A collection of shared teaching materials concerning Health and mental well-being. Including some background documentation on (mental) health
Education Category: Health
Ages:
What is HIV/AIDS?
Before we can explain what HIV is you have to know that your body exists of billion cells. Every cell has got its own task to fulfill in your body. Some of these cells are like tiny little soldiers. These
Donated by Ron Haarms
Donated by Ron Haarms
NOTE: This is the first file for this module. Download the first file here.
Information on Gender
Often, ‘gender’ and ‘sex’ are understood to be the one and the same. In reality, they are quite different. There is a difference between what our bodies are physically able to do, such as producing sperm or giving birth, and what our society expects us to do. Sex is determined by our bodies: a person is either male or female from before the
Moment he or she is born. Gender, on the other hand, is socially defined. Gender depends on historic, economic and...
Donated by Ron Haarms
Donated by Ron Haarms
NOTE: This is the second file for this module. Download the first file here.
Information on Gender
Often, ‘gender’ and ‘sex’ are understood to be the one and the same. In reality, they are quite different. There is a difference between what our bodies are physically able to do, such as producing sperm or giving birth, and what our society expects us to do. Sex is determined by our bodies: a person is either male or female from before the
Moment he or she is born. Gender, on the other hand, is socially defined. Gender depends on historic, economic...
Donated by Jeffrey
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Motivated students
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'Cross Crawl'
This exercise helps coordinate right and left brain by exercising the information flow between the two hemispheres. It is useful for spelling, writing, listening, reading and comprehension. Stand or sit. Put the right hand across the body to the left knee as you raise it, and then do the same thing for the left hand on the right knee just as if you were marching. Just do this either sitting or standing for about 2 minutes.
'Hook Ups'
This works well for nerves before a test or special event such as making...
So, the situation has escalated quite a bit over the past few weeks. Not just in Europe and Asia, but all over the world rules are implemented restricting people to go out, socialise etcetera. I, being a social little beast (which is a very strange translation of the Dutch expression "sociaal beestje"), needed to find some ways to adjust to the whole situation. But I have, and even though I miss my friends and family, staying indoors and in quarantine is much more important to me. So I thought I...
This booklet guides health workers to educate children about healthy nutrition, in an appropriate way.
Note: the discription below describes lesson 1 of an educational program on healthy nutrition. In total the program comprises 5 different lessons, which are all available in the World School Bank. Please find the program's introducation as well as extra lesson 1 material attached.
Lesson 1 - Nutrition
Materials
Internet for the informative song
Chalk board or big sheet of paper
Markers
Preparation
Read through the lesson
Make sure you have enough knowledge on nutrition
Familiarize with...
75 to 95 percent of visits to the doctor are for stress-related conditionsAllostatic load: a physiological and neurological state caused by your body being on constant alert. It damages your health and cognitive performanceProlonged levels of high cortisol (stress hormone) in the bloodstream lead to shrinkage of the hippocampus, which is important for long-term memory and the intake of new informationStress causes a reduction in serotonin in the brain, which can lead to depression and burnoutTh...
Chapter summaries from the book: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky. Only chapters that are required to be read (according to syllabus) will be included
This bundle contains a summary of all the articles that are needed for the course "Childhood: Developmental Psychology" given at the University of Amsterdam. It includes the following articles:
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