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Communities and Schools Promoting Health
A Gateway to
information on comprehensive school health (CSH) and health promoting
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| Finding Local Sources of Information on Sexual Health | ST | Group or Individual | 7-9 |
| Students will prepare a poster, webpage or page for their school handbook/newsletter that tells young people how and where to find sexual health information. Students are asked to communicate, through their design and information, the benefits of using that source as well as potential barriers. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| Puberty/Adolescence Today and Yesterday: How Different Generations Cope | ST | Group or Individual | 10-12 |
| Students will read about social and psychological issues related to puberty and assess their life goals, conduct research on the issues facing Canadian teens today, conduct an interview with an adult about their transition through adolescence, and prepare a collective autobiography. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Physical Changes During Puberty and Related Questions | ST | Group or Individual |
4-9 |
| Students will conduct research to help prepare a health brochure and health display for their class or school. As an extension of this activity the students can ask the local health clinic or doctor's office to display these materials. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Talking with Parents about Sex | ST | Group or Individual | 7-9 |
| Students will prepare a research report on how parents and their teens can communicate effectively about sexual health. Students will critically review and comment upon five web-based documents that advise parents on how to talk with their teens about sex. Students will use the postcard feature of the www.sexualityandu.ca web site to prepare a brief, key message to their parents or other trusted adult . | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Calculating STI Risks | ST | Group or Individual | 7-9 |
| Students will use Canadian statistics and their math skills to calculate their risk of infections from sexually transmitted disease. Students will prepare a summary report and a graph to present their findings. Students will take some quizzes and, if they want, get to shoot down some nasty STIs in an online game. This webquest can be done by indiviudal students. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: How the Media Influences Our Sexual Health | ST | Group or Individual | 7-9 |
| Students will first get the basic facts about sex, sexuality and sexual health. They will investigate how the media sensationalizes sex and uses sex and then prepare a news story or an editorial expressing their views on the subject. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Perceptions of Youth About Sex | ST | Individual or Group | 7-9 |
| The media, popular myths, and even society’s sense of humour portray today’s youth as regularly having sex…often. But is this true? This webquest will encourage students to examine the facts and decide for themselves. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Presenting the Reasons to Wait | ST | Individual or Group | 7-9 |
| This webquest explores the issue of abstinence and asks participants to identify and then consider the reasons for waiting longer before they engage in sexual intercourse. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Creating a Board Game on Postponing Sex | LT | Group | 9-12 |
| In this webquest, students will prepare a board game that has cards (or visits to selected web pages) that test skills, knowledge and other choices that relate to deciding to postpone sexual intercourse. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Contraception Basics | ST | Individual or Group | 9-12 |
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webquest will include an interactive quiz, a class survey and selected readings
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Emergency Contraception | ST | Individual or Group | 9-12 |
| In this webquest, students gather the facts through assigned readings, identify options, visit a local pharmacy, clinic or doctor's office, assess some ads about EC and then prepare an emergency preparedness plan that includes local information and practical tips | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Youth Friendly Doctor's Office/Clinics and Sex | ST | Individual or Group | 9-12 |
| In this webquest, using research, as well as their own analysis, students will then interview staff at a doctor's office/health clinic to assess youth friendliness. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Pharmacies and Sex | ST | Individual or Group | 9-12 |
| Students will read about how pharmacies can play an important role in adolescent sexual health promotion. Then students will apply this knowledge in doing an assessment and interview with pharmacy staff in their community. | |||
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Sponsor: www.sexualityandu.ca |
Authors: Mary Shannon, Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest on: Let's Have Sex? | ST | Group | 9-12 |
| In this webquest, students will learn about sexuality, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and will gain knowledge on making good safe decisions in their lives. It will require them to make decisions they may have to make, or maybe even already have made in their lifetimes. | |||
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Author: Brian Hagan |
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| Healthy Sexuality Webquest | ST | Single | 9-12 |
| This webquest is designed to allow students to explore the world of sex, expose them to real-life scenarios and to help them to think about some potentially difficult decisions that they may have to make in the future. | |||
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Author: Matthew Smith |
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| The Decision is Yours | ST | Group | 8-10 |
| The student's goal is to learn about abstinence and to be able to back up their decision with the research. The research team are to search out reasons why abstinence is the best choice for teenagers. The team is to find physical, social, emotional, ethical, moral, and spiritual reasons to persuade your peers/classmates to make the decision to practice abstinence. | |||
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Author: Mimi Zwolak |
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Infections | ST | Group | 8-12 |
| Students will be assigned a specific STD/STI. They will be given two days in the library to research information on the internet. After they have gathered the information, the group will create and present the information to the class. Students must provide a copy of the information to the class in either a flyer or brochure format | |||
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| Sexual Harassment Webquest | ST | Single/Group | 8-12 |
| This webquest will help students know what sexual harassment is and what to do if it happens to them. | |||
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Author: Loraine Lord-Morgan |
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| How Can Teens Become Better Educated About Sex | MT | Group | 8-12 |
| Students will prepare a 5 day written lesson plan, educating your peers on sexually transmitted infections. Their job is to create a realistic, informative lesson plan. | |||
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Author: Nicole Reda |
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| Teenage Pregnancy | MT | Group | 8-12 |
| Students will have a greater understanding of the problem of teenage pregnancy and its many ramifications. They will have been involved in attempting to establish a successful means to greatly reduce the numbers of teens involved with this dilemma. | |||
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Author: Joel Layman |
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| Teenagers and Unsafe Sex | MT | Group | 8-12 |
| Students will research, develop and present a public policy proposal to the Mayor that addresses new ways to communicate with teenagers about unsafe sexual practices in their community. | |||
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Author: Elma Reingold |
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