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Smart Health Consumer

Eleventh graders learn to evaluate health information and products — spotting reliable sources versus red flags like miracle cures and clickbait — so they can make smart, evidence-based choices about their health.

Grade 11Consumer Health55 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Evaluate health info.
  • ✓Spot reliable sources.
  • ✓Sort out red flags.
  • ✓Make smart choices.
Essential Question

The internet is full of health advice — some great, some junk (or scams). How do you tell a reliable source from a red flag?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Reliable or Red Flag?

Project this and sort each into reliable source or red flag.

🔍 Sort each — reliable source or red flag?Try it
✅ Reliable
🚩 Red Flag
Tap one, then tap a bucket.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

55 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Great Advice and Junk

6 min

The internet is full of health advice — some great, some junk. How do you tell?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a real vs. fake claim.
  • Ask which to trust.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Smart Consumer

13 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Reliable or Red Flag?
  • Sort each one.
  • Discuss them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Discuss.
  • Name.
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Practice — Practice

15 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Check a source’s credentials.
  • Spot a red flag.
  • Explain why.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Check it.
  • Spot it.
  • Explain.
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Apply — Apply

13 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Evaluate a real health claim.
  • Decide if it’s reliable.
  • Explain it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Evaluate.
  • Decide.
  • Explain.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a reliable source.
  • Name a red flag.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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HE.2

Analyze influences on health.

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HE.3

Access valid health information.

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HE.5

Use decision-making skills.

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HE.8

Advocate for health.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Source example cards.
  • Sentence frame: “This is reliable / a red flag because ___.”
  • Use real examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with doctor vs. miracle cure.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use clear examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Fact-check a viral claim.
  • Explain conflicts of interest.
  • Make a checklist.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 🔍Example claims
  • 💻Reliable or Red Flag?
  • 📱Sample websites
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

consumer healthmaking smart health choicesreliabletrustworthysourcewhere info comes fromevidenceproof from researchcredentialsa source’s qualificationsred flaga warning signclickbaitmisleading attention-grabbing contentbiasa slant or motive
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Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a reliable health source.
A doctor or nurse, a .gov/.edu site, or claims backed by research.
QUESTION 2
Name a red flag in health info.
A “miracle cure,” clickbait, only selling something, or no evidence.
QUESTION 3
Why be a smart health consumer?
To make evidence-based choices and avoid scams.

Cool-Down: check the source.

Have students find a health claim online and decide if it’s reliable or a red flag. A printable consumer-health sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Smart Health ConsumerPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: bias, clickbait, consumer health, credentials, evidence, red flag, reliable, source
  1. a warning sign
  2. trustworthy
  3. a slant or motive
  4. making smart health choices
  5. where info comes from
  6. proof from research
  7. misleading attention-grabbing content
  8. a source’s qualifications

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a reliable health source.
  2. Name a red flag in health info.
  3. Why be a smart health consumer?
Answer key — Part A: 1) red flag · 2) reliable · 3) bias · 4) consumer health · 5) source · 6) evidence · 7) clickbait · 8) credentials
Part B: 1) A doctor or nurse, a .gov/.edu site, or claims backed by research. 2) A “miracle cure,” clickbait, only selling something, or no evidence. 3) To make evidence-based choices and avoid scams.