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Grades 3 - 4

Standard 2.1 (Wellness)
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3-4

The lessons are designed to:

  • Develop a basic understanding of asthma and help correct misinformation.
  • Inform students about appropriate actions that can help people with asthma.
  • Provide resources to share with parents and other family members.
3-4
 Lesson plans, games, and other activities to help students learn about the brain and neuroscience. Check out the Kids page and the Teachers page.
3-4

KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Students can visit the Kids section for information and activities.

3-4
 Find out what schools across the nation are doing to promote good nutrition. Various innovative activities are presented. Check out Nutrition Jeopardy, Tasting Your Way to Good Health!, and other activities that can involve the entire school.
4
 BAM! Body and Mind provides interactive, educational activities for teachers and students.
4
 Interactive nutrition activities related to the food pyramid. Pyramid Explorations takes fourth-graders on a nutrition adventure, teaches them to make wise food choices and plan a healthful diet using the Food Guide Pyramid.

Standard 2.2 ( Integrated Skills)
Grade Level
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Description
3-4
 K-12 lessons developed by Educators for Social Responsibility.
3-4
 A lesson plan that examines the concept of courage.
3-4
 KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Students can visit the Kids section for information and activities.
3-4
 Many of these activities from the University of Illinois Extension are integrated with other content areas.
4
 iEARN enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.

Standard 2.3 (Drugs and Medicines)
Grade Level
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Description
3
 This American Council for Drug Education lesson guides students in identifying the appropriate persons from whom a child can safely take medicine.
3
 In this lesson, students identify the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes and develop decision-making skills. Accompanying activity sheets are available for a limited free trial.
3-4
 Information and suggestions for how to talk children about drugs from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
4
 This drug education series from Scholastic and the scientists of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) offers the latest science information on the effects of drugs. Activities
4
 This particular activity shows that substance abuse education is more effective if it focuses on processes of decision making rather than problems.

Standard 2.4 (Human Relationships and Sexuality)
Grade Level
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Description
3
 Children will use their artistic skills to create an award for a fabulous family member.
3-4
 Students are required to research some information about their family history, record this information and present orally to the class.
3-4
 The purpose of this lesson, used during the early part of the school year, is to introduce the concept that everyone is the same in some ways and different in others.

Standard 2.5 (Motor Skill Development)
Grade Level
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Description
3-4
 Looking for kids' games? How about rules for playground games, verses for jump-rope rhymes, and much more? Then this is the site for you.
3-4

PE Central's Best Practices Program

PE Central's Best Practices Program is an innovative way to share high quality practices, while simultaneously providing recognition to the dedicated physical educators who have developed them.
3-4

PE Lessons

 This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas.

Standard 2.6 (Fitness)
Grade Level
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3-4
 This activity allows students to work together to complete a list of exercises simultaneously.
3-4

PE Central's Best Practices Program is an innovative way to share high quality practices, while simultaneously providing recognition to the dedicated physical educators who have developed them.
3-4
This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas.
4
 BAM! Body and Mind provides interactive, educational activities for teachers and students.
4
 VERB, the campaign created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is designed to help kids, ages 9-13, get active and have fun!

Standards 2.1 - 2.6
Grade Level
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Description
3-4
 Health and physical education lessons. Subscriber fee involved.