Health Education - 3rd Grade
Strand 6: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (HD) Standard 3.HD.1:
1 class periods of 15 minutes each
Students will be able to explain good hygiene and provide examples. The lesson will explore disease prevention, treating colds and flu's, and negative effects of poor hygiene habits.
How to prevent colds and the flu. Be ready to explain why we wash our hands after going to the bathroom/preparing food/sneeze and cough/ and other hygiene practices.
Students should read "The Velveteen Rabbit" beforehand
Students will demonstrate proper hand washing, hand sanitizer application, and blowing their nose. Students will understand the importance of proper hygiene and give examples of staying clean. Students will provide methods to treating colds and flu.
Gifted students can be challenged further by reviewing medicine. What kinds of medicine should be taken for a cold, what will that medicine do? You should stress the importance of their parents/guardians approving before they take anything. Students may want to share their experiences of being sick, invite them to share and ask about what they did to minimize the duration of the illness and the severity of their symptoms.
Students will be asked to list three ways to stay healthy. They will also list three ways to treat a cold.