Program Guide
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
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| Be A Brain Builder |
10-13 |
5-6 | 45 Minutes |
Youth will learn about the brain and nervous system. They will study various learning styles and be encouraged to... |
| Incredible Machine |
9-12 |
4-5 | 90 Minutes |
Youth learn about the wonder of the human body from the intricacy of a single cell to the complexity of a body... |
| Scrubby Bear |
4-5 |
Preschool | 45 Minutes |
Children will hear from King Wisdom Tooth and TAM (Transparent Anatomical Mannequin), about the importance of... |
| Kinderhealth |
5-7 |
Kindergarten | 60 Minutes |
Youth will participate in a lively, fun-filled adventure which teaches the keys to a healthy life. Children... |
| Happy Healthy Me |
6-8 |
1 | 60 Minutes |
Children will learn to be happy and healthy by viewing the exciting Jungle Jam puppet show. Interactive... |
| My Sensational Senses |
7-9 |
2 | 60 Minutes |
Emphasis in this program is on the senses of the body. Using fascinating, larger-than-life displays, children will... |
| Safe and Sound All Around |
7-9 |
2 | 45 Minutes |
Participants will engage in activities displaying the importance of staying aware and attentive when out and about... |
| Health Adventure |
8-10 |
3 | 90 Minutes |
Children visit with TAM (Transparent Anatomical Mannequin), or Mannequin Man, experiment with parts of the... |
| Something to Chew On |
7-10 |
2-3 | 45 Minutes |
Teeth are here to stay and be used! Children will see the use for which teeth are designed and explore how... |
| Senses Gathering Information |
7-10 |
2-3 | 45 Minutes |
Students will interact with Dr. Byrd E. Brain who struggles to identify the four keys to being healthy. During the... |
| Circulate & Oxygenate: It's Your Fate |
6-12 |
1-5 | 45 Minutes |
All systems are a go at the McMillen Center! Discover this “heart-throbbing” and “breath-taking... |
| Bones & Tone: A Moving Experience |
6-12 |
1-5 | 45 Minutes |
This program will have you jumping out of your seats! Come experience this momentous program about the skeletal... |
| Don’t Text and Drive |
12-19 |
7-12 | 45 Minutes |
Cell phones have become a major part of our... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fact or Quack |
11-15 |
6-8 | 45 Minutes |
This program will empower students to differentiate between marketing scams and healthy lifestyle choices. Fad... |
| Balance Your Act |
13-19 |
8-12 | 45 Minutes |
Students learn how to decrease their caloric intake by identifying high fat and highly sweetened foods. Youth will... |
| Food, Fitness and Fun |
9-12 |
4-5 | 45 Minutes |
This program will challenge students to be fit for life. During the Food Frenzy activity, students will... |
| BFF: Body Friendly Foods |
7-10 |
2-3 | 45 Minutes |
This program will motivate kids to jump into fitness! Interactive activities including Plate Pizzazz... |
| Food to Go |
5-8 |
K-1 | 45 Minutes |
This program is designed for younger students to start looking at healthy food options and good ways to keep... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be Wise Er |
6-9 |
1-2 | 60 Minutes |
Young children will learn about the effects of tobacco and alcohol on the body. The keys to being healthy are... |
| Drug Free...Way To Be! |
9-12 |
4-5 | 90 Minutes |
Youth will experience how the nervous system works and what effects alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants... |
| Decisions: It's Up to You |
11-15 |
6-8 | 90 Minutes |
Youth will learn about the effects that tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and methamphetamine have on the human body.... |
| Don't Be the Butt of Tobacco |
11-16 |
6-9 | 45 Minutes |
Youth will experience how the tobacco industry markets directly to them and realize how unglamorous tobacco use... |
| Tobacco: Coughin' to Coffin |
13-19 |
8-12 | 45 Minutes |
Young people are exposed to subtle marketing of tobacco through product placement in media campaigns. Students... |
| The News About Booze |
13-19 |
8-12 | 45 Minutes |
Alcohol abuse is a common factor in the three leading causes of death for young people between the ages of 15-24.... |
| Stay Drug Free |
9-12 |
4-5 | 45 Minutes |
Students will learn the facts about alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants. A major emphasis will be the... |
| Informed Decisions |
11-15 |
6-8 | 45 Minutes |
The goal of this program is for students to be enlightened decision makers regarding drugs, so they will make... |
