8th Grade Oral Health & Entrepreneurship Plan

Every Lesson Includes

📄 Teacher Lesson Plan

📊 Presentation Slides

🖍 Student activities

📚 State Standards alignment

Lessons

🦷 Oral Health
Time: 3 Days
Topic: Behavioral Science
Format: Interactive
Includes: Lesson Plan + Student Guide + Slides
Overview: This capstone project pushes students past simple biology and into behavioral science. Students will design a real-world health awareness campaign aimed at changing teen behavior.
Students Will:
  • Synthesize scientific information about tooth decay into persuasive messaging.
  • Identify the ‘Knowledge-Action Gap’ in health behaviors.
  • Design a multi-channel awareness campaign (social media, posters, or video).
  • Explain how communication influences behavior change.
💡 Entrepreneurship
Time: 4 Days
Topic: Entrepreneurship / Business
Format: Interactive
Includes: Lesson Plan + Student Packet + Slides + Rubric
Overview: In this capstone project, students learn that business isn’t just about money—it’s about impact. Using Alina Morse’s Million Smiles Initiative as a model, students will design their own non-profit organization.
Students Will:
  • Define the difference between for-profit and non-profit organizations.
  • Analyze a real-world social problem and identify a root cause.
  • Create a non-profit business plan covering Mission, Funding, and Operations.
  • Pitch a social-impact idea to an audience.

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