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Grade 9 to 12 High School Health Lesson Plans

• Debunking the Advertising - Students are bombarded with images of 'perfect' people all the time. This lesson helps them assess what message is being sent when magazines use Photoshop and airbrushing to alter photos.
• Effective Communication - After this lesson, the student will be able to use basic communication skills, speaking, listening, and body language, to promote effective communication.
• Effects of Tobacco Usage - The learning will be able able to demonstrate their knowledge of the effects of the use of tobacco on the human body.
• Evaluate Health Information - Student will use decision-making skills and their knowledge of health information to demonstrate ways to utilize criteria to evaluate health information.
• Health, Your Best Aspect - Educating students on how to treat their mind and bodies to the best of their ability.
• Introduction of the Knee - For the students to know what the bones, ligaments, and tendons, and muscles are that support the knee.
• Introduction to Health Concepts - Students come into contact with the concept of sex everyday and most of the time they are on their own in terms of what they decide to think about what they hear and see.
• My De-Stress Plan - Students lead busy lives and as they reach young adulthood, they get busier. In this lesson, students take time to figure out what helps them relax.
• Stop the Violence - Students will be able to recognize and explain that violence is learned and often carried out through the media.
• Stress Managment - After learning to identify the causes of stress and their reactions to this stress, students will create a stress book.
• What's in There - Healthy eating starts with awareness. In this lesson students learn how to read the ingredient label on foods.
• Working Out - In this lesson students will study the benefits of being physically active. They will explore what that term means to them and find at least three ways they can be active.

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A Sample of the Project School Wellness Curriculum

Teach students about the dimensions of wellness , fundamental health principles , the Wellness Wheel , healthy habits, and the health skills with these 11 free lesson plans. This free resource provides access to the first module of the middle and high school editions of the Project School Wellness Curriculum (a comprehensive, skills-based health education curriculum ).

The Middle School Preview

Students will understand the definition of health, how health connects to their life, and learn about the Wellness Wheel.

Students will learn about the dimensions of wellness and build a general understanding of each dimension of health.

Students will learn about the interconnected nature of health and identify how the status of one dimension of health affects another dimension.

Students will identify what characteristics would cause them to thrive and explore the difference between thriving and surviving. 

Students will understand what a healthy habit is and be able to identify healthy habits in their life.

As a more traditional assessment, give students a short-answer test. The questions will help determine if your students understood the functional knowledge and have adequately developed health skills. When students are complete, use the teaching guide and rubric to assess students’ understanding.

The High School Preview

Students will define what health is and analyze what it means to be healthy.

Students will review core health principles and summarize how the concept of health connects to their lives.  

Students will describe what their highest quality of life looks like within four core areas of life: self, others & community, your future, and play/fun.  

Students will design a visual representation of what their highest quality of life looks like within four core areas of life: self, others & community, your future, and play/fun.

Students will examine the health skills and discuss how practicing the health skills will enable them to take ownership of their health and live their best lives.  

Students will evaluate their well-being by utilizing a self-assessment tool.  

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Glencoe Health provides high-school students with age-appropriate content that aligns with the National Health Education Standards to help them become health-literate individuals. This research-based program focuses on the development and application of critical knowledge and skills during a crucial period in students' lives. Glencoe Health also emphasizes social and emotional skills while exploring up-to-date information and statistics on timely, relevant topics like:

 COVID-19 pandemic and other communicable diseases.  

 Latest MyPlate guidelines and nutrition label updates 

 Alcohol and drugs (including opioid and heroin abuse). 

 Tobacco use, e-cigarettes, and vaping. 

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 STD/STIs (including HIV/AIDS).

 Content related to Erin’s Law (covering sexual abuse prevention).  

 An optional supplemental Human Sexuality module. 

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• An accessible eBook (also available in Spanish) with built-in videos and activities to keep students engaged.
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Learn, practice, and apply key health skills! Healthy students are better learners—and better prepared to stay healthy during college and their careers. These age‑appropriate resources go in‑depth into body image, nutrition, mental health, drug abuse, and other important topics. Editable DOCX workbook and handout files allow for easy customization and LMS integration!

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Health Education Lesson Plans

• Doug Curtin
• March 4, 2024

Health education is a vital component of a well-rounded curriculum, as it provides students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce risky behaviors. Health education lesson plans complement the physical education curriculum to put together the complete picture of health and wellness for students. After exploring health education lesson plans at a high level, we provide 5 free health education lesson plans from a wide range of topics. 

