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Skin Cancer Resources for Health Class Teachers

Physical Education Update

Here’s are some excellent skin cancer prevention resources for your health classes. There are three instructional formats that teachers can use, including SMART or Promethean interactive whiteboard, or Microsoft PowerPoint. tags]physical education,skin cancer preve ntion,health class lessons[/tags]. Sun Smart U.

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7 Ways to Turn Health Literacy Month Into a School-Wide Celebration

SHAPE America

What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ? As a middle school health and physical education teacher, I know first-hand that initiatives impacting the whole school and surrounding community can be powerful.

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How To Improve Mental Health In Schools

PLT4M

Student mental health issues are on the rise! Tiered Systems Of Support For Mental Health In Schools A comprehensive school mental health system is designed to support all students and teachers with a coordinated, tiered approach. A student looks at their laptop during a physical education class. How can we help?

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Middle School Health Curriculum

PLT4M

That means updating the existing middle school health curriculum while also filling any missing gaps. Regardless of the class and teaching structure, schools must consider the complete picture and support teachers and students with a full set of tools for complete health and wellness.

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Be on the Lookout for Students Who Play “The Choking Game”

Physical Education Update

What signs may alert teachers to students who are playing the choking game? As Physical education teachers, you are in a position to prevent a tragedy. You can discuss this game and its dangers during health classes.

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Should Physical Education Be Required?

PLT4M

Much of this criticism comes from outdated stereotypes of “gym class.” ” The old school term “gym class” usually elicits images of rolling out the balls and playing dodgeball. Canton boasts a 4-year high school PE requirement to complement the larger K-12 wellness initiative.

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Health Activities for the Last Few Days of School

The Healthy Teacher

In many core classes, this means students will be watching movies, so I hate to make them sit through another one with me as well. Here are some filler activities for health class that are fun and don’t involve a DVD. The post Health Activities for the Last Few Days of School first appeared on The Health Teacher.

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