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How to Teach Students About Death in the Health Education Classroom (or Any Classroom)

SHAPE America

When we teach students about death in health education, we can help them understand life, empathy, and resilience. Here are five tips on how to teach students about death in the health education classroom (or any classroom). Preschool) PBS Kids — When a Pet Dies (Elementary School) PBS Kids Go!

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

SHAPE America

During Health Literacy Month this October, it’s a good time to ask: What if we celebrated health literacy like we celebrate sports? What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ?

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Developing Health Skills in Middle School

Human Kinetics

In the presentation below, Human Kinetics authors Karen McConnell and Terri Farrar discuss the history of skills-based health education (SBHE), some of the challenges of SBHE, and taking an integrated approach of knowledge, skill, and behavior development. . . . McConnell, PhD, and Terri D. Farrar, PhD, Pacific Lutheran University.

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Teaching Middle School Health in a Remote Learning Setting

Human Kinetics

In the presentation below, Human Kinetics Director of Sales Holly Whitaker gives an overview of Live Well Middle School Health and its balance between content coverage and skills-based learning while giving you flexibility you need to reach all of your students, whether in-person learning or remote learning. . . . .

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Continuing a Legacy of Health Education and Outreach

Arizona Health and Physical Education

You could say Sabrina Plattner, MEd , has health and wellness in her DNA. Plattner, a senior health educator in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health , grew up in Tucson, the daughter of Heather and David Alberts, MD.

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Prevention Education is Health Literacy: How to SHAPE the Conversation

SHAPE America

This will include ways to integrate prevention education into your health classroom, how prevention education intersects with health and wellness, and introduce free resources that are available to you.

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Good Luck Toni!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Toni Chilton, Highland Junior High, Gilbert has been named as the Western District Middle School Teacher of the Year. Want to know who was recently selected as a 2023 SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year? Congratulations Toni!!! Good Luck Toni at the National Convention in Seattle!!!