What Are Health Education Lesson Plans?

Health education lesson plans cover a wide array of topics designed to promote students’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. As most teachers set out to find health education lesson plans, they are often in search of resources and information on health topics like:

Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits

Physical Activity and Exercise Programs

Mental Health Education (Stress Management, Coping Mechanisms, Mindfulness)

Substance Abuse Prevention (Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, etc.)

Sexual Health Education (Reproductive Health, Contraception, STIs)

Personal Hygiene and Disease Prevention

And these health topics aren’t even an exhaustive list. There are so many different avenues health and physical educators can take when teaching health information to students.

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Challenges of Teaching Health Education

Teaching health education is a challenging and rewarding field. Health and physical educators are on the front lines for providing resources and information to students on practicing healthy habits throughout their lives.

But talking about health topics with young people can be tricky and sometimes uncomfortable! What type of health education lesson plans can convey key topics and ideas while keeping students engaged in class?

Finding quality health education lesson plans is a complex task! Getting suitable instructional materials that will engage and excite your students while not breaking the bank is hard! 

First, textbooks and hard-copy materials might be excellent now, but the ever-changing world of health education can quickly make these options outdated and unusable. Next, if you search online, you might find specific health education lesson plans on a topic, but they only cover some of what you need to teach and introduce to students.

Finally, finding age and grade-appropriate resources for different students can be challenging no matter what option you search for. In addition, schools look to align any health education lesson plans to the national health education standards .

Make Health Education Lesson Plans Relevant!

For health education lesson plans to be effective, they need to be relevant and engaging for students. And most importantly, health education lesson plans need to responsive to the ever changing world our young people live in.

For example, nutrition education shouldn’t give a one-size-fits-all prescriptive solution on eating and healthy habits. Students navigate nutrition based on a wide variety of factors including family, culture, socioeconomics and more. Giving restrictive calorie guidelines and defining foods as “good” and “bad” will only confused students. Therefore, nutrition lesson plans should provide solid foundational information on nutrition and how it can then be applied to students individual health and wellness journeys.

We can use the nutrition example and apply it to almost any of our health education lesson plans. By taking a 21st century approach, we can educate and inform students to be decision makers, rather than creating a black and white world where students are feeling like if they aren’t ‘perfect’ people, then they have failed completely.

What does that look like for health education lesson plans? Check out 5 free health education lesson plans from PLT4M below to see!

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Below are 5 free health education lesson plans from PLT4M. Over 1,000 schools use PLT4M as their go to resource, curriculum, and technology for physical activity and health. Each lesson comes fully loaded with a short video, written lesson, and guiding chapter questions. The 5 free health education lesson plans below come from the following programs within PLT4M’s comprehensive web resource:

Intro To Nutrition

• Personal Hygiene

Intro To Emotions

Drug Education

1) Nutrition – Needs For Growing Students 

We all come to nutrition education with different life experiences, backgrounds, and expectations! Over the 13 chapters, we break down the basics, debunk myths and misconceptions society has thrown out there about nutrition, and give you the tools to navigate your own nutritional experience. This is a sample from chapter 1 of PLT4M’s nutrition lesson plans unit. 

Food. Everybody’s doing it. Every human on this planet consumes food (this includes water). Like sleep, feeding and hydrating the human body is absolutely essential. We can survive without television, cars, and smartphones, but not food.

Food provides energy to think, breathe, grow, move, repair, and heal. Food also provides non-energy vitamins and minerals that support essential activities like converting food to energy, developing hormones, supporting the immune and nervous systems, and protecting our body from damage.

While we all eat food, the what, where, why, when, and how can vary dramatically based on various lifestyle factors.  Culture, environment, and emotions among other factors can greatly influence what we consume on a daily basis. 

The human body does best with a mixture of foods. The food groups and plate method are one approach to understand how to meet those needs (eg, fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, proteins etc). And most bodies have a preference to replenish fuel regularly – typically every 3-5 hours.

Nobody’s Perfect: 

But in reality, we often don’t eat “perfectly,” and that’s ok. The human body is resilient and flexible. It doesn’t require 100% perfection in order to function. The body doesn’t have a daily deadline for its needs. Instead, it looks at nutrition as an average over time. It can tolerate and do “just fine” with less than optimal food choices or increased space between meals.

In fact, despite what you see on social media and in documentaries, the only foods you absolutely should not eat are foods that are expired / moldy, that you’re allergic to, or need to be avoided due to a medical condition. Beyond that, there are infinite ways to eat well.

