Category Archives: Personal Health

Sleep: Integrated Media Sources for 2nd Grade

  Documentary: Title: Why do we sleep? Producer: Russell Foster Year: 2013 Length: 21:43 Rating: Good, 17,000 likes on youtube.com for Science and Technology   Description: This video gives a description of the importance of sleep and the neuroscience behind it. He addresses previous claims about sleep and reflects on why those claims have been … Continue reading Sleep: Integrated Media Sources for 2nd Grade

A Helpful Guide for a Healthy Mouth

Internet Source for Students: Interactive and Educational Site Name:  Mouth Healthy Kids Reason for choosing this site: o   After browsing the internet, I found this website to be the most thorough. Not only does it have a section for children, it also addresses educators needs. The website is highly interactive with many tabs that lead … Continue reading A Helpful Guide for a Healthy Mouth

Bullying Prevention: Internet Sources for Students, Teachers, & Parents

Bullying Prevention: Internet Resources By Amanda Sellman Internet Source for Students:  Site Name: KCTS9: PBS Learning Media: Crumpled Paper: Bullying Lesson Plan   Reason for Choosing This Site: The source, PBS, is a great public television website and also has a partnership with WGBH whom is a member of Nation Public Radio Station (NPR). PBS … Continue reading Bullying Prevention: Internet Sources for Students, Teachers, & Parents

Bullying: Media Resources for 6th Grade

Bullying: Media Resources for 6th Grade By Amanda Sellman 1 Documentary: Bully Producer: Lee Hirsch Year: 2011 Length: 1h 38min Rating: PG-13 Description: This documentary focuses on five different students who are being bullied in the United States. Each student has their own unique story, their ages ranging from 11 to 16 years old, each of … Continue reading Bullying: Media Resources for 6th Grade

Bullying: 6th Grade Literature Resources

Bullying Prevention for 6th Graders Literature Resources By Amanda Sellman Fiction: The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade Author: Jordan Sonnenblick Publication Date: August 29, 2017 Publisher: Scholastic Press Description & Reason for Choosing: This book is about a fictional character named Maverick who is faced with many challenges in his life. His father has passed away … Continue reading Bullying: 6th Grade Literature Resources

5th Grade Anger Management: Internet Source for Students

  By: Tori Vacknitz, Alice Cao and Sarah Chamberlin Site Name: Kids Health (For Kids)- Taking Charge of Anger Reason for Choosing this Site: This site provides strong information connecting with the National Health Education Standards (NHES). This particular site is the best source for 3-5th graders because it can be both read to oneself, read out … Continue reading 5th Grade Anger Management: Internet Source for Students

Anger Management: 5th Grade Literature Resources

By: Tori Vacknitz, Sarah Chamberlin and Alice Cao   Fiction: ‘When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry…’ Author: Molly Bang Date of Publication: 1999 Publisher: The Blue Sky Press Description and Reason for Choosing: We chose this book because we felt it portrayed anger well for kids between the range of 3-5th grade (specifically 5th). In the story, … Continue reading Anger Management: 5th Grade Literature Resources

8th Grade Sexual Health Standards

National Health Education Standards: Healthy Sexual Relationships Topic: Healthy Relationships Grade Level: 8th Grade Core Idea: promoting healthy sexual relationships Health Behavior Outcomes for promoting sexual health HBO 1. Establish and maintain healthy relationships. HBO 2. BE sexually abstinate HBO 3. Egange in behaviors that prevent or reduce sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s), including HIV infection … Continue reading 8th Grade Sexual Health Standards

Media Resources for Sexual Health: Real Life Teens- Documentary

Site name: Real Life Teens- Sexual Responsibility  Produced by: TMW Media Group in 2005  Runtime: 20 minutes  Not Rated  This documentary has real-life teens discuss real stories about sexual well-being. They discuss and educate teens about sexual activity, unprotected sex, transmitted diseases, and teen pregnancy and the impact it has on people physically and emotionally. This is the best video because it has real teens talk about the responsibly of sex, as well as making students think about the consequences and impact of their decisions. This documentary educates the watchers about sexual … Continue reading Media Resources for Sexual Health: Real Life Teens- Documentary

Media Resources for Sexual Health: Atypical

Title: Atypical: Episode 1: Antartica. (The full episode can be viewed on Netflix with a subscription) Producer and year: Exhibit A and Sony Picture Television, 2017 Run time: Episode 1 is 38 minutes (but season has 9 episodes, that all could apply)   Rating: TV-MA (Mild sex and nudity references, some profanity.)  This episode is about an … Continue reading Media Resources for Sexual Health: Atypical