Stress on the Brain and Body Classroom Lesson for High School Students

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Subject

Health

Grades

9th - 12th

Format

PDF · 88 pages

About this resource

The Stress on the Brain and Body Classroom Lesson helps high school students understand how stress impacts their brain, body, and overall wellness. This resources helps students connect the brain and its impact to physical health and mental health. Students will also engage with healthy coping skills for their stress and apply emotional regulation techniques long after the lesson ends. Use this resource to help your students address and manage stress in their bodies and brains while you use a tier 1 intervention in your high school setting to reach all students. Stress management activities like this are student favorites time and time again! Students will learn vocabulary and terms related to stress, consider different responses to stress, and practice positive coping skills and strategies. This mental health classroom lesson is perfect for teaching students about the effects of stress on the brain and the brain's response. What's Included: • Lesson Plan • "Stress on the Brain and Body" Instructions for Google Slides • "Stress on the Brain and Body" Digital Google Slides (also available to be purchased separately HERE) • Stress Management Apps Printable • Instructions for Google Slides Game Show Activity • Google Slides Game Show Activity (interactive but NOT editable) • Additional Conversation Topics for Parenting and Pregnant Students This includes 26 non-editable slides. This resource was created with high school students in mind. This resource can easily be used with digital/distance, hybrid, or in-person learning. Note: This slideshow includes a link to a scientific video about the brain ("Brain 101") from National Geographic appropriate for grades 9-12. You do not have to use this video to use this resource. It is supplemental. You can preview this video prior to using this resource here. Students will: • demonstrate the ability to use coping skills to enhance health (mental and physical) and their own well-being • use decision-making skills to enhance overall health • practice health-enhancing behaviors and self-management • practice self-management and emotional regulation • build vocabulary related to stress and brain science This is a great addition to your high school social/emotional lessons (for social emotional learning)! Use this resource in a classroom setting, small group setting, or individual counseling session. Instructions include how to open the file and share it with your students via Google Classroom™. This resource comes on Google Slides but can be downloaded by the buyer into PowerPoint, image, or PDF format by going to File > Download > and choosing an alternate file type. This lesson INCLUDES the Stress on the Brain and Body Digital Presentation. How Can I Use This? • in a classroom lesson setting (tier 1 intervention) • in a small group setting • "lunch and learn" lesson series • in an advisory program or setting • health and wellness week, mindfulness da Interested in a suggested order for how to incorporate these classroom lessons throughout your school year? Check out this free Classroom Lesson Road Map! If I Liked This Resource, What Else Might I Like? • Goal Setting Classroom Lesson • Healthy Relationships Classroom Lesson • Growth Mindset Classroom Lesson • Coping Skills Classroom Lesson • Personal Health and Wellness Classroom Lesson.

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