Consider the following when preparing lessons for teaching gender-based violence prevention education: Inform parents/guardians about what their child will be learning and its relevance to Healthy Living education and student mental health and well-being. Sharing this information with parents...
The activities as part of this resource are designed to support educators in providing students with authentic, relevant, and contextual learning experiences that assist them in acquiring the necessary skills to be food and media literate. The activities may be used with students in a variety of...
Building Respectful, Accepting, and Inclusive Online Communities Curriculum Expectations: A1.1, A1.4, A1.6, D1.1, D1.5 Managing Conflict and Staying Safe While Interacting with Others Online Curriculum Expectations: A1.2, A1.4, A1.5, A1.6, D2.3, D3.2 How to be a Good Digital Citizen Curriculum...
Intramurals can be a time where all can participate! In this workshop, participants will explore the characteristics of a quality inclusive intramural program, the importance of student leadership and how intramurals benefit a whole school community. The workshop will include an introduction to the...
The activities may be used with students in a variety of settings to help them deepen their understanding of vaccines, factors that affect decision-making related to vaccines, and the skills to participate in decision-making about vaccines. The activities have been designed to build upon student...
Ophea's 50 Fitness Activity GIFs are a compilation of heart pumping, on-the-spot fitness moves that can be used on their own or to diversify existing activities in the face-to-face, virtual, hybrid teaching and learning platforms! The aim of Ophea's 50 Fitness Activity GIFs is to promote the message...
Establishing a safe, inclusive, and accepting learning environment at the outset will create the groundwork for leading thoughtful and productive discussions with students about topics that need to be approached with sensitivity, such as gender-based violence prevention. In a classroom where...
What Are Intramurals? “Intramurals are when students are provided with various purposeful opportunities to engage in fun, inclusive, and meaningful physical activities with other students at their school and outside of instructional tim e.” (Ophea 2023) A quality intramural program provides a...
This video is the first of a two-part series in which educators share their responses to questions about Vaping Education. After viewing this video educators will have a greater understanding of “why” it is important to have conversations about vaping with elementary students at different stages of...
These Instructional Moments Videos consist of a two part series in which educators share their responses to questions about vaping. These videos help educators increase their knowledge of vaping and where vaping is addressed within the Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours topic in the...
This video is the second in a two part series in which educators share their response to questions about Vaping Education. After viewing this video educators will acquire a deeper understanding of what it means to adopt a harm reduction approach, and how it may be used to create safer and more...
Why can financial literacy be challenging to teach? In teaching financial literacy knowledge and skills, the teacher must keep in mind that many students come from families and backgrounds where financial realities may be a cause for stress in their lives. Other students may come from families and...
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: actively and safely participate in a variety of health-related fitness tasks apply self-monitoring and critical thinking skills as they assess
Ophea’s Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education is a free online resource that has been developed to support educators in creating an inclusive Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environment to support students' personal, social and academic...
Three resources for three different audiences to support learning in the classroom and beyond. As students grow, their bodies begin to change which can be confusing and generate a great amount of stress for them. That is why Procter and Gamble Inc. developed Always Changing & Growing Up . This...
In the digital age, it is important for students to reflect on how and where they consume content related to food. Students need to develop the ability to think critically when viewing text, food packages, menus, and electronic media to analyze food marketing techniques and interpret the messages...
