Find lesson plan resources arranged by topic or grade level that help guide children and teens through essential sexual health education topics.
Find lesson plans on these topics on Alberta Health’s Teaching Sexual Health website. Select a topic and choose the type 'Lesson Plans':
- Puberty
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Relationships
- Reproduction and pregnancy
- Contraception
- Decision making
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Abuse and assault
Digital literacy
- Digital literacy (Media Smarts)
- Critical Media Literacy lesson plans (The Fourth R)
Pornography
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising (Media Smarts)
- Resources for Teachers – Pornography (Media Smarts)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Substance use and gambling (iMinds)
Bullying and cyberbullying (Royal Canadian Mounted Police - RCMP)
Relationship violence: Learning resources (RCMP)
Consent (RCMP)
Internet safety (RCMP)
Body image (Healthy Schools BC)
This resource for educators provides body-inclusive lesson plans on a variety of topics that support inclusion, media literacy and knowledge of our bodies, supporting comprehensive sexual health education.
Lessons by grade level
This list includes ready-made lesson plans by grade on a variety of sexual health topics.
Grades K-12 – Sexual Health Resources for Teachers and PHNs (Interior Health)
Grades K-12 – Better to Know: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (Yukon)
Grades 4-11 – Sexual Health Education Program (Central Okanagan Public Schools)
Grades 4-12 – Teaching Sexual Health (Alberta Health)
Grades 5-8 – Always Changing Puberty Education and Active Living Guide (PHE Canada)
Grades 8-10 – Healthy Sexuality Program (Vancouver Coastal Health)
Grades 7-12 – Sexual health lesson plans (York Region)