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Topic: Personal Health

Grade Level:5th

District Health Standard: Identify responsibilities accompanying physical maturity (e.g., personal health and social behavior.

Lesson Summary: Students will, in small groups, research various topics related to physical, emotional/intellectual and social health and report them in a student newsletter format.

Textbook Connections:
McGraw-Hill Health on the Web, Chapter 1, pp.
McGraw-Hill Web-Linked Activities

Technology:
Computer with internet access
Microsoft Publisher, Word, or some other Word Processing program
Printer  

Instructional Input:

1. Assign each group one of the categories to research.
2. Spend some time discussing what topics are included in each category.
3. In small groups, students will collect and summarize information from websites into a news article.
4. Students will follow the writing process to insure a polished news article.

WebQuest:
Personal Health Newsletter

Word Documents:
Personal Health Newsletter

Websites:

Kid’s Health – Everything you wanted to know about puberty  
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/puberty.html

Kid’s Health – Body Basics  
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/body_basics/

Just for Kids:  Choice Adventures of the Bodywise Beasts  
http://www.kaiserpermanente.org/toyourhealth/justkids/kids.html

Neuroscience for Kids – Sleep
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/sleep.html

BrainPOP – Sleep Movie and Quiz  
http://www.brainpop.com/health/nervous/sleep/index.weml

Galaxy H: Agony Robot
http://www.galaxy-h.gov.uk/robot-01.html 

Galaxy H: Recreation Zone
http://www.galaxy-h.gov.uk/recreation.html

Galaxy H: Mum's Worklab
http://www.galaxy-h.gov.uk/mums_lab_01.html

Galaxy H: Families and Relationships  
http://www.galaxy-h.gov.uk/new_family_team.html

Kids Health--The Story on Self Esteem
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/self_esteem.html

Think Quest--Making Good Choices for Life
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001709/

Bully Advice for Kids  
http://members.aol.com/kthynoll/advice.htm

Pleasant Grove Elementary School - Friendship  
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/kid-pages/friendship/default.html

Think Quest: Hair The Daily Fascination
http://library.thinkquest.org/26829/

Think Quest: Laughing Out Loud to Good Health
http://library.thinkquest.org/25500/index2.htm

Authors: Jackie Bratt, Kathleen Avery, Brandi Biggs