| Straight Talk: Alcohol |
15-19 |
10-12 | 45 Minutes |
In this class participants will follow the path of a drink through the body, learning both the short and long-term... |
| Straight Talk: Drugs and Smoking |
15-19 |
10-12 | 45 Minutes |
In this class participants will learn how illegal drugs work in our bodies and the short and long-term effects of... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
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| Stand Against Bullying |
12-15 |
7-8 | 45 Minutes |
Statistics show that 1 out of 5 students have reported that they have been bullied “sometimes” or more... |
| Beat the Bully |
8-11 |
3-4 | 60 Minutes |
Youth will learn how to stop bullying, avoid being the target of a bully, and how to be an active bystander.... |
| Don't Give Me Any Bull |
8-11 |
3-4 | 45 Minutes |
Youth will learn how to stop bullying, shield themselves from being the target of a bully, and how to be an active... |
| Hesitate to Intimidate |
10-13 |
5-6 | 60 Minutes |
Youth will learn that each of us has the right to be treated with respect and that each of us has the power to be... |
| Wired & Routed: Cyber Bullying |
11-15 |
6-8 | 45 Minutes |
This program looks at the new trend of bullying: cyber bullying. As the Net Generation becomes more... |
| Dating: Avoiding the Danger Zone |
12-15 |
7-8 | 45 Minutes |
Statistics show that of the students currently dating, as many as 59% have experienced physical violence and 96%... |
| Bullying: Imbalance of Power |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
This program is designed for students to look at effects of sexual harassment, stereotyping, and bullying within... |
| Get the Facts: Suicide Prevention |
13-15 |
8 | Two 45 Minute Sessions |
This program is a two-part series adapted from the evidence-based program, Lifelines. These classes will increase... |
| Get the Facts: Suicide Prevention - Parent Workshop |
Adult |
45 Minutes |
This program is for the parents of teens receiving our suicide prevention education. This program is designed to... |
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| Sexting & Texting: No Unsend Button |
13-17 |
6-12 | 45 minutes |
This program underscores the effect sexting, texting, and IM-ing negative messages have on both the recipient of... |
| Bully Don’t Bother Me |
5-10 |
K-3 | 45 Minutes |
Using age appropriate video, visual illustrations and role playing students discover how important it is to be a... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immune Immobilizer: HIV |
8-11 |
3-4 | 60 Minutes |
Students learn that they can make healthy choices to keep their body healthy. They experience how the immune... |
| STD's Not for Me |
13-19 |
8-12 | 45 Minutes |
Youth will learn about responsibilities that come with adolescence and are taught the consequences of sexual... |
| Breast Self Exam |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
Breast cancer strikes one out of eight women in the United States. Young women will learn about early detection of... |
| Veto the Virus: HIV |
10-13 |
5-6 | 45 Minutes |
Students see how the immune system keeps us healthy and how HIV weakens the immune system. Stages of HIV infection... |
| AIDS Ammunition: HIV |
12-15 |
7-8 | 60 Minutes |
Youth receive an overview of the immune system and how it responds to infection. They will also learn how HIV... |
| Infection Connection: HIV |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
This program will provide accurate information about HIV so that youth are able to protect themselves from... |
| Testicular Self-Exam |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
Testicular cancer is the number one cancer of males ages 15-34. Young men learn about early detection of... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys: Bodies In Progress |
9-13 |
4-6 | 90 Minutes |
Boys learn about changes that occur in males during puberty. Topics include emotional changes, hygiene, physical... |
| Girls: Bodies In Progress |
9-13 |
4-6 | 90 Minutes |
Girls learn about changes that occur in females during puberty. Topics include emotional changes, hygiene,... |
| Every 'Body' Changes: Boys |
9-13 |
4-6 | 45 Minutes |
Youth will learn the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty. Topics include secondary sexual... |
| Every 'Body' Changes: Girls |
9-13 |
4-6 | 45 Minutes |
Youth will learn the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty. Topics include secondary sexual... |
| Life Begins |
10-13 |
5-6 | 90 Minutes |