Surviving or Thriving?

But there is a spectrum between “surviving” (just meeting the bare minimum for nutrients) and “thriving” (optimal fueling for performance). The mission with nutrition is to find a balance between giving your body the foods (and nutrients) it needs to thrive while also making sure to include foods that are personally important to you, based on your taste buds, budget, cooking abilities, and culture.

At a bare minimum, every person needs to eat enough energy (aka, calories) each day for the body to function. Even when someone stops growing in height, their muscles, organs, bones, and brain are still developing. New evidence shows that growth and development may continue until the age of 25!

Running On Fumes: 

Ideally, the goal is to continue to work towards finding ways to thrive with our nutrition. When we don’t give our bodies enough fuel, we enter “survival mode”. There are a laundry list of potential consequences that can occur when the body lacks the fuel it needs, such as:

-Difficulty concentrating, which reduces our ability to learn as effectively -Increased irritability and anxiety -Compromised height development  -Reduced athletic performance -Reduced interest in and ability to reproduce -Increased risk of injury -Reduced bone strength

What’s Next? 

Once a body has enough fuel, you can focus on the quality of the fuel going in. Defining “quality” can be controversial. What you see in the media, and put out by influencers and corporations is not always consistent with science (or realistic for a normal life).

The goal of Fuel 4 Fitness is to cut through the noise and give you the real-life tools and skills to decipher fact from fiction so you can make the best decisions for you.

In the next chapter, we’ll explore the chemistry of food and how it affects the human body. From there, we’ll talk about how to bring that chemistry to life!

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2) Personal Hygiene – Washing Hands 

Personal hygiene is the behaviors and steps that we can take as individuals to maintain health and prevent disease for ourselves, and the people around us. An added bonus of personal hygiene is that we make ourselves more enjoyable to be around in social situations of all kinds. In these lessons, we explore key concepts of personal hygiene for students to explore. While some of this might serve as a review, it can be helpful to all get on the same page about personal hygiene, especially as we hit our young adults years! 

Handwashing is a simple yet highly effective practice that plays a crucial role in maintaining good health. Our hands are constantly in contact with various surfaces and objects, accumulating germs and bacteria throughout the day. It is a habit we learn from an early age, and while it may seem like a routine task, the impact it has on preventing the spread of infections and diseases is crucial. In this article, we will explore why washing hands is important, the science behind it, and the proper techniques to ensure effective hand hygiene.

All The Things We Touch 

People touch a wide variety of surfaces and objects throughout the day, often without realizing the potential for germ transmission. Commonly touched items include doorknobs, light switches, elevator buttons, keyboards, smartphones, tablets, pens, pencils, and other school supplies.

In public spaces, individuals may come into contact with handrails, shopping carts, door knobs, and restroom fixtures. 

At home, commonly touched items include remote controls, kitchen appliances, faucets, and light fixtures. Personal items like money, wallets, keys, and purses also frequently pass through hands. 

And this is not an exhaustive list of things we touch! The diversity of surfaces encountered underscores the importance of regular hand washing to minimize the risk of spreading germs and prevent the transmission of infectious diseases.

How Germs Spread: 

The CDC says thata few common times germs can spread from person-to-person or from surfaces-to-people include when you: 

• Touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
• Prepare or eat food and drinks with unwashed hands
• Touch surfaces or objects that have germs on them
• Blow your nose, cough, or sneeze into hands and then touch other people’s hands or common objects

Therefore, the CDC recommends washing hands during key times in the day to help minimize the threat of spreading germs: 

• Before, during, and after preparing food
• Before and after eating food
• Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea
• Before and after treating a cut or wound
• After using the toilet
• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
• After handling pet food or pet treats
• After touching garbage

5 Steps To Washing Your Hands The Right Way 

Washing your hands is an easy and effective way to prevent the spread of germs to keep you and the people around you healthy! And while you might have “washed your hands” by turning on the faucet and letting your hands just get wet, the CDC outlines 5 key steps to washing your hands the right way every time: 

Follow these five steps every time.

• Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap.
• Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.
• Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.
• Rinse your hands well under clean, running water.
• Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.

And while washing your hands with soap and water is the best way to get rid of germs, if this isn’t possible, hand sanitizer can be a helpful alternative. While hand sanitizers don’t get rid of all types of germs, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol can help to reduce the risk of germ transmission. 

