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Lesson Plans, Whiteboard Activities and Take-Home Activities

Here you’ll find in-depth and fun lesson plans, whiteboard activities and take-home activities that meet educational standards to help you teach your students about stopping the spread of germs, good hygiene and the importance of keeping classrooms clean. Search by grade or lesson type below. Also access additional resources for promoting a healthy classroom, tips from other teachers, and more.

Access resources to help promote a cleaner and healthier classroom like a list of products that can help prevent the spread of germs, tips for cleaning and disinfecting around your classroom, expert advice, student incentives and more.

Healthy Classroom Supply Checklist
We know you keep your classroom clean and care about your students’ health.

Here’s a helpful list of items you can stock in your classroom—or ask parents to donate—to help ensure a clean and healthier classroom, especially during cold and flu season when germs thrive and are on the rise.

Suggested items include
- Hand sanitizer
- Especially those packed with Vitamin C
  Healthy snacks
- Liquid hand soap
- Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes
- Tissues
*Check school policy to confirm the use and donation of products is acceptable. Adults must deliver any donations themselves; do not accept products from students. Store and keep products out of the reach of students. Adults should supervise use of hand sanitizing products.

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Clorox’s Curriculum Education Standards Overview

The curriculum on Clorox Classrooms was designed not only to be a fun and interactive way to teach students how germs spread, but also to meet important national education standards teachers need incorporate into their lessons. Download this chart to see how each of our lessons and activities meet various health and science standards.

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Quick Clean Classroom Routines
Even if your classroom starts out clean, germs can build up all day. These quick and easy clean routines are designed to fit your busy schedule—and to target germ “hot spots” to keep your classroom healthy.

Daily Routines
- 5 min clean routine
  Use Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes
  and quickly:
- 10 min clean routine
  Also, use Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes to wipe down these germ hotspots:
- Wipe down desks
- Computer keyboards
- Wipe down countertops
- Cabinet handles and drawer pulls
- Wipe the light switch
- Faucets and water fountain handles
- Wipe the doorknob
- Pencil sharpeners
- Once-a-Week clean routine
  Use Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes to clean and disinfect surfaces you can’t
  get to every day, especially:
- Paper towel dispensers
- Phone receivers
Remember to:
- Replace sponges
  
  Wash and dry soap dispensers
- Wipe down toys
  
  Wash aprons and hand towels
Be sure to use a product that’s EPA-registered to kill 99.9% of germs. Use cleaning products as directed and always keep them out of the reach of children.

Disinfect frequently touched surfaces regularly.
Stock up on or ask parents to donate Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes, and use them to disinfect hard, non-porous surfaces around the classroom. To help reduce the spread of bacteria and other germs, disinfect the surfaces kids touch most frequently — such as desks, doorknobs, and light switches.

Wash hands the right way.
Teach students to wash their hands the right way frequently, throughout the day, before and after they eat with warm, soapy water, for at least 20 seconds (about the time it takes to sing the "Happy Birthday" song twice).

Make sure students are doing the elbow cough.
Encourage kids to cough into their elbows, not their hands – where they’re more likely to spread viruses through touch.

Partnering with parents.
Share germ-fighting tips with parents, or invite them to donate cleaning supplies* and volunteer their time to help clean up the classroom. Parents are happy to help! Together, you can make a cleaner, healthier classroom for their kids.

*Ask school before donating. Adult delivery.

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"Kids’ Incentive": The Clean Club
We designed this site to help you teach kids healthy habits, so they can reduce their exposure to germs. To help get kids excited and engaged, these important lessons and activities make joining The Clean Club a goal.

Once the lessons are complete, students can earn the title of official "Germbuster" and become a certified member of The Clean Club.
as a member, they must promise to always follow The clean club code:
- I will wash my hands
- I will always cough into my elbow
- I will always use a tissue
Celebrate and recognize the germbusting, hygiene-promoting habits students are mastering at school by downloading and printing a Germbuster Badge for students. It will help make your students feel special and add to the fun of learning about how to stay clean and healthy.

Give this Germbuster Badge to your students when they’ve completed a lesson and can officially join The Clean Club, a fun way to reward good behavior.

Your students will love playing a "clean scene investigator" learning alongside Clean Club "grime-fighters" Ella, Johnny and Harry. Once the curriculum is complete, students earn a Germbuster badge and become official members of The Clean Club.

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Other Helpful Resources
Here are some other websites that you may find helpful:
- www.clorox.com Resources to help you create a clean and sanitary environment for your classroom.
- www.sayboototheflu.com Get seasonal flu vaccine information and say “Boo!” to the flu this flu season.
- www.cdc.gov/flu Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) online source for credible health and influenza information.
- www.childrenshealthfund.org Information from a national pediatric mobile program supporting direct health services and public education programs in disadvantaged rural and urban communities.
- www.kidshealth.org The Web’s most visited site about children’s health, from the health experts of Nemours.
- www.healthychildren.org Up-to-the-minute pediatric health information from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).