Alberta Health Services offers lesson plans and classroom activities to support teaching and learning in Grades 4 – 6. Our materials are organized by health topic. We welcome you to adapt them to cultivate rich and meaningful learning experiences for your students.
Mental health
For supportive resources, go to mentalhealthliteracy.org/toolbox.
Nutrition
For supportive resources, go to ahs.ca/schoolnutrition.
Sexual health
Grade 4:
Grade 5:
Grade 6:
For students with mild to moderate learning needs, go to differing abilities.
For supportive resources, go to the TeachingSexualHealth.ca lesson plan & resource finder.
Tobacco and vaping prevention
Grade 4:
- The Academy for Tobacco Prevention: Grade 4 teacher resource kit
- Lesson 1: What is tobacco?
- Lesson 2: What are the chemicals and harms of tobacco?
- Lesson 3: Traditional use of tobacco and healthy decisions
- Lesson 4: Difficult situations, refusal skills and healthy habits
Grade 5:
- The Academy for Tobacco Prevention: Grade 5 teacher resource kit
- Lesson 1: What is tobacco and nicotine?
- Lesson 2: Harms, quitting tobacco, and being tobacco-free
- Lesson 3: Tobacco industry tactics
- Lesson 4: Self esteem and refusal skills
Grade 6:
- The Academy for Tobacco Prevention: Grade 6 teacher resource kit
- Lesson 1: What is nicotine addiction?
- Lesson 2: Harms, quitting tobacco, and being tobacco-free
- Lesson 3: Tobacco industry tactics, tobacco laws, and decision-making
- Lesson 4: Negative influences, self-esteem, and refusal skills
For supportive resources (including Shadows of the Academy follow-up activities), go to ahs.ca/tobaccovapingprevention.
BACK TO K – 3 GO TO GRADES 7 – 9
Note: This is a hub for lesson plans and activities offered by Alberta Health Services. For materials developed by other Alberta and national organizations, go to more classroom activities.