In the battle against infectious diseases, handwashing stands out as a powerful and accessible tool to good hygiene and healthy living. By understanding the importance of hand hygiene and adopting proper handwashing techniques, individuals can contribute to their own well-being and the health of their communities. As a simple yet effective practice, regular hand washing serves as a cornerstone in the foundation of public health and disease prevention.

Helpful Links:  

–  Hand Hygiene – Keeping Your Hands Clean 

–  Frequent Questions About Hand Hygiene

–  Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings

–  Training and Education

–  Global Handwashing Day

–  Personal Hygiene During an Emergency

3) Mental Health – Stress Management 

Understanding and navigating our emotions are essential skills for personal and interpersonal success. In this program, we tackle our emotions head-on through guided written and video instruction. Through this emotional journey, students will learn about the science of our different emotions and how they make us think and feel in our body and mind. From there, students will practice and develop skills and strategies to process and unpack our emotions in a healthy and productive way.

What is Mental Stress?

When we experience stress, our body’s “fight or flight” response is triggered. If you saw a bear in the woods, your brain would trigger a response system that we know as stress. The hypothalamus receives a signal from the amygdala and triggers the release of stress hormones, including adrenaline (epinephrine) and cortisol. These hormones prepare the body for action. 

And while hopefully you aren’t running into too many bears in the woods, your body is still activating it’s stress response system, often over very small things. In fact, most of our thoughts that cause mental stress come from repetitive, negative, and useless thoughts. 

While that might sound harsh, we all know that feeling of our heart rate rising as we start to think about an upcoming test or presentation, or even going to talk to that person you have a crush on. All sorts of questions and thoughts start to pop into your head about all the things that could go wrong. Remember, most of these are repetitive, negative, and useless! 

What Causes You Mental Stress?

Mental stress can occur by a variety of different things. And for each one of us, there might be something or somethings that cause us to experience mental stress. It may be phones and social media. It may be social interactions at school. It could even just be something like worrying about what you are going to wear to school.

We often are embarrassed to share or even think to ourselves about the things that cause us mental stress. Even if they might seem repetitive, negative, and useless, in the moment of stress, they certainly don’t feel like that to us. Be kind and patient to yourself when you experience mental stress. Rather than avoiding it, let’s notice it and use skills and tools to address it. 

While a little stress is a good thing, chronic stress can take a toll on our bodies and minds. Let’s explore a tool and skill that can help to unravel our repetitive, negative, and useless thoughts. 

An important note! While a lot of our mental stress is caused by repetitive, negative, and useless thoughts, mental stress also occurs from traumatic and serious things. If we are worried about a sick loved one, money, or other things that impact our immediate lives, we should talk and work with someone we trust to help address and alleviate these issues if possible.

The Stop Method

So how do we break the loop of negative and repetitive thoughts? One of the best ways to break the loop is by focusing on our breath. This allows us to slow down and focus and break the pattern of mental stress.

Let’s take a look at the STOP method. By allowing your body to physically slow down, it can also help to mentally calm down.

The STOP Method: To wrap up the class and this lesson, let’s review the stop method.

S- Stop or pause and still your body. T- Take deep breaths (in through your nose, out through your mouth. Feel your belly and chest fill with air). O- Observe and notice how you feel. Any thoughts? Welcome them and allow them to be there. P- Proceed. Continue on with what you are doing. This STOP method can be just one minute. Notice how you feel when you practice this STOP technique. Are you more calm or focused? Or if you feel the same, that is okay! This takes practice and might not create an immediate fix. It takes time to grow in our meditation practice.

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4) Drug Education – Drugs & The Brain 

Different types of drugs and substances have a profound impact on the body and brain. This program invites students to take a scientific journey to learn about the body and brain’s complex responses to specific drugs and substances. In these lessons, we will explore the facts and science behind drugs and substances, with a breakdown of the short and long-term affects that they have.

All of this program’s written materials, videos, and PDFs are from the Mind Matters Series created by The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). All lessons are based on national science and education standards and were developed by scientists from leading universities and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The human brain is a very complicated organ.

Your brain weighs three pounds and controls everything you do. You need your brain to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. Your brain is you—everything you think and feel and who you are.

How does the brain work?

Our body has  special cells called neurons  that carry messages back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body. The neurons send messages to each other by releasing chemical substances called  neurotransmitters  into the gaps between cells. These gaps are called  synapses .

The neurotransmitter crosses the synapse and attaches to a receptor on another reuron, like a key fits into a lock. This is how neurons talk to each other to make your brain and body do things. For example, when you want to walk up a flight of stairs, your brain sends a message to your feet to move, using long chains of neurons. 

