A great way to keep yourself and your students informed on the best ways to maintain a healthy environment is to take advantage of some wonderful and free resources available on the Internet. Explore some resources developed for children and youth about germs and healthy environments by following the links here.

Then answer the questions below and share your answers with a trainer, coach, or administrator.

Select one of the podcasts on handwashing by the CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/podcasts.html]

1. How could you use this information with school-agers?
2. Do you think this is a valuable resource? Why or why not?
3. Creating podcasts would be a fun and easy way to get your school-age children involved in health-related topics. What are three topics about healthy environments you think school-age children might enjoy researching and developing a podcast for?
4. Now that you have had time to explore some great resources for school-age staff and school-age children, please take a few moments to reflect on what you have learned in this lesson.
5. What do you think is the most important idea to take away from this lesson?
6. What are three things you will do to help create a safe and healthy environment for school-age children?