Health

Links verified on 4/20/2012

1. Adolescent Health On-Line - posted by the American Medical Association.
2. Adolescent - Social Skills for Middle School Students - Lesson plans
3. American Heart Association - Healthier Kids
4. A Puff Doesn't Make You Cool Stuff - [grades 9-12] project-based lesson using Excel
5. A Brush Chart - A colorful reminder to brush your teeth at least twice a day [from Colgate].
6. Brush Chart to Color - another tooth brushing chart to print
7. BAM - Body and Mind - BAM! Body and Mind is a resource for you to incorporate CDC health, safety, and science topics into your classroom. The site also offers your students interactive content to investigate topics for school or for a personal interest.
8. Your Body - From growing up to getting braces, popping pimples to catching some ZZZs, this section gives you the basics on your changing body - from head to toe. For teens.
9. Bio Medical Lab - The Walker - See how one walks when variables are moved. Interactive site.
10. Breakfast Basics - from Kids Health
11. Bright Smiles, Bright Futures. teacher materials from Colgate
12. Build a Healthy Lunch Tray - 2nd-4th grade lesson plan - How to make good food choices in the cafeteria
13. Calories - How many calories am I burning when I exercise?
14. Clean Hands and Good Manners - Manners and hand-washing go "hand in hand" when it comes to a safe and pleasant cafeteria environment. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
15. Climate Change and Human Health - from the World Health Organization
16. Climate Change and Human Health - from the New England Journal of Medicine
17. Climate Change: Health and Environmental Effects - a report from the Environmental Protection Agency
18. CoolSpot - Teen place for information on Alcohol and resisting peer pressure
19. Drugs and Alcohol - A 13-issue soap opera comic book about young people dealing with substance abuse and addiction.
20. Drug Database - Prescription, Nonprescription and Herbal medicine database collections from Web MD
21. Drug Information - browse by brand or generic name
22. Drug Testing - Withstanding the test of time -NCAA drug-testing program has been more than an effective deterrent for substance abuse
23. Drug Use in Sports - links to articles about drug usage in sports.
24. Effects Of Global Environmental Change On Human Health - a report from Science Daily
25. Emerging and Infectious Diseases - Lesson plans and interactive material for students.
26. Environmental Change and Our Health - This website was developed as a tool for students and teachers; it's also a great resource for anyone interested in the environment and human health
27. Fighting Disease: Health At The End Of The Millennium - Another Wired Curriculum from The United Nations CyberSchoolBus
28. First Aid Action - Packed with practical, up-to-the-minute advice, the course lets you learn at your own pace
29. Health and the Global Environment - K-12 Teacher's resources from Harvard Medical
30. Health Career Abbreviations - matching game
31. Health Lesson Plans for Block Scheduling - integrate health with other subject areas
32. Health News daily from the New York Times
33. The Heart - Online Exploration
34. HeartPoint - site to help in the understanding of the heart and heart disease
35. Human Anatomy Online - Learn about the body systems
36. A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change - a report outlining the research needs on the human health effects of climate change
37. InteliHealth - Interactive Tools, Quizzes, and Illustrations
38. KidsHealth.org - trainloads of information on infections, behavior & emotions, food & fitness, and growing up healthy, as well as cool games and animation
39. Live Healthier, Live Longer - the relationship between cholesterol and coronary disease
40. Looking Good, Feeling Good - Grades 6-8 - interactive site with lesson plans.
41. Martindale's Health Science Guide containing over 52,000 teaching files
42. Mind over Matter - Help adolescents learn about the effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain.
43. Obesity - Video Discussion by teens on their fights with obesity. Quizzes, body image and eating disorders included.
44. Obesity - Healthy and Active Kids - interactive site for students in grades 4-8
45. On Health: Your Personal Guide to Health - Special reports and news items related to health are the focus of this site. The conditions database offers a wealth of information. Acne, AIDS, and Alzheimer's are just a few I found in the A category of their conditions database. [Web MD]
46. PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs - Look up any prescription drug.
47. Pedometer - Gmaps pedometer - Find out how many miles you run. Track your distance with gmaps.
48. Quackwatch - Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
49. Sleep Disorders - Lesson plan and interactive material for students.
50. Smart Mouth - Learn about foods
51. The Sneezer Pleaser - Learn the correct way to fight germs when you have to sneeze! Coloring Picture that goes along with the story K-2
52. Walk in My Shoes - an activity project that reaches across generations and teaches young people about growing older and the physical changes that occur with age.

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