CATEGORY
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SITE NAME
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ADDRESS
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION
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| Great Teacher Mega-Sites |
Ask ERIC |
http://ericir.syr.edu
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons |
ERIC = Educational Resources
Information Center - 750,000+ documents - lesson plans |
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ERIC |
http://www.ericsp.org/pages/
healthpe/index.html |
ERIC = Educational Resources
Information Center. ERIC’s school health education curriculum
resources |
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New Hampshire Public TV
Knowledge Network
TeacherSource
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http://www.nhptv.org/kn/home.htm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
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Visit the Virtual School.
Click on Health of course! Play the Longevity Game. How long
will you live?
Don't miss Teacher Source!
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Education World |
http://www.education-world.com/ |
Great site for all
content areas. Check the "Great Sites Archives"
for Nutrition resources. |
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Classroom Connect |
http://www.classroom.com/
(you must subscribe to use the resources here) |
This is a great resource to
help incorporate technology in your classroom. The site subtitle
notes, "Internet made easy in the classroom." |
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Kathy Schrock’s Guide for
Educators |
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ |
Check out Health, PE, &
Fitness. Huge site of links and materials for K-12 teachers.
Look for the Web site critique guide. |
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The Global School Net |
http://www.gsn.org/index.html |
Great site for collaborative
projects and linking with other schools. |
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Discovery School.com
| http://school.discovery.com/
lessonplans/health.html |
Health lessons are target to
grades 6-8 and 9-12, but can be adapted for other ages areas. |
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A to Z Teacher Stuff |
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ |
Created for teachers
by a teacher-- find online lesson plans and resources quickly
and easily. |
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Loogootee Elementary West |
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west |
This is the Home Page for an
elementary school. Check out holiday integration &
Safe Surfing on the Internet. |
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Blue Web’n |
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
(sign up for a weekly email to learn of new sites
added)
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Blue Web'n is a searchable
library of over 1700 websites organized by
subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects,
resources, references, & tools). Each week, about 4 to 6
sites are
added. |
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Creative Teaching Website |
http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/ |
This page helps teachers
enhance their abilities as teachers and helps them make teaching
genuinely satisfying and enjoyable. |
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Health Teacher |
http://www.healthteacher.com
(now
available only through subscription, but try
the sample lessons) |
K-12 lessons on various health
topics from the Health Network |
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PE Central |
http://www.pecentral.org/ |
The ultimate Web site for
physical education teachers, students, interested parents and
adults. |
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Teachers@Random |
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
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Harper Collins |
http://www.harperchildrens.com/
schoolhouse/ |
Site from Harper Collins,
another publishers site for teachers |
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Scholastic |
http://www.scholastic.com/ |
This publisher lets you browse
by the