• Integrate into, rather than add to, your normal teaching load
• Work in sequence or independently within a particular unit of study
• Address science and health as well as language arts and social concepts
• Teachers are given all materials to use as best suits his/hers classroom.

-Health habits that are developed in childhood are more likely to be carried throughout life. 
      
-Many times children have choices about their life-styles but fail to realize the importance of their decisions or are uninformed about which choices are the most sensible. 

-Through the use of games, videos, work sheets, puzzles, and classroom discussion, children are taught to develop wise decision making.  They learn that healthy habits play a vital role in not only physical health, but also figures highly in mental attitudes, coping, performance, and emotional outlook. 
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STARPOWER is a nutrition and fitness education package developed for teachers and health professionals to use with youth groups.  The key audience for STARPOWER in Coshocton County is third grade.  The program includes three videos, teaching guides with nutrition and fitness information, discussion questions, fun activity/puzzle work sheets, booklet of recipes, and a "you make up the story" coloring book.  This program can be completed in four to six weeks. 
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HEALTHY HEART is a heart, healthy program used in fifth/sixth grade.  Long term studies have shown that many cases of heart disease could be prevented if people would eat more wisely, maintain a proper exercise program, stay at their suitable weight, avoid smoking, and learn more beneficial ways to deal with stress,  This program deals with making one's life-style healthier in the areas of physical fitness, stress reduction, and correct diet.  This program can be completed in four to six weeks. 
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TRAVELING WITH SELF ESTEEM is a program available for students in all grades.  Great educators always have recognized the important link between self esteem and behavior.  How people feel about themselves largely determines how they behave.  This influence also is further seen in how individuals act towards others and their world. After completing the self esteem program, children should better recognize and appreciate their good qualities and realize the importance of acknowledging and verbalizing positive  messages to others.  This program can be a one day event, or within a specified time period which suits the teacher's needs. 

Used in second through fourth grades, this collection of 25 health/science lessons allows students to become aware of the potential health risks related to the use of tobacco products.  Student activities include analyzing tobacco product advertisements, observing the biological effects from the use of tobacco products,  communicating the harmful effects of tobacco use to others and more.  Teaching materials include videos, fact sheets, student handouts, and teacher guides. 
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How do people manage to work, eat and sleep in space without gravity to keep them from floating away?  This and other space-related questions are explored in a three unit series dealing with Forces, Fibers, and Food.  Fourth through sixth graders will learn about space food and how good nutrition helps us meet challenges, whether on earth or in space.  Students also will discover how space suits are made and the difference between synthetic and natural fibers.  Teaching materials include nine teacher-ready lesson plans complete with student handouts.  Three 30 minute videos tapes complement the various units dealing with forces, fibers, and foods.  This 4-H space science series was developed with assistance from NASA and USDA. 
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New is Character Counts!.  Developed for all age groups, this is a program to build and strengthen the ethics of young people.  It stresses that ethics is not just what a person thinks and believes but, more importantly, what that person actually does and doesn't do.  Ethics is a code of conduct.  It requires the insight to see what is right and the courage to do it.  Character Counts! focuses on Caring, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Respect, Fairness, and Citizenship, through the use of visual aids, skits, and classroom activities. 
  

Developed for elementary school, this popular teaching package addresses the parts of an egg, the nutritive value and how an egg develops into a chick.  Student activities include locating the parts of a raw egg, testing the strength of an egg shell, observing the stages of a developing embryo, watching a fertilized egg hatch, and camera-ready student handouts.  Your county Extension Office can assist you with locating fertilized eggs and will provide an incubator. 
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 -ACORNS TO OAKS 
 -BEANS ABOUT WATER   
 -EXPLORING PLANTS 
 -EXPLORING ANIMALS 
 -FISHY SCIENCE 
 -YOU, ME AND ANIMALS TOO  
 - WEATHER TOGETHER            
  
A 4-H professional will visit the classroom to make the initial presentation.   All materials and work sheets are provided without cost.  If any teacher would like to use any of these programs or other programs available they can contact the OSU Extension Office at 622-2265.  Please ask for Jan Luce, Program Assistant, 4-H Youth Development. 

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Ohio State University Extension 4-H Youth Development 

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