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Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Digestive System Labeling Interactive

For Students 4th - 7th
Interactive tests knowledge of the digestive system. Do you know where the stomach, large intestine, and gall bladder are located?
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Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Bones of the Body

For Students 9th - 10th
How well do you know your bones in your body? Test your knowledge by clicking on the correct dot corresponding to the correct bone of the body.
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Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Main Bones of the Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Thirty six question quiz tests the users knowledge of the main bones of the body.
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Handout
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer Info Svc: Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives the connection between HPV and cervical cancer and gives information on preventing HPV and treating cervical cancer.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: Uncle Sam and the American Diet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will closely examine two food nutrition guideline posters from the USDA to determine the government's purpose in creating such guidelines and how they have changed over time. Students will also question how...
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Website
National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Environmental Health Services: Lead Poisoning

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive resource explains everything from the characteristics of a lead atom to symptoms of lead poisoning.
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Interactive
National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: Bradley and the Bad Pb

For Students 3rd - 5th
Interactive children's story that teaches about the dangers of lead poisoning. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see all the different sources of lead in the environment and the symptoms of lead poisoning.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Healthy Weight

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether studying health or physical education, this site explains the importance of lifestyle when trying to lose weight and get in shape.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Physical Activity Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Who needs physical activity? How can it help? Find out here with this introduction to physical activity from the CDC.
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Handout
American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Allergy Shots: Could They Help Your Allergies?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides great information on allergy shots and whether or not they could help with your allergies. The topics that are covered include: what are allergy shots, how do they work, what kind of allergies can be treated with...
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Handout
American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Mononucleosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives easy-to-understand information about Mononucleosis, including symptoms, how it's passed, diagnosis, treatment, and activity warnings. This is a great article to check out in order to get an overview of information on...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Not Scared, Prepared

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different people and organization that help during an emergency. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Munchausen Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
A serious mental disorder, Munchausen syndrome is discussed here: definition, symptoms, causes, risk factors, complications, tests and diagnosis, treatments and drugs, and prevention.
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Shingles

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a thorough overview of shingles. Learn to detect the signs associated with shingles and and read about how this disease is diagnosed, treated, and prevented.
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Trichotillomania

For Students 9th - 10th
Severe cases consist of repeatedly pulling hair out from all areas of the the body. Most of the time this type of disorder is hid from others. The Mayo Clinic provides a definition, symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatments and drugs.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: West Nile Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides basic information on West Nile virus including how to avoid it and a map that shows which parts of the United States have the most cases.
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Handout
Other

Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains comprehensive medical articles on over one hundred fifty mental disorders such as learning disorders, mental illnesses, bipolar disorder, and Asperger's.
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Article
Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Is Amnesia?

For Students 9th - 10th
Amnesia is the loss of memory. Learn what the causes can be, the different types, the symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and what the treatments are.
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Article
Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Is Puberty?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what puberty is and the difference between early puberty and late puberty in this informative article from Medical News Today. Learn what happens during girl's and boy's puberty, what causes it, and treatment options.
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Article
Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Are Bed Bugs?

For Students 9th - 10th
Bed bugs are becoming a growing problem today. Find out what they are, how dangerous they are to humans, how they feed and reproduce, treatment, and how to control them.
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Website
Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Is Swine Flu?

For Students 9th - 10th
Answers questions about swine flu: what it is, who gets it, what the risks are, what are the signs and symptoms, what medications are there to fight it, and how can one protect himself from getting swine flu?
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Website
Other

Hemophilia Federation of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the Hemophilia Federation of America. Contains recent hemophilia-related news articles and links to hemophilia-related sites.
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Article
Other

Cancer Information Network: Follow Up and Emotional Support

For Students 9th - 10th
The article stresses the importance of follow-up treatment for lung cancer and the significance of family and group support.
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Unit Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: What's the Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great set of lesson plans through which students explore air pollution and its causes and become aware of air pollution trends and how air pollution affects health. Many questions are examined during the course of study: "What...