Showing posts with label teaching ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teaching ideas. Show all posts
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Physical Activity in The Classroom: The Jammin' Minute!!

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Here's a really quick post to get my second one in for January. I've been using this with my sixth graders and occasionally with my ...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Lesson Idea: Alcohol Stories (Using Web 2.0)

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I'm always looking for ways to bring class content and skills alive in my health classroom. I first heard of this lesson from one of my ...
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

"I Can't Breathe" Pam Laffin Video: Streaming on Vimeo

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During my later elementary school and early middle school years, I remember seeing many anti-smoking advertisements sponsored by the Massach...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Melanoma Resources, Part Two: Melanoma Education Foundation

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Melanoma is an important topic to discuss with children and adolescents. Over the next few blog posts, I will be posting about different me...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Puberty Resources, Part Two: "Being Girl"

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Being a twenty-five year old male teacher who has to teach twelve year old girls about the menstrual cycle can be pretty awkward. It's n...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Resources: Graphic Organizers

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NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, I wasn't able to scan the documents I needed for the marijuana vocabulary activity. I'm hoping ...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Classroom Management: Sticky Notes

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There are probably hundreds, no...THOUSANDS...of ways sticky notes can be used in the classroom. These handy little pieces of paper with a...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

HIV Transmission Simulation (And, More Posts ARE Coming!)

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NOTE: As long promised, here is my updated take on the HIV Transmission Simulation as created by the fine folks over at Advocates for Youth....
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tobacco Education Activities: Sticky Notes, Visuals, and Straw Walk (Oh my!)

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NOTE:   These are some activities I use in my classroom. I am not sure who initially came up with these ideas, but I've had success with...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Using Music In Health Class, Part One: Rise Against's "Make It Stop"

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Part One in a series detailing how I am using (or plan on using) music in my middle school health education classroom. Music is a powerful...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

AAHE Teaching Techniques Journal

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NOTE: Some of my older posts are in the process of being edited so I can update and repost them. My most popular (the HIV Transmission Simul...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Video Viewing Activity: "Record, Elaborate, Extend"

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I'm sure that I've mentioned somewhere in an earlier post that I'm not the biggest fan of using videos extensively in my classro...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

LGBTQ Resources: Classroom Use

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Recently the website Sex, Etc. updated their LGBTQ resources section of their website. I started drafting a post about Sex, Etc. this wee...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

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The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth  (abbreviated CAMY) is a must-know resource for any health educator. Part of the  Johns Hopkins Bl...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

HIV/AIDS: Using "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" in HIV/AIDS Unit

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One of my favorite units to teach is the HIV/AIDS and other STDs unit that is in our eighth grade health curriculum. I often supplement mate...
Friday, August 27, 2010

MyPyramid Blast Off! Review Game

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MyPyramid is the current food pyramid that is used in our sixth grade nutrition unit. I do try to incorporate other food pyramids if we hav...
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