Guest Post by Emily Treas from NCADV Did you know that one in three teens is abused physically, sexually, emotionally or verbally by a dating partner? As an educator, you are likely already in contact with students who are being abused by their partner or who know someone who is, whether they have revealed the
Classroom Resources to Help Combat the Opioid Crisis
Take the Pledge to PREVENT OPIOID MISUSE The Public Health Emergency that is the Opioid Epidemic impacts schools and communities across the United States and around the world. Last year the DEA partnered with Discovery Education to combat this growing epidemic with the launch of Operation Prevention. Operation Prevention’s mission is to educate students about the
Celebrate Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Families
It’s October and the fall colors are in full swing with bright oranges, crisp reds, mellow yellows and a supportive pink. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and DecodingCancer.org is dedicated to the mothers, daughters, sisters, and teachers who will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. We have resources to help, as many questions come up
DEN Fit & Together Counts New Year’s Challenge
Byline: Alison Schleede It is that time of year again! Time to make those New Year resolutions! If getting fit is one of your resolutions, please read on! The challenge to is to complete more than 10,000 steps/day for 21 days in any 4 week period between January 1, 2015 and February 28, 2015. The DEN Fit’s New
Achieving Energy Balance Together
Byline: Jessica Donaldson Health education is one of those topics that we can all agree is needed. That happens in PE, right? It doesn’t have to just happen there. To be honest, it can’t continue to be treated as something that is only taught during PE. According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control
March is Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, so what are you doing to eat healthier? You can easily watch some DE videos on nutrition. For example Nutrition Labels was made in 2012 and explains what is on a label. Did you know that DE has an ebook called Nutrition Labels as well? If you want to see