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Going Green to Achieve Healthy, High Performance Schools

"Going green" means more than just celebrating St. Patrick's Day this month. Increasingly, schools are reviewing their physical environments to improve student and teacher health and enhance academic performance.
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Teacher Tips-What Works!

Teacher tips are tried and true teaching strategies developed by health education teachers around the country. Take a look at some classroom activities that really work.
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Fitness Zone

Fitness Zone activities are good ways to get the cobwebs out when students' attention begins to flag. These quick breaks are fun and can help students re-focus.

Hot Potato

Prepare a list of review questions about the health lesson. Organize students into small circles. Give each group of students a ball to pass around within the circle. Play some lively music and have students begin to pass the ball. Stop the music, select one of the circles, and have the person who has the ball answer a review question. Others in the student's circle may help if the student cannot answer the question. Resume the music and the ball passing for a short time, then stop the music and ask the student holding the ball in another group the next question.

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