EDIS Update

4-H-LHE-70/4H268-4H280: Headlines for Health—An Environmental Health Curriculum for Youth

August 13th, 2007
Topic(s):4-H Youth Development

Headlines for Health is a multi-part 4-H curriculum by Joy Jordan, Hyun-Jeong Lee, Susan Williams, and Jessica Kochert . A series of six lessons targeted to 5th grade youth covers hazardous household products, mold, lead, radon, air pollution, and asthma triggers. Each lesson is mapped to relevant Sunshine State Standards. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, July 2007.
Lessons
Headlines for Health! Introduction (8 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Clean Sweep (6 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Scavenger Hunt (5 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Let’s Go Green (5 pp.)
Headlines for Health! AD-vantageous Cleaners (2 pp.)
Headlines for Health! What’s Growing On? (2 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Moldy Advice (10 pp.)
Headlines for Health! The Lead Scenario (8 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Sherlock “Radon” Holmes (5 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Pollution Solution (2 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Asthma Triggers, MD (2 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Asthma Attack! (5 pp.)
Headlines for Health! Newspaper Fact Sheets (8 pp.)