Health Education

Students will learn vocabulary words associated with alcohol and the effects it has on the human body.

Students will learn the vocabulary words associated with tobacco and the negative effects tobacco has on the human body.

Students will be researching and exploring 6 systems of the human body: the muscular system, the skeletal system, the nervous system, the respiratory system, the circulatory system, and the digestive system. Students will be divided into 6 groups, where they will research a assigned body system. From there, each group creates a mini-lesson to teach their assigned system, create a life-size diagram of their system, and create jeopardy questions for a class game.

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 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.