How do drugs work in the brain?

Drugs change the way that neurons talk to each other. These changes cause neurons to make you act in ways that you normally wouldn’t.

There are three main parts of the brain that are affected by drug use:

• The basal ganglia  is the part of the brain that motivates us to do healthy activities, like eating or hanging out with friends. Drugs flow into this area of the brain and cause people to feel really happy. But if you use a drug a lot, the basal ganglia can get used to having the drug around, and make it hard to feel pleasure from anything but the drug.
• The extended amygdala  is what makes you feel stressed out or cranky. When people use drugs, this part of the brain gets very sensitive. When your body is used to the drugs and you stop, the extended amygdala makes you feel really sick, so people will use drugs again just to get rid of that feeling.
• The prefrontal cortex  helps you think, make decisions, and control your actions. So when someone uses drugs, this part of the brain becomes less able to make good judgements or step in to say “no” to a harmful impulse.

Also, some drugs affect other parts of the brain, like the brain stem. The brain stem controls heart rate and breathing. When a person takes certain drugs like opioids, their breathing can become dangerously slow. When the breathing stops, its called an overdose, and can cause death.

Why do people keep taking drugs when they know they’re bad for you?

Drugs change the brain  in ways that make quitting hard, even when you want to. This is because when you take drugs, the neurotransmitter  dopamine  is released in the basal ganglia in large amounts. Dopamine signals in this brain area “teach” other parts of your brain to keep seeking out the drug so you can take it again and again. 

When people can’t stop using drugs even though they want to, and drug use is causing serious consequences, it is called  addiction.  Their brain has learned to crave the drug all the time.

What are the long-term effects of drug use?

Drug use can lead to serious changes in the brain  that affect how a person thinks and acts. It can also cause other medical problems, even death. Some drugs can cause heart disease, cancer, lung problems, and mental health conditions, like depression. A few drugs can even kill cells in your brain and body and make it hard to walk and talk and understand what’s happening around you.

What if someone I know needs help?

If you think a friend or family member has a problem with drugs, talk to an adult you trust – like a parent, coach, or teacher – right away. Remember, treatment is available and people can get better.

5) Sleep – Benefits Of Sleep

We all sleep. But we don’t always get the quantity or quality sleep needed to perform at our best. In this program, we dive into the fascinating realm of sleep science, exploring the intricacies of the sleep cycle and stages, the importance of circadian rhythms, and the profound impact that sleep has on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. This program combines videos and written lessons to help students and athletes better understand concepts of sleep and how they can apply them to their day to day lives.

In the hustle and bustle of school and life, with assignments piling up, extracurricular activities demanding attention, and social lives buzzing, it’s easy to underestimate the importance of a good night’s sleep. However, there are a multitude of benefits of sleep, impacting not only your academic performance but also your overall health and well-being. We all need sleep and our body benefits physically, mentally, and emotionally. Let’s start out our sleep journey by understanding the benefits. 

1. Enhanced Learning and Memory:

Imagine sleep as the secret ingredient to boosting your brainpower. During the deep sleep stages (more on this in future lessons), your brain is hard at work consolidating memories, organizing information, and making connections between new and existing knowledge. This means that a solid night’s sleep can significantly enhance your ability to learn and remember what you’ve studied, helping you perform better in school, work, and life. (1) 

2. Improved Concentration and Focus:

Pay attention! Ever find yourself zoning out in class or struggling to concentrate during a study session? A lack of sleep might be the culprit. Lack of sleep can impair your cognitive function, making it difficult to pay attention and stay focused. But a well-rested mind, on the other hand, is alert, attentive, and ready to tackle the challenges of the day with vigor. (2)

3. Better Mental and Emotional Well-Being:

Ever had a bad night sleep and feel grumpy or agitated? A lack of sleep can take a major toll on our mental and emotional well-being. For example, lack of sleep has been linked to increased stress, anxiety, and irritability.  Sleep plays a crucial role in regulating mood and emotional well-being. By prioritizing quality sleep, you can better manage the emotional rollercoaster of life and approach challenges with a more positive mindset. (3) 

4. Physical Health and Immune System Support:

Beyond the mental benefits, sleep is essential for maintaining our physical health. During sleep, your body engages in repair and regeneration processes, strengthening the immune system and supporting overall well-being. Consistent, quality sleep is associated with a lower risk of illnesses and can help you recover faster if you do happen to get sick. (4)

5. Enhanced Physical Activity and Athletic Performance:

For the student-athletes among us, sleep is a critical factor in achieving peak performance. Sleep contributes to improved reaction times, faster recovery, and enhanced endurance. Consider sleep as a natural performance enhancer that can give you the edge in both sports and academics. And even if you aren’t a student-athlete, these benefits also help support our journey in fitness and physical activity. (5)

The Power Of Sleep 

Sleep has a myriad of benefits that can support our physical, emotional, and mental-well being. In our busy lives of school, extracurricular activities, and social responsibilities it is crucial that we understand the importance of sleep. 

