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, then share some of your own!

Submitted by Betty White
Beaumont Middle School
Lexington, Kentucky

By developing differentiated instruction, I have found that students can choose activities that best meet their learning styles and interest levels while learning the required information. Students are allowed to choose between reading, listening to mini-lectures, viewing PowerPoint presentations, doing supplemental worksheets, creating posters, participating in higher-order thinking activities such as research, and discussing material with their parents. By differentiating my units, on-task behavior has improved and mastery of the material has increased.

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As a teacher, you have a unique perspective on teens in the health classroom. Contribute your thoughts on school-health—related topics to the Glencoe Health and Fitness Update e-newsletter. We'll provide the Web space for you to reach other teachers, share ideas, and open a discussion to talk about the needs of teachers in today’s health classrooms. Send us your short (25 to 100 words) classroom tips and ideas, or develop an article (100 to 500 words) for publication in Teacher Tips—What Works! that we can publish in the next issue. Just click on Feedback/Contact Us link or send a note to submissions@glencoehealthnews.com to reach the editor and let us know what works in your school or classroom.