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Grades 9 - 12

Standard 2.1 (Wellness)
Grade Level
Web Site
Description
9-12
 Information on the body, diseases, fitness, health care, drugs, nutrition.
9-12
 KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Some of the sites related to wellness include the following: Your Body, Your Mind, Food & Fitness, Diseases & Conditions, and Staying Safe.
9-12
 Find out what schools across the nation are doing to promote good nutrition. Various innovative activities are presented. Check out What Are You Eating?, Student Teachers, and other activities that can involve the entire school.

Standard 2.2 ( Integrated Skills)
Grade Level
Web Site
Description
9-12
 K-12 lessons developed by Educators for Social Responsibility.
9-12
 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.
9-12
 Students analyze information from articles in current newspapers to find reliable information concerning health. (Educator's Reference Desk lesson plan, Information Institute of Syracuse)
9-12
 KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Students will find information related to mental health, body image, relationships, and problem solving in this section: Your Mind.
9-12
 In this lesson, students explore why Americans failed to meet health goals for the year 2000 and ways in which Americans can shape up to meet the 2010 goals.
9-12
 Many of these activities from the University of Illinois Extension are integrated with other content areas.

Standard 2.3 (Drugs and Medicines)
Grade Level
Web Site
Description
9-12
 In this New York Times Learning Network lesson plan, students investigate the ways that various addictive drugs interact with the human nervous system.
9-12
 An interactive site for adolescents that provides information about alcohol. The site is sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
9-12
 Information and suggestions for how to talk children about drugs from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
9-12
 Information on the body, diseases, fitness, health care, drugs, nutrition.
9-12
 KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. The Drugs & Alcohol page provides students with information related to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.
9-12
Visit the Teen section of this site to view personal stories, resources, and more.

Standard 2.4 (Human Relationships and Sexuality)
Grade Level
Web Site
Description
9-12
 KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Students will find information related to reproductive health and relationship issues in these sections: Sexual Health and Your Mind.
9-12


  • In this lesson, students explore some of the ways in which artistic expression has been used to promote awareness of AIDS. They then create their own designs to promote awareness of a social, political, or economic issue of importance to their age group and community.
  • In this lesson plan, students learn about federally funded abstinence-only sex education. Then, in groups, students create age-appropriate, informational brochures examining health topics relating to sex.
  • In this lesson, students learn about the American anti-abortion movement's "incremental" approach to legislation; they then evaluate key decisions, regulations, and legislation from the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, to the present, from both sides of the abortion debate.
9-12

Sex, Etc. is a newsletter  and Web site that is written by teens, for teens, on teen sexual health issues, developed by Answer based at the Center for Applied Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Check out the section called Parents and Professionals for information and activities.

9-12
 This site has a section for teachers with monthly e-newsletter containing sex education lessons.
9-12
 The purpose of this lesson is to practice accessing valid sexual health information using the Internet. Students should have basic knowledge of use of PCs and Internet browsers to search for and access information. This lesson can be used as one part of a reproductive health unit. (Educator's Reference Desk lesson plan, Information Institute of Syracuse)

Standard 2.5 (Motor Skill Development)
Grade Level
WEB SITE
DESCRIPTION
9-12
 A series of animations that will help Track and Field coaches instruct students in proper techniques for sprints, hurdles, relays, race walk, steeplechase, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, shotput, discus, javelin, and hammer events. In some events, both introductory and advanced techniques are provided.
9-12
 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.

9-12

PE Lessons

This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas.
9-12
 The purpose of this activity is for students to improve upper body strength (push-ups). This activity can be used as part of a strength warm-up or as a fitness station.

Standard 2.6 (Fitness)
Grade Level
Web Site
Description
9-12
 Information on the body, diseases, fitness, health care, drugs, nutrition.
9-12
 KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Students can visit the Food & Fitness section for information related to nutrition and fitness.
9-12
 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.
9-12
 This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas.

Standards 2.1 - 2.6
Grade Level
Web Site
Description
9-12
 Health and physical education lessons. Subscriber fee involved.