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Home Living / Daily Living: Dental Care

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Don't forget to brush! Help your special education class excel at taking care of their wonderful smiles. They'll discuss proper brushing and flossing techniques, watch a video on dental hygiene, and then brush their teeth. 
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Dental Chemistry Analogy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After taking in background information on teeth, marble, eggshell, and fluoride, chemistry aces design an experiment. Their goal is to demonstrate whether or not fluoride has a similar effect on marble or eggshell as it does on tooth...
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Dental Health Challenge

For Students 4th - 5th
For this dental health worksheet, students read the 10 statements about dental health. Students then select the correct answer to complete the 10 exercises.
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Chew On This!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners develop pamphlets for a dental health mentoring program that educates younger students about caring for their teeth. They recall experiences at visits to dentists and consider why some students may have poor dental health.
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Dental Health Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dental health worksheet, students read the statements about dental health. Students use the words in the word bank to complete the 10 statements.
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Dental Care / Brushing Teeth

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss teeth and how best to care for them. In this dental care lesson, students review pictures of teeth that have been taken care of poorly, construct a keepsake box for the "tooth fairy" and read books about dental care.
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Lessons for Children’s Dental Health Month

For Teachers K
Students learn about dental health.  In this dental health instructional activity, students relate the eggshell to the enamel of the tooth.  Students experiment with four drinks to see the effects on the tooth. Students listen...
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Dental Health Crossword Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this completing a crossword puzzle about teeth worksheet, students read clues across and down and fill in the squares about dental health. Students write 10 answers.
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Tooth or Consequences

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students listen to facts about dental health and watch a tooth brushing and flossing demonstration by the teacher.
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Understanding the Body, Day 3: Sexual Health & Hygiene

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ideal for secondary moderately disabled special ed students, this lesson focuses on personal hygiene and self-care. They discuss a case study and role-play to introduce the importance of good hygiene then discuss current appropriate...
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Stopping Decay

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students review reasons why teeth are necessary, define tooth decay, discuss and list ways to prevent tooth decay, name at least two foods that promote dental health, watch video Tooth Wisdom, and complete worksheet Tooth Healthy Snacks.
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Healthy Smile Hidden Picture

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this dental health worksheet, students study a large and very detailed picture of children in a park. Students search and locate 7 items pertaining to good dental health in the picture.
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Healthy Smile

For Students Pre-K - K
In this health learning exercise, students circle the pictures that relate to good health. Examples include a toothbrush, apple, milk, and dental floss.
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Good Hygiene: A Healthy Smile

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars practice proper brushing techniques. For this dental hygiene lesson, students use a plaque disclosing tablet to practice the correct tooth brushing procedure.
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Healthy Smile

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crossword worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle by solving clues good healthy teeth. For example, "Children have 20 primary..."
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Tell Me the Tooth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the proper teeth brushing technique. In this dental hygiene activity, students read the book I Know Why I Brush My Teeth and invite a dentist into the classroom to demonstrate the proper way to brush teeth.
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A Healthy Smile

For Students K - 1st
In this dental health worksheet, students reinforce the idea that good dental hygiene creates a beautiful smile. Students draw a picture of themselves with a healthy smile in the oval frame.
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Tooth Names

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this oral health learning exercise, students examine the picture of the upper jaw and lower jaw teeth. Students label each tooth appropriately.
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Open Wide and Trek Inside

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore, examine and study the importance of oral health. They become engaged in learning about the mouth, oral cavity and oral health and assess how to recognize that their mouth serves many purposes and has different parts.
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Open Wide and Trek Inside!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore, examine and study a module that focuses on the science of the oral environment and major scientific concepts relating to oral health. They investigate the process of tooth decay by interacting with stories and games...
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Water Conservation Task

For Teachers K - 8th
Students list reasons that water conservation is important. They describe methods to conserve water. This lesson could be incorporated with an oral hygiene lesson on brushing teeth.
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Diagram of a Tooth

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this tooth diagram worksheet, students study the diagram of the tooth and the 9 words that label the tooth. Students study the tooth diagram.
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Hidden Picture-- Kids on Play Structure

For Students K - 1st
In this dental health worksheet, students observe a detailed picture of children on a jungle gym. Students locate pictures of 5 animals which are apparently mascots of a dental health education program.
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Tooth Truth

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Getting in the habit of practicing good dental hygeine is important for youngters. This lesson reinforces the importance. Learners have a class discussion about how they take care of their teeth, then create toothbrush holders out of...