Activities TO PRINT :

• Medical and pharmaceutical English games and worksheets (tefl.net)

• Dead or death ? (matnauhoctro.com)
  
  
  
  

• Body and Health (BBC | British Council) - a quiz (+ un 2ème quiz)
  ex : "If a person cannot sleep at night, what do they suffer from?
  a. amnesia b. insomnia c. nightmares d. daydreaming"

• Ailments and Illnesses Vocabulary
  (esl-lounge)

• Healthy Living (text with symbols) - (Symbol World)
  
  

• Illness on Cruise Ship (text with symbols) - (Symbol World)
  
  

• Measles (text with symbols) - (Symbol World)
  
  
  
  
  
  

Lesson plans :

• July 28 - World Hepatitis Day - Lesson plan (eslholidaylessons.com)
  
  

• English Lesson Plan on World Blood Donor Day (eslholidaylessons.com)

• Deadly E. Coli Strikes Europe (3rd June, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  TOPIC : Dangers
• English Speaking Nations Most Overweight (26th September, 2010) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart  - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : CHOCOLATE / NAUGHTY BUT NICE / HEALTH / HEALTHY / HEART
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Grandparents Increase Risk of Obesity in Children
  - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : GRANDPARENTS / GRANDMA KNOWS BEST / OBESITY / OVERWEIGHT / WEIGHT
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Nursing.
  "Take a look at the article, poem, cartoon, trivia, links and word games."
  (British Council)

  

• Man Trapped in 23-year Coma Feels Reborn
  "Rom Houben, 46, was badly injured in a car accident in 1983.
  He was just 20 years old. The crash left him so paralysed that doctors thought he was in a coma..."
  - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : BEING REBORN /  LOST DECADES / PARALYSIS / ABILITIES / SCREAM
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Swine flu deaths expected to rise
  - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : Health problems
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• Warmer weather causes headaches
  - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : What things give you a headache? How does the weather affect your feeling?
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  

• US teens taking to alternative medicines - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  

  1 in 9 U.S. kids use alternative medicine
  (msnbc.msn.com)
  
  

• Phrasals4Fun. - Unit Five: Health
  "In each unit you can learn 6 common phrasal verbs on different topics.
  Each unit has three different sections: Listening , Vocabulary and Reading.
  (British Council)

• World healthcare system for the rich - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  
  
  Warning over health inequalities
  "Life expectancy between the world's richest and poorest countries can vary by more than 40 years, a report shows."
  (BBC)
  
  
  

• Flip-flops could be bad for our health - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)
  
  

• Health.
  "Take a look at the article, poem, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Models under 16 banned in London - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  

• Learn To Be Healthy - Interactive activities and Lesson plans:
  Nutrition & Physical Activity / The 5 Senses / Tobacco and Inhalants / Adolescence / Dental Health / Eating Healthy
  (learntobehealthy.org)

  

• Disney, New York City Push for Healthful Eating - a lesson plan
  "Many companies, and at least one city, aim to help solve America s obesity problem..."
  (Education World)

• JUNK FOOD - a lesson plan (Jean-Marc Gébelin - Académie de Grenoble)

  

• Researchers say jogging alone is unhealthy - a lesson plan (Breaking News English)
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work,
  discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

  

• Obesity could be catching (Breaking News English)
  - a lesson plan with " news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities,
  pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

  

• Londoners offered BLT for SAD - a lesson plan
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  BLT = Bright Light Therapy
  SAD = Seasonal Affective Disorder
  (Breaking News English)
  
  
  
  

• Yoga is best for back pain sufferers
  - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities,
  pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  (Breaking News English)

  

• You've Got Mail - a lesson plan (english-4u.com) SITE PAYANT
  Language function: discussing issues; reading comprehension; talking about the past
  Topic: electronic messaging; health
  Grammar: used to do sth
  - with Teacher's Notes

• Ronald McDonald to promote fitness - a lesson plan
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• Television shoes - a lesson plan (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  THE ARTICLE
  WARM-UPS
  BEFORE READING / LISTENING
  WHILE READING / LISTENING
  AFTER READING
  LANGUAGE
  DISCUSSION
  SPEAKING
  LISTENING
  HOMEWORK

• illnesses and health - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• dental care - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.
  
  

• The Down Side Of Body-Piercing (Frankie Meehan)
  "Read the ... article and then answer the questions."

• Mobile Phone Health Question - a lesson plan from English-to-go.com (absolutenglish-972)

• HIV / AIDS Day Resource Page : Lessons and Units - Worksheets - Glossary... (Teacher Planet)
  
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• The Great Flu - an interactive game (advanced)
  You are responsible for dealing with a virus break out.
  Your goal is to isolate it and not let it spread around the world.
  You have a large budget, many options + video reports and news articles
  (thegreatflu.com)

  

• Health - interactive crossword (BBC)

• Sun Safety Word Search - interactive (surfnetkids.com)

• You make me sick - A great educational game from the BBC (avec son)
  
  

• Staying Healthy - word search (surfnetkids)
  
  

• Cure-ious Word Ladder
  
  
  
  
  

• Mr. Smith's new nose - a story
  with some fun activities, a wordsearch and a dictionary
  (British Council)
  
  
  
  
  

Games TO PRINT :

• Medical and pharmaceutical English games and worksheets (tefl.net)

• Find the 5 differences between the 2 pictures (waze.net)
  "This cartoon depicts a dentist holding a stick of dynamite behind his back, saying to the patient "I have to remove all your teeth."

  

• Drug Abuse Crossword Puzzle (pbskids.org)

Movies :

• Contagion
  "is a 2011 American medical thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard,
  Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow,Kate Winslet, and Bryan Cranston. Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal indirect contact transmission virus (fomite transmission) that kills within days.[2] As the fast-moving pandemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than does the virus itself.
  As the virus spreads around the world, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart..."
  See Scientific accuracy
  (Wikipedia)

   

  
  
  
  Cartoon: Contagion
  "This cartoon by Patrick Blower from The Telegraph is a spoof of the poster for the movie Contagion, a medical thriller which follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days..." 
  + COMMENTS + LINKS
  (englishblog.com)
  

• Sicko - a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore
  1 Synopsis
  2 Release 2.1 Box office 2.2 Critical reaction
  3 Response 3.1 Criticism of accuracy 3.2 Legal controversy 3.2.1 Piracy 3.2.2 Treasury Department probe
  4 Cut Scenes
  5 See also
  6 Notes and references
  7 External links
  (Wikipedia)
  
  + The Trailer (michaelmoore.com)

  

• Smoking : Philip Morris can't hide - a Flash movie (Free Range Graphics)
  
  
  
  

• Genetically Krafted - a Flash movie (Free Range Graphics)
  
  

• BRAINPOP MOVIES (with SOUND and QUIZZES) :
  English - Health - Math - Science- Technology - Social Studies