COVID-19 & Health Equity, Grades 3-5

The COVID-19 Pandemic is a clear example of how science and society are connected. This unit explores how different communities are differentially impacted by the virus through the lens of historical inequities in society. In the context of decisions their families make, students explore the basics of how the virus affects people, and design investigations to explore how it spreads from person to person, and what we can do to prevent that spread.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Module, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Authors: Learning in Places, NextGen Science Storylines, OpenSciEd

COVID-19 & Health Equity, Grades K-2

COVID-19 has caused so many changes in our lives. What are we doing differently now? Why are we doing those things, and how do we feel about all of the changes? In the context of decisions their families make, students explore the basics of how the virus affects people, and design investigations to explore how it spreads from person to person, and what we can do to prevent that spread.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Author: OpenSciEd

COVID-19 & Health Equity, High School Science

This unit is designed to support students in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities, especially communities of color. Specific learning targets are listed at the beginning of each lesson and highlight a core idea for the lesson, the science and engineering practice students will engage in, and the crosscutting concept students will use in the lesson. i

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Module, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Authors: BSCS Science Learning, OpenSciEd

COVID-19 & Health Equity, High School Science

This unit is designed to support students in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities, especially communities of color. Specific learning targets are listed at the beginning of each lesson and highlight a core idea for the lesson, the science and engineering practice students will engage in, and the crosscutting concept students will use in the lesson.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Author: OpenSciEd

COVID-19 & Health Equity, Middle School Science

The unit focuses on the question How can people help end pandemics? It is designed to teach students about the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities. Over the course of the unit, students will study the COVID-19 pandemic in light of historical pandemics to build an understanding of the following key concepts: • How the COVID-19 virus spreads from person to person and through communities, • How strategies to reduce transmission of COVID-19 work, • How the actions of individuals can help to end pandemics. The unit also supports the development of two social emotional competencies: self awareness and social awareness.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Go for a Walk in Washington

This document contains links to park maps and trails throughout Washington state. 

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Barbara Soots, Ken Turner

HIV and Me: Marissa's Story

Video developed by Redefine+ to support teaching the KNOW HIV prevention curriculum 5th grade lesson.

Material Type: Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Author: Laurie Dils

Healthy Relationships - Communicating Boundaries and Practicing Consent

Communicate Boundaries and Practice Consent: Setting and respecting boundaries of all types – physical, digital, emotional – are central to a healthy relationship. Practicing affirmative consent is one form of establishing boundaries that requires being a respectful “asker” and “receiver.”

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Libby Gutschenritter, Barbara Soots

Healthy Relationships - Helping a Friend

Help a friend in an unhealthy relationship: We all play a critical role in supporting our friends to be in healthy relationships. To effectively help our friends, we need to recognize when they are experiencing or engaging in unhealthy behaviors. We then need to have the courage to have the conversation and the knowledge of how to safely intervene as a bystander.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Libby Gutschenritter, Barbara Soots

Healthy Relationships - Know the Signs, Spot the Signs

Know the Signs, Spot the Signs: Understand the 10 Signs of a Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship and be able to recognize them in your life and in the relationships around you.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Libby Gutschenritter, Barbara Soots

Healthy Relationships - Navigating Endings of Relationships

Navigate endings: Whether in a defined relationship, situationship, hook-up, or “a thing” — navigating endings can be difficult, and handling rejection is always tough. Understanding when and how to end a relationship requires thoughtful decision-making under stressful circumstances, even more so when the relationship might be dangerous and there is a need for safety planning.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Libby Gutschenritter, Barbara Soots

Healthy Relationships - Practicing Healthy Behaviors

Practice Healthy Relationship Behaviors: Everyone deserves to be in healthy relationships. This means having the knowledge and skills to: (1) live the 10 Signs of a Healthy Relationship, (2) set expectations for what we deserve in a relationship, and (3) build a healthy relationship with ourselves.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Libby Gutschenritter, Barbara Soots

Coping With Climate Anxiety

In this lesson, students learn about climate anxiety and create a climate anxiety toolkit. Step 1 - Inquire: Students discuss statistics about the prevalence of climate anxiety in children and young people and try out a strategy to cope with this anxiety. Step 2 - Investigate: Students research and practice a strategy to manage anxiety and create a one-page mini-poster about this strategy. Step 3 - Inspire: Students share their mini-poster with the class, and students discuss what they learned from each other.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan

Authors: Effie Albitz, Subject to Climate