Using Artwork Projects to Teach Health Concepts: Powerful and Engaging

The session introduces an innovative method to teach health concepts, specifically stress management and coping mechanisms, through engaging art projects. This approach demonstrates how implementing art in your health classroom, such as painting shoes or skateboards, can foster multiple positive learning outcomes for students. These benefits include engaging diverse learning styles, encouraging emotional expression, promoting critical thinking, and developing communication skills. Attendees will learn (example: painting shoes or skateboards), practical implementation steps, encompassing rubric design, supply acquisition, defining learning expectations, and facilitating student reflection and personal connection to the material. The project's rationale emphasizes its power and necessity in moving students beyond rote memorization, enabling them to truly internalize health knowledge in a meaningful way. Walk away with plans to engage your students in a fun and exciting way through the implementation of an art project for your health class.