Helping Students Build Strong Bones
Lesson plans & activities
Check out the following links to resources and lessons plans developed by nonprofits, health groups, and partners that can help you bring information about bone health into the classroom.
Third & Fourth Grades
- Banking on Calcium PowerPoint
- Bone Skit
- Serves You Right (Food Pyramid)
- Bone Relay (PE)
- Sippin’ on Smoothies (Lesson 4)
Fifth & Sixth Grades
- Reading Food Labels [PDF, 1.26MB]
- Label Line-Up [PDF, 155KB]
- Bones, Muscles, and Joints (Kids Health)
- “The Bones” (Science)
- Smart Snack Cookbook
- What’s in Your Bones? (Science) [PDF, 139KB]
- Track Your Bone Health contest [PDF, 164KB]
- The Bone-a-Fyed Rap (PE)
- Calcium Collector
Seventh & Eighth Grades
- Bones, Muscles, and Joints (Kids Health)
- Calcium Bone Builders
- Smart Snack Cookbook
- Broken Bones (Science)
- Fast Food Quiz (PE)
- Time to Shop (Food Pyramid)
- Exercise Your Options for Stronger Bones
- The Great Calcium Challenge
- Build Your Bones, Girlfriend!
Content last updated August 2010
