PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Digestive System Labeling Interactive
Interactive tests knowledge of the digestive system. Do you know where the stomach, large intestine, and gall bladder are located?
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Bones of the Body
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.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Main Bones of the Skeleton
Thirty six question quiz tests the users knowledge of the main bones of the body.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Cancer Info Svc: Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer
This site gives the connection between HPV and cervical cancer and gives information on preventing HPV and treating cervical cancer.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Uncle Sam and the American Diet
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...
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Services: Lead Poisoning
This comprehensive resource explains everything from the characteristics of a lead atom to symptoms of lead poisoning.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: Bradley and the Bad Pb
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Healthy Weight
Whether studying health or physical education, this site explains the importance of lifestyle when trying to lose weight and get in shape.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Physical Activity Introduction
Who needs physical activity? How can it help? Find out here with this introduction to physical activity from the CDC.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Allergy Shots: Could They Help Your Allergies?
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...
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Mononucleosis
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...
Read Works
Read Works: Not Scared, Prepared
[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.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Munchausen Syndrome
A serious mental disorder, Munchausen syndrome is discussed here: definition, symptoms, causes, risk factors, complications, tests and diagnosis, treatments and drugs, and prevention.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Shingles
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.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Trichotillomania
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: West Nile Virus
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.
Other
Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Contains comprehensive medical articles on over one hundred fifty mental disorders such as learning disorders, mental illnesses, bipolar disorder, and Asperger's.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Amnesia?
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.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Puberty?
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.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Are Bed Bugs?
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.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Swine Flu?
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?
Other
Hemophilia Federation of America
Information on the Hemophilia Federation of America. Contains recent hemophilia-related news articles and links to hemophilia-related sites.
Other
Cancer Information Network: Follow Up and Emotional Support
The article stresses the importance of follow-up treatment for lung cancer and the significance of family and group support.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: What's the Solution
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...