and will place us at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease or stroke.

This resource is a Health student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically the Gale databases of InfoTrac Student Edition and Student Resources in Context - for conducting research about eating disorders.

The students will understand how a healthy diet and regular exercise can help them to be healthy and happy, both physically and mentally.

Watch the linked video and ask your child(ren) to hold up a card to show how they are feeling when they hear a specific piece of music.

In this lesson students will analyze their favorite fast food places for calories, fats, and other nutrients to decide whether or not fast food restaurants can be part of a healthy diet.

Health and nutrition are growing concerns for Utah communities. Rising health care costs and illness can decrease the effectiveness of a community in many ways. On the other hand, decisions that increase health and fitness benefit everyone. This lesson encourages students to learn about and adopt healthy lifestyles.

Students will be able to identify a maximum of ten feelings. Show a cause for that feeling. Show how that feeling felt by them can have an effect on those around them.

Students will be able to identify a maximum of ten feelings. Show a cause for that feeling. Show how that feeling felt by them can have an effect on those around them. 

Prior to starting the project students will take a home safety survey. Students will complete a powerpoint presentation on a foodborne illness and present it to the class. As an additional activity we will do an experiment on food safety

This lesson helps the students to understand how foods affect their body. We will be focusing on the benefits of healthy food and why it is important to eat such foods. Each student will be given the opportunity to bring in a healthy food to share with the class and talk about how that food affects certain parts of the body.

Children will listen to music and stop their bodies from moving when the music pauses.  This allows students to explore movement through dance and also helps build self-control as they start and stop activities.  

This lesson is about the importance of friends as part of a support system that helps students make healthy choices.

Students will learn the difference between fruits and vegetables, and will be able to name them.

This lesson is to help small students (and big ones alike) to help manage stress that they feel in their daily lives.

Students will learn that germs cause illness and that handwashing is the best way to prevent illness. They will also learn proper handwashing steps. An experiment with potato slices shows them how germs grow on surfaces that they touch.

Students will be introduced to the main vitamins. Students will identify what they do and where they are found. Students will work in groups and present information in a slide show or movie format.