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Cooking Science - Exploratorium
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): cooking (33)
In the Classroom
Veteran teachers know that food is a great way to keep students interested in a subject. This site does it with style.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Five A Day Nutrition - National Cancer Institute
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): nutrition (137)
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Depression in Children and Teens - American Academy of Family Practitioners
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): mental health (62), parents (54)
In the Classroom
Share this page with your guidance counselor and families. This short page outlines some of the reasons for depression in teens and children, suggests strategies parents can use to help determine whether their child might be depressed, and offers a number of additional web resources that provide more detailed information on depression in adolescents.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Moody or Depressed - Symptoms of Depression in Children and Teenagers - Boys Town
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
This site has a list of some of the basic signals or behaviors that can indicate depression in children or teens. You may want to share this with parents at back-to-school night and post on your website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bilingual Health Information
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): nutrition (137)
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Kid's View of the Millennium - Plan International
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): resources (79)
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Web of Addictions Rolodex
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): drugs and alcohol (29)
In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug photo posters using Captioner.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Self-scoring Alcohol Checkup
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): drugs and alcohol (29)
In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make multimedia anti-drug presentations using Prezi, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Inhalant Use Disorder - Cleveland Clinic
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): drugs and alcohol (29)
In the Classroom
In the classroom, students create a public service announcement sharing the risk factors with inhalant use disorder. Students can create a Padlet, reviewed here of facts they learned. Finally, students can use Google Drawings, reviewed here to compare and contrast inhalant use disorder to another disorder.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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All About Eating Disorders
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): eating disorders (6)
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All About Suicide
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): psychology (60)
In the Classroom
The most useful resource on this site would be the list of resources that offer help to someone suffering from suicidal thoughts. Share the resources with students during a health class on the interactive whiteboard or projector. While a student suffering from these thoughts won't jump up and thank you, having the information can only benefit them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Suicide Warning Signs - Mayo Clinic
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): psychology (60)
In the Classroom
This article would be the most useful in high school, and would be appropriate for gathering general information about suicide and help lines. Use the site in a health class as a way to broach the topic with students, sharing the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Teachers can have students explore it on their own, afterward having a class discussion on ways to spot depression in friends and how to deal with it.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PE Central - Virginia Tech University and S&S Worldwide
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): adaptations (21), dance (41), fitness (35), nutrition (137), Special Needs (46), sports (91)
In the Classroom
Remember to check this site at the beginning of the year when planning your physical education units. Share this site with other PE educators, especially with student teachers or those new to teaching.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smoking Education Resources from the CDC - Centers for Disease Control
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): drugs and alcohol (29)
In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make interactive anti-drug posters using Lucidpress, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KidsHealth - DuPont Foundation
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
This site has a lot of short educational movies that would be great for reviewing a lesson. Find the appropriate movie for your lesson, and show it at the end of class on the interactive whiteboard or projector. There are also a lot of review activities and student exploration resources on this site that would make it an excellent learning center or station. Save the site as a favorite, and have students review it in cooperative learning groups before a quiz or test.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): safety (62)
In the Classroom
Your students and their families will benefit from learning about bicycle safety here, including information on choosing the best types of helmets. Be sure to put a link to this site on your website or in a newsletter. Share with parents at back to school night.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Environmental Health Hazards and Children - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Grades
4 to 6tag(s): conservation (103), ecology (113)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the lesson plans and more. Have students fill out a graphic organizer as a pre and post assessment about what they know about environmental hazards. A KWL chart works well for this. Replace paper graphic organizers with online, interactive graphic organizers at Holt Graphic Organizers, reviewed here. As you work through the unit ask students to write about how to apply the ideas in this curricular unit on the environment and health to their own home lives. Exchange a paper journal with a blog tool like Site123, reviewed here. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Edublog, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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School Health Manual - State of Maine
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