ACTIVITIES
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- In-class demonstrations
- Worksheets
- Information about books about healthy teeth and going to the dentist
- Coloring pages
- Word searches and other puzzles
- Animations and games
- Quizzes
- Songs
In-class Demonstrations
- PreK-3 Colgate: Bright Smiles, Bright Futures—a commercial site
- PreK-3 Colgate Kids site—a commercial site
- PreK-3Colgate Kids games and other activities on teeth, dental health and nutrition—a commercial site
- K-5 Demonstrates the importance of brushing (requires white-shelled hard boiled eggs, Coke, cups, fluoride toothpaste)
- K-5 Demonstrates the effect of acid on teeth (requires an egg, vinegar, a jar)
- K-5 Demonstrates the
importance of good dental care habits (required to complete all the experiments listed below)
- Experiment 1 (requires: hard boiled eggs, a brown soft drink like cola or root beer, a jar)
- Experiment 2 (requires: dried chicken bones, plastic cups, vinegar)
- Experiment 3 (requires: extracted teeth obtained from a local dentist, nail polish, water, water and sugar solution, a soft drink, water and salt solution, vinegar)
- K-5 Demonstration of The Effects of Fluoride (requires: 2 boiled eggs, Large Pickle Jar, Vinegar, Plastic Food Storage Bag, Fluoride Gel)
- Grade 1 Educator’s Guide—a commercial site
- 4-6 Demonstration of The Power of Fluoride (requires: 1 bottle of Fluoride rinse solution (available from your dentist, local dental supply company and some pharmacies), 2 eggs, 1 bottle of white vinegar, 3 containers)
- 4-6 Demonstration simulates an acid attack on teeth (requires: 2 clean chicken bones, 1 container, 1 bottle of white vinegar)
- 4-6 Floss is the Boss (requires: a rubber glove, a jar of peanut butter and something to spread it with, a container of dental floss, a toothbrush and some toothpaste)
- 4-6 Hidden Sugar (requires: 1 bottle of Benedict's solution (ask the school Science department), assorted small pieces of food (cookies, crackers, bread, fruit), several glass test tubes, 1 heat source (burner, gas or electric), tongs)
Worksheets
- PreK-K Draw a picture of yourself with a healthy smile Printable Worksheet
- K-3 Tooth Care (Requires Dr. Rabbit’s World Tour video, construction paper, glue, construction paper, a toothcare kit for each child)
- K-2 Food Group/Nutrition (requires: construction paper, old newspapers or magazines, scissors, glue, paper plates, crayons and/or marker)
- K-5 Make a smile collage (requires: mural paper, magazines, newspapers, and other sources of advertisements/images of smiling, people, glue, tape, or staples, writing paper
- K-5 What Toothpaste Do You Use? (A Graphing Activity)
- 4-6 All About Teeth Worksheet (7 pages) including:
- Diagram for labeling parts of the tooth
- What Makes Holes in Our Teeth demonstration using eggs, vinegar, coca-cola, water
- Finding Out About Different Types of Teeth
- Your Mouth—The Inside Story
- 5-6 Reading Comprehension/Science “Cavities,” Questions and Answers
- Unlabelled Tooth Diagram
- Labeled Tooth Diagram
Books about healthy teeth and going to the dentist
- Book review of Tooth Tales from Around the World
- A Quarter From the Tooth Fairy by Caren Holtzman
- A Visit to the Dentist by Eleanor Fremont, illustrated by Andy Mastrocinque
- Andrew’s Loose Tooth by Robert N. Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
- Arthur’s Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban
- Barney Goes to the Dentist
- The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Brush Your Teeth Please by Leslie McGuire, illustrated by Jean Pidgeon
- Dear Tooth Fairy by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illustrated by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
- Dragon Teeth and Parrot Beaks: Even Creatures Brush Their Teeth by Almute Grohmann
- Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
- Fang the Dentist by Mike Thaler, illustrated by Jared Lee
- Healthy Teeth are Happy Teeth by Jacqueline Centofanti-Diaz
- How Many Teeth? by Paul Showers, illustrated by True Kelley
- Just Going to the Dentist by Mercer Mayer
- Little Bear Brushes His Teeth by Jutta Langreuter, illustrated by Vera Sobat
- Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
- My
Loose Tooth by Stephen Krensky
- No Tooth, No Quarter by Jon Buller, illustrated by Susan Schade
- Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller
- Sesame Street - Ready, Set, Brush: A Pop-Up Book by Che Rudko and Tom Brannon
- The Tooth Book by Theo Lesieg and Joseph Mathieu, illustrated by Dr. Seuss
- The Tooth Fairy by Kirsten Hall
- Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by Selby Beeler, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
- Trevor's Wiggly-Wobbly Tooth by Lester L. Laminack
- What Do the Fairies Do With All Those Teeth? by Michel Luppens, illustrated by Phillipe Beha
- When I See My Dentist by Susan Kuklin
- Where's Your Tooth by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Coloring pages
- PreK-K Draw a picture of yourself with a healthy smile Printable Worksheet
- PreK-1 Dental-themed coloring pages (downloadable)
- PreK-2 World’s Wackiest Dental Office
Word searches and other puzzles
- Grade 1 Teeth: On-line word search puzzle
- 2-3 "Something's missing" word puzzle, from the American Dental Association
- Grade 3 Teeth: On-line word search puzzle
- 4-5 Teeth to Treasure! Word Search, from the American Dental Association
- 4-6 Word Scramble
- 4-6 Word Search
- Grade 5 Dental-related word search
Animations and Games
- PreK-2 Visit the Dentist with Marty , an online interactive story
- K-5 Tooth brushing animation
- Games and Quizzes
Quizzes
- 4-5 Quiz and answers This “Dental Health IQ” is geared towards adults but the information might be useful for K-5 teachers.
Songs
- K-4 Dental-related lyrics put to familiar melodies