Archives: Resources
Envisioning a Future in Health with Horizon Health
Students will view a video from Horizon Health that highlights career opportunities here in New Brunswick. Using the career pathways page on the COE Health website, students will choose and explore a career of interest. With the storyboard from the Horizon video as an example, they will create a storyboard for a video that would outline the steps they might take to pursue their career of interest (high school courses, post-secondary, volunteer experience, work placements, etc…).
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Mindful Breathing with Balloons
In this lesson, students will discuss the benefits of mindful breathing. This lesson will be divided into two activities. In the first activity, students will learn about mindful breathing, with the teacher using a balloon to demonstrate the breathing process. The teacher will talk students through the breathing process and then play a video for the class to follow along with. Students will use balloons and flour to make stress balls in the second activity. Next, students will learn how to use the stress ball to assist mindful breathing.
- Kindergarten
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
Find the Allied Health Professional
This Allied Health activity will introduce students to other careers, besides doctors and nurses, within the Healthcare system. It will give them a solid foundation of the allied health professionals’ roles and the services they offer to patients here in New Brunswick.
- Kindergarten
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
Journey Through Carington House Video Game
Journey Through Carington House is a serious game designed to familiarize the nursing home environment and combat negative stereotypes and misconceptions about nursing homes. It was developed as part of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Home’s Recruitment Strategy to engage a youth audience to consider careers in nursing homes.
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
Healthcare in Style
Equipping students with knowledge of health care and social care jobs can be integrated into all subject areas at school. This activity allows students to learn about working in the healthcare field through a fashion design lens while completing a project-based learning project. Students will have a chance to research a health or social care profession and apply that knowledge to creating a uniform that could increase their work performance and output.
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
Tom the Tomato Plant: 3-5 Book Guide
Accompanying the heart-warming picture book, Tom the Tomato Plant, written by author Dave Carroll, this guide features cross-curricular pre-reading and after reading activities highlighting themes of self-awareness, resilience, and compassion for elementary students.
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
Design Your Own Long-Term Care Home
New Brunswick has the highest senior population in the country. It is important for students to be aware of the different age groups and demographics in our communities. Through this activity, students will be introduced to Long Term Care (LTC) facilities in their communities and explore career opportunities included in LTC Homes. They will also discuss how they can contribute to the positive well-being of their communities through working directly or indirectly with residents in LTC homes.
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Tom the Tomato Plant: K-2 Book Guide
Accompanying the delightful children’s book, Tom the Tomato Plant, written by author Dave Carroll, this guide features cross-curricular pre-reading and after reading activities highlighting themes of self-awareness, resilience, and kindness for primary students.
- Kindergarten
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
Canada’s Food Guide Toolkit
The resource is an interactive lesson that includes watching short portions of a recorded video of Chi the Chinchilla teaching students about Canada’s food guide, enhancing the lessons on the different food groups through physical activity segments, and drawing food items on appropriate sections of the Healthy Plate Activity Sheet.
- Kindergarten
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
Student Health Podcast
NB Youth and our students are the future of the province. It is important to give our youth and students a voice to speak about what is critical and needed to ensure they have a successful future. It is also important for adults to listen and understand how issues are addressed from a youth lens.
- Grade 9
Healthy Recipe Card
Did you know that March is Nutrition Month? Are you looking for a fun & creative nutrition activity to do with your class? In this activity, learn about the role of a registered dietician and the importance of maintaining a healthy diet by creating healthy recipe cards.
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Nutrition Vision Board: Middle and High School
In this activity students will explore their thoughts and ideas of balanced eating habits. They will explore Canada’s Food Guide to review the most current recommendations for healthy eating for Canadians. They will then create a vision board that represents what their ideal food choices would look like based on their past and new nutrition knowledge.
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12