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Justin's Healthy Teeth
Teacher Information Page
Introduction


The Healthy Teeth iAdventure will provide children with the opportunity to research and learn new information about different good dental hygiene.  Here are some important considerations before beginning the Healthy Teeth iAdventure:
  • Intended for 2nd and 3rd graders
  • Focuses on good dental hygiene
  • Lesson length will take 7 days to complete
  • Could be a teacher guided lesson
  • Could be a group lesson
  • Could be an individual learning activity


The Healthy Teeth iAdventure would be best as an independent learning activity if the child is familiar with navigating through web pages.  It is intended for emergent or fluent readers.  I also think this would be beneficial as a partner learning activity or whole group shared lesson.


Here is a site map of the iAdventure.  It has links to each page for you to preview all of the pages in an organized way.  Every page has a button link back to the home page.  When internet links are clicked, it will open a new window for the child to explore.  When the child is finished with the internet link, just click the X at the top right.  The child will return to the previous iAdventure page.

The opening story page will give the child two choices of scenarios.  The next  page will also give the child two choices.  For the pages that are on the 4th row, the child will have internet links to research the dental hygiene practices to choose.  On the conclusion page, the child will have several ways to complete the research.

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Site Map

 Teacher Page
(You are here!)
 Index Page
 
 

Opening Page

Story Page 2A
Story Page 2B
 
Story Page 3A
Story Page 3B
Story Page 3C
Story Page 3D
 
Conclusion Page
Research
Guide
# 3

 

Background Information
 

Prior to beginning the iAdventure on Healthy Teeth teachers may find it helpful to begin a discussion with their class about good dental health.  The teacher will need to arrange a classroom experiment with large baby food jars, 6 various liquids including vinegar and Coke, cleaned chicken bones and enough hard boiled eggs for each student.  The teacher may want to review the following before the iAdventure:

The Healthy Teeth iAdventure will ask the students to make choices regarding the importance of taking care of their teeth.
The students will learn about the consequences of poor dental hygiene and good dental hygiene.

Curriculum Standards

Life Management Skills: decision making, problem solving
Scientific Inquiry: problems can be solved by altering specific components



The Missouri Show-Me Standards                                                 

Health 1: structures of, functions of, and relationships among human body systems
            3: diseases and methods for prevention, treatment and control
            5: methods used to assess health, reduce risk-factors, and avoid high risk behaviors

Goals  3:1: identify problems and define their scope and sequence
            3:2: develop and apply strategies based on ways others have prevented or solved problems
            3:3: develop and apply strategies based on one's own experience in preventing or solving problems
            3:6: examine problems and proposed solutions from multiple perspectives
            3:7: evaluate the extent to which a strategy addresses the problem
            3:8:  assess costs,benefits and other consequences of proposed solutions

 Resources Needed:

dried and cleaned chicken bones (which contain calcium as teeth do)                                                              
hard boiled eggs (one for each student)  but don't eat them!                
variety of liquids (water, vinegar, Coke, juice, etc.)  Make sure that you have vinegar and Coke.
3 baby food jars with lids for EACH student
one or two toothbrushes and fluoride toothpaste

Assessment:
When the iAdventure is completed, children will choose an assessment project from the Conclusion page. 
The project is meant to "prove" to you that the child did the research.
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Name: ______________________                         Date: __________________

Justin's Healthy Teeth Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
 Successful 10 pts. Not sufficient 3 pt.
One jar with egg placed in vinegar
egg brushed with toothpaste)

One jar with chicken bones in Coke.

One jar with chicken bones in another
liquid.

One-page written description of effects of liquid on bones and egg.

MECHANICS OF WRITING

At least one page with Neat Handwriting

Capitalization

Correct Punctuation
 Total:
 Total:
 Grand Total:                              




Printable Version of Scoring Guide
Acknowledgements:

The iAdventure concept was developed by Stan Smith in the Warrensburg, MO school district.
For more information on iAdventures, visit:  http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/iadventure/index.html

The following links were used for research or to enhance the iAdventure:

http://ms-flossy.tripod.com/
https://commerce.jbutler.com/consumer_ed_brushing.asp
http://www.simplestepsdental.com/SS/ihtSS/r.WSIHW000/st.35084/t.35084/pr.3.html
http://www.drdwoskin.com/brush.html
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/r/rotten_teeth.asp
http://www.dentalplans.com/Dental-Health-Articles/Brushing-Up-On-Health.asp
http://fatherhood.about.com/od/parentingadvice/a/tooth_brushing.htm
http://www.simplestepsdental.com/SS/ihtSS/r.WSIHW000/st.35085/t.35085/pr.3.html
http://oralb.com/us/products/kids/stages/default.asp
http://www.adha.org/kidstuff/games/visit/visiting.htm
http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/back-htm/yellow_back.htm
http://www.gifs.net/image/Creatures_and_Cartoons/Anime/Ferro/7303