| Career Education |
none |
This is a game designed to help students match their interests, skills and personality with similar careers. This exercise is based on Dr. John Holland's theory that people and work environments can be loosely classified into six different groups. |
Student |
The Career Interests Game |
| Career Education |
none |
Students set up a budget and a lifestyle. |
Both |
Personal Budget Web Quest |
| Caring for Skin |
none |
This lesson gives an overview to the parts of the skin, functions of the skin, characteristics of the skin, and includes some fun activities for better understanding of the skin. |
Teacher |
Skin and the Sense of Touch |
| Decision-Making Process |
none |
Learn to recognize the thought processes that go into making an important decision, and how decisions affect many people in many different ways. |
Both |
Decisions |
| Decision-Making Process |
none |
Middle school students take a look at the issue of abstinence in small groups in a non-threatening forum. |
Both |
The Decision is Yours |
| Eating Disorders |
none |
Students complete drawings/narrative illustrating ideal and real body types. Response and discussion follow the activity. |
Teacher |
Examining Ideas about Body Image |
| Eating Disorders |
none |
Download workbook; students examine eating disorders and what contributes to them. |
Student |
Stelmaschuk's Files On-line |
| Eating Disorders |
none |
Information that was presented in a PBS series: "Dying to be Thin". You can watch the program online and do an activity related to the program. There are questions and answers given related to eating disorders. |
Both |
Dying to be Thin |
| Eating Disorders |
none |
Lesson plan designed by teacher Elaine Kilme; challenges students to come up with a proper definition of "nutrition." |
Teacher |
Be A Nutritional Entrepreneur |
| Eating Disorders |
none |
A web quest that has students researching various eating disorders. Their task is to make a public service announcement about eating disorders. |
Student |
Eating Disorders |
| Family and Community Violence |
none |
A Web Quest series on creating non-violent schools. Each of the seven activities available focus on a specific learning goal. |
Both |
Crool Zone |
| Family Structure, Roles and Responsibilities |
none |
Students examine their behaviours at home, in school, and in their social lives. |
Teacher |
Family Sculpture Demonstration |
| Health of People |
none |
Learning to love and take care of your body. Get facts about eating right, exercising, and eating disorders. |
Both |
BodyWise |
| Health of People |
none |
From the Ontario Health and Physical Education Curr.: Download fun and interactive teacher-tested activity ideas. Students/teachers may also complete the nutrition quiz browse FAQ's about nutrition. |
Both |
Teach Nutrition |
| Health of People |
none |
A lesson plan to make students aware of hunger problems within their own communities and to encourage the implementation of a service oriented L.O.A.F.S. program |
Teacher |
L.O.A.F.S. |
| Health of People |
none |
Play The Longevity Game and calculate how long you can expect to live. A game which gives you some sense of major factors that influence your longevity and how different behavioural choices may alter the outcome. |
Both |
The Longevity Game |
| Health of People |
none |
Students examine food labels as well as packaging and labelling techniques meant to attract the consumer. They are given an opportunity to write a business letter to a food company. |
Teacher |
Food Labels in the Classroom |
| HIV / AIDS Education |
none |
This page gives information on the HIV, AIDS and statistics. |
Both |
Web MD, HIV/AIDS Health Center |
| HIV / AIDS Education |
none |
This site was created for middle school students to give them a clear understanding of AIDS. It describes treatment, prevention, symptoms and also links to other AIDS related sites. |
Both |
The AIDS Handbook |
| HIV / AIDS Education |
none |
A photo diary about how a family was infected by the AIDS virus, and how they learned to live with it. |
Both |
Testing the Human Spirit |
| HIV / AIDS Education |
none |
This site will provide a basic introduction to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. |
Both |
NIAID Fact Sheet, Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
By becoming an environmental inspector, students gain personal insight on how to recycle household products and discover other initiatives that they can do to make a difference in the environment. |
Student |
Recycling WebQuest |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Includes lesson plans, links and journals to learn more about various types of pollution. |
Both |
Pollution (Air, Land, Noise, Water) |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Includes lesson plans, links and journals to learn more about recycling and composting. |
Both |
Recycling & Composting |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Students will explore the greenhouse effect and global warming. |
Both |
A Global Warming Plan |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Includes links, lesson plans, and journals regarding general information about the environment. |
Both |
The Environment - General Information |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Includes lesson plans, links and journals to learn more about Acid Rain and its effects. |
Both |
Acid Rain |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Includes lesson plans, links and journals to learn more about Global Warming and Ozone Depletion. |
Both |
Global Warming and Ozone Depletion |
| Protecting the Environment |
none |
Students will investigate the solid and hazardous waste we produce and the impact it has on our environment. They will take a walk through an ideal city to learn how its citizens protect the environment. |
Both |
A City Full of Garbage |
| Respect in Relationships |
none |
Students design a public service announcement aimed at teens to discourage bullying and teasing. |
Student |
Sticks and Stones |
| Respect in Relationships |
none |
Topics include: Building a Healthy Relationship, Avoiding a Bad Relationship, and Teen Dating Violence. |
Student |
Women's Coalition of St. Croix, Just For Teens |
| Respect in Relationships |
none |
Resource on values education which contains list of activity ideas and supplementary books covering major character traits. |
Both |
Values Education |
| Respect in Relationships |
none |
Contains many links and advice for teachers, students, parents and administrators. |
Both |
Anti-bullying Network |