Youth learn about the normal physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty so they are prepared for the... |
| Toward Maturity |
11-14 |
6-7 | 90 Minutes |
Youth will learn about the physical, emotional, and social changes that occur during the journey to adulthood.... |
| Parenting: A Reality Check |
13-19 |
8-12 | 90 Minutes |
Youth will receive a “reality check” concerning the responsibilities of parenting. In today’s... |
| Respect and Responsibility |
12-19 |
7-12 | 90 Minutes |
Youth will be made aware of the consequences of sexual activity. Students learn the benefits of abstinence as the... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testicular Self Exam |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
Testicular cancer is the number one cancer of males ages 15-34. Young men learn about early detection of... |
| Breast Self Exam |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
Breast cancer strikes one out of eight women in the United States. Young women will learn about early detection of... |
| Just for Girls |
10-13 |
5-6 | 90 Minutes |
Girls will learn of the physical and emotional changes that occur in females during puberty. Topics include... |
| Just for Boys |
10-13 |
5-6 | 90 Minutes |
Boys will learn of the physical and emotional changes that occur in males during puberty. Topics include secondary... |
| Moving to Maturity |
13-15 |
8 | 90 Minutes |
Youth will participate in an in-depth program that fosters awareness of physical, emotional, and social changes... |
| Be Free From HIV |
11-13 |
6 | 45 Minutes |
Students act out how the immune system usually keeps us healthy in spite of the virus exposure we have and how HIV... |
| HIV: Help Intercept the Virus |
12-15 |
7-8 | 60 Minutes |
Youth receive an overview of the immune system and how it responds to infection. HIV infection and modes of... |
| Terrific T's: HIV |
9-12 |
4-5 | 60 Minutes |
Students learn they can make healthy choices to keep their body healthy. They experience how the immune system... |
| Beginnings of Life |
12-14 |
7 | 90 Minutes |
A Health Educator will discuss the outward and inward changes involved with puberty as well as conception,... |
| Infection Connection: HIV |
14-19 |
9-12 | 45 Minutes |
This program will provide accurate information about HIV so youth are able to protect themselves from infection.... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
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| Life Skills 2 Friend or Foe - Where do they Go? |
12-adult |
N/A | 45-60 Minutes |
Friend or Foe – Where Do They Go? 45-60 minutes Participants are introduced to the idea of... |
| Life Skills 1 Hygiene |
12-adult |
N/A | 45-60 Minutes |
Participants use guessing games, video clips, and interactive role-play to illustrate examples of how and why to... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
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| Eat Right Stay Healthy |
Brownie |
60 Minutes |
Girls will learn how to make healthy food choices in today’s fast food and snack oriented world. They will... |
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| Senses |
Brownie |
60 Minutes |
Girls will use displays to gain knowledge about how their brain and five senses work together to understand the... |
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| My Body |
Brownie |
60 Minutes |
Girls will learn facts about the amazing human body including information about specific body organs. The brain... |
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| Becoming a Teen |
Junior |
90 Minutes |
Girls, their parents, and leaders learn about the normal changes of puberty for females. Topics include... |
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| Highway to Health |
Junior |
90 Minutes |
Girls will learn to demonstrate some positive ways to handle stress. Choosing to make positive healthy decisions... |
| Program | Ages | Grades | Time/Duration | Description |
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| Hygiene |
Adult |
30 Minutes |
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| Tobacco |
Adult |
30 Minutes |
... |
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| Nutrition & Exercise |
Adult |
30 Minutes |
• Healthy Eating ... |
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| Sexuality |
Adult |
30 Minutes |
• Appropriate/... |
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McMillen Center for Health Education | 600 Jim Kelley Blvd. | Fort Wayne, IN 46816 | (260) 456-4511