As we dive into more sleep lesson plans, remember that whether you want to do better in school, sports, or just feel happier and healthier, sleep is an important part of your day and life. 

1. Stickgold, R. (2005). Sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 6(3), 218-229.

2. Kilgore, W. D., et al. (2010). The relationship between sleep deprivation and the effects on attention and reaction time: A review. Journal of Sleep Research, 19(4), 270-281.

3. Walker, M. P. (2009). The role of sleep in cognition and emotion. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 13(3), 279-286.

4. Besedovsky, L., et al. (2019). The sleep-immune crosstalk in health and disease. Annual Review of Immunology, 37, 293-322.

5. Skein, M., et al. (2013). Sleep and athletic performance: The effects of sleep loss on exercise performance, and physiological and cognitive responses to exercise. European Journal of Sport Science, 13(3), 403-419.

Key Takeaways on Health Education Lesson Plans

Whether you’re a seasoned health educator or physical education teacher tasked health, quality health education lesson plans can be a great addition for your students. When it comes to health education, it doesn’t have to be awkward or boring! The right resources can educate, inform, and engage students to make healthy choices now and well into the future.

As schools continue to search for ways to promote health and wellness, look no further than PLT4M for trusted information and resources in physical activity, health, and more! Stay tuned for more awesome content and programs on the horizon!

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Consider PLT4M your full learning management system for health and physical education.

PLT4M has a full slate of PE lessons for physical education teachers to choose from! From PE games to fitness activities, PLT4M has countless options. Check out some of the most popular below:

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Move Your Way® Toolkit for Schools

This toolkit is for anyone working to encourage physical activity in a school setting — like physical education and health education teachers, classroom teachers, coaches, after-school program leaders, and school administrators. Others promoting student health and well-being — like school nurses and parent teacher associations (PTAs) — can also use the information in this toolkit to support their work. 

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Learn how physical activity benefits students — at school and beyond

Make a plan to get students moving, step into action , share move your way materials with parents and caregivers.

Kids and teens need movement to grow healthy and strong. Regular physical activity strengthens muscles and bones, helps prevent health problems like diabetes and heart disease, and reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression. 

Physical activity also has clear benefits for life at school. For example, students who are physically active tend to:

• Have better grades
• Miss fewer school days
• Have better focus in class 

Beyond that, physical activity in schools can help support school connectedness — students’ belief that peers and adults in the school support, value, and care about their well-being. School connectedness can make it less likely that students engage in risky behaviors like substance use and help improve students’ mental and physical health and well-being.

• Browse CDC Healthy Schools’ Physical Education and Physical Activity webpage for facts, figures, and frameworks.
• Learn about School Connectedness and how to promote it.
• Check out these 10 Actionable Tips to Support Youth Mental Health Through Sports [PDF - 2.2 MB] .

Whether you’re starting a school-wide physical activity initiative or you just want to provide students, parents, and caregivers with educational materials — it helps to make a plan. That way, you can be sure everybody is on the same page and working toward a clearly defined goal. Use these tips to plan your physical activity project:

• Set clear, achievable goals. What are you trying to achieve with your efforts? It helps to be specific — instead of “Get students to be more active,” set clearly defined goals like “Get students to move for at least 10 minutes each day during recess.” 
• Build support within your school. Who in your school community can support your physical activity project? Consider involving school leadership, PTA representatives, or other teachers. 
• Involve students. Try to include students of all ages in the planning process — they can add an important perspective and voice. Students can also serve as “ambassadors” to promote physical activity and model healthy behaviors for their peers.
• Keep accessibility top of mind. Make sure your physical activity project or initiative is accessible to everyone in the school community. For example, do you need to adapt activities to work for students with movement limitations or non-verbal communication styles? Or choose playground equipment suitable for students who use mobility devices? 
• Find partners in your community. Don’t forget about the larger community outside of school — are there organizations or individuals who can support your physical activity efforts? Think local health departments, hospitals, or community organizations. Also consider partnerships that might help you better engage all students, like an organization that could donate adaptive equipment. Use this National Youth Sports Strategy (NYSS) Champions directory to find organizations in your area that focus on youth with disabilities.
• Evaluate your progress. When trying a new strategy, it’s important to assess what’s working well — and what isn’t. Check in with school leadership and other teachers regularly: Have they noticed a difference in students’ activity levels? What problems are they experiencing? You can also use more formal evaluation measures like surveys. 

Want to learn more about planning a community-wide physical activity campaign? Check out the Move Your Way Community Playbook .

Move Your Way in the field: Building community partnerships

Move Your Way campaign pilot community Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) partnered with the student wellness club at a local elementary school to plan and host a Move Your Way event for students. Students collaborated with their physical education teacher to create lesson plans focused on the Physical Activity Guidelines. After the student-led lesson, all students were encouraged to get active outside. Parents, faculty, and staff joined the students as they walked, ran, or skipped laps around the school. SNHD attended the event, offered more information about the campaign, and distributed Move Your Way materials to families. 

Now that you’ve made a plan, it’s time to put it into action. Try the strategies below to get students moving throughout the school day and beyond. And use Move Your Way’s engaging materials in English and Spanish to support your efforts!

Around school

Kids and teens spend a big chunk of their time at school — that’s why creating a school environment that encourages physical activity is so important. Start with these simple tips:

• Show the benefits of getting active at a glance. Print the “60 Minutes” Poster for Kids and hang it in hallways, classrooms, and the gym.
• Focus on fun. Getting physically active is a great way to build some play into the school day and enhance learning. Whether it’s playing active games or having a classroom dance party — just have fun with it!

In the classroom

Try these strategies to encourage physical activity in the classroom:

• Take movement breaks. Getting up and moving together can get antsy students back on track and reduce disruptive behaviors. Try arm circles, jumping jacks, or running in place — and consider incorporating yoga and other mindfulness activities to help improve students’ focus and lower anxiety and stress.
• Add activity to academics. Why not use movement to practice and reinforce academic lessons? For example, play a round of “beach ball spelling” — where students take turns calling out the letters of a word as they throw a beach ball to one another. Or you can set up movement-based learning stations so students can stand and walk around the classroom while completing tasks.
• Get smart about getting active. Use the Fact Sheet for Kids to teach students the what, how, and why of physical activity — and send home a copy of the Fact Sheet for Parents .
• Make a pledge. Print the Move Your Way Pledge Sheet and have students write down how they plan to get active. Then hang students’ pledge sheets up in the classroom. At the end of the week, ask students to share their experiences: Did they meet their physical activity goals? If not, how can the school community support them? 
• Check out CDC Healthy Schools’ Classroom Physical Activity webpage for additional resources and strategies.
• For more movement break ideas and printable cards, download this CDC fact sheet [PDF - 4.1 MB] .

Recess is an opportunity for students to have unstructured playtime with their friends — and you can use this time to encourage them to get creative and have fun while getting active. Try these tips:

• Call on young artists. Use chalk or paint to draw game boards or areas for activities like hopscotch on sidewalks or blacktops. This is also a great way to engage older students in creating something for their peers.
• Promote active play. Offer a variety of games and activities so each child can find something they enjoy. And you don’t have to plan every activity yourself — let kids design and lead their own games to help them build leadership and social skills. If your budget allows, consider investing in play equipment like jump ropes, playground balls, or bean bag toss games to support different ways to play. 
• Plan for bad weather days. Identify indoor spaces where students can get moving when it’s raining or too cold or hot to spend recess outside — like the gym, empty classrooms, or a spacious hallway. You might have to create a schedule to avoid overcrowding.
• Get your community involved. Ask local businesses to donate new or gently used adaptive play equipment — or partner with nearby community centers, YMCAs, or gyms to provide access to indoor activity spaces.
• Check out CDC Healthy Schools’ Recess webpage to learn about strategies and policies for recess planning.
• Get more tips for Active Outdoor Recess and Active Indoor Recess .
• Use this Painted Play Spaces Playbook [PDF – 1.2 KB] as a guide to add colorful game designs to outdoor play areas.
• Looking for games that don’t require equipment? Check out this Game Library for ideas.  

Avoid using physical activity to discipline students

Kids and teens are much more likely to get moving if they have positive associations with physical activity. That’s why it’s important not to use physical activity as a punishment (like having kids run laps) or take away opportunities for getting active (like not allowing students to go to recess).

During school events

Take advantage of school events — like open houses and back-to-school festivities — to educate parents, caregivers, and people in the community about the benefits of physical activity. Try these tips:

• Set up shop. Decorate a table or booth with the Move Your Way posters for parents — and use them as conversation starters to talk with people about physical activity. You can also hand out the Fact Sheet for Kids and the Fact Sheet for Parents . 
• Engage local partners. Local health departments, hospitals, or community organizations with a physical activity focus may be willing to set up a table and share educational materials — and even hand out goodies like water bottles, jump ropes, or balls.
• Show (and tell). If you have multimedia equipment available, consider streaming the Move Your Way videos for families during the event. 
• Get moving together. Incorporating movement breaks or active games into events can help parents and caregivers remember the joy of physical activity. Need inspiration? Watch this video showcasing accessible exercises.
• Create a challenge! Many kids love a bit of friendly competition — and they love getting their adults involved. Set up a sack race, obstacle course, or a scavenger hunt and have kids compete against parents, caregivers, or teachers.  

Use the Move Your Way teen video challenge to engage older students

Most young kids naturally want to move,   but encouraging older middle school or high school students to get active can be tough. If you’re looking for a way to engage older students, consider a multimedia classroom project — like the Move Your Way teen video challenge! 

The  Tips for Creating Your Own Move Your Way ®  Teen Video Fact Sheet [PDF - 805 KB] has everything teens need to get started, and they can watch the  Move When You Can and  Try Something Different videos for inspiration. Consider making it an assignment or an extra credit activity. Or make it a raffle —  students who create a video get the chance to win a prize!

Want to learn more about making physical activity accessible for youth with disabilities?

Explore the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability’s educator webpage . 

Interested in customizing materials for your school? You can swap out photos or add your school’s logo to Move Your Way materials through the  CDC State and Community Health Media Center. If you have questions about using Move Your Way materials, want to create your own, or would like help implementing physical activity strategies in your school, please contact ODPHP.

One of the best ways to encourage physical activity outside school is to get families moving together. Getting active as a family not only helps kids and teens stay healthy — it also means everyone gets to reap the benefits of physical activity. The Move Your Way campaign has lots of resources to help families find activities that fit their lives and create healthy, sustainable routines. Try the strategies below to support parents and caregivers in getting the family active.

Hand out educational materials

You can print these materials and send them home with students — or hand them out at school events.

• The Fact Sheet for Parents helps parents and caregivers understand what kinds of activity kids and teens need to stay healthy and offers tips for helping kids get active.
• The Sports Fact Sheet for Parents helps parents and caregivers understand the benefits kids and teens can get from playing sports and offers tips to help them get their kids involved.
• With the Pledge Sheet , parents can be role models for their kids by showing how they’ll get active and making a commitment to move more.

Promote physical activity in your newsletter, email, or blog

Use or adapt the content below to promote physical activity in your email outreach, newsletter, or blog. 

Subject: Get tips to get your kids moving

Body copy:  It’s no secret that kids and teens need regular physical activity — it makes their bodies grow strong, it helps them stay at a healthy weight, and it can even help them focus better in the classroom. 

How much is enough? Kids and teens need at least 60 minutes of physical activity throughout the day. That includes a mix of heart-pumping movement like running, dancing, or jumping rope, plus activities that strengthen muscles and bones — like playing sports or climbing at the playground. Use this interactive tool to help you fit more activity into your kids’ day.

But the best way to encourage kids and teens to get active? Get the whole family moving so everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical activity!

Check out the Move Your Way campaign for actionable tips and resources to add more physical activity to your family’s routine. 

Promote Physical Activity Through Social Media 

Use Move Your Way sample messages, graphics, and GIFs to promote physical activity on your own or your school’s social media channels. You can adapt the messages to fit your needs!

Add Move Your Way to your website 

Want to make Move Your Way part of your website? Download the Move Your Way web badges and widget for an easy way to add physical activity resources to your site. 

• With the Move Your Way Activity Planner web badge and widget , school staff, parents, caregivers, and other adults can use an interactive tool to help them build their own personalized weekly activity plan.
• The Move Your Way Parent Interactive Graphic web badge links parents and caregivers to an interactive tool they can use to see how kids can fit in 60 minutes of activity a day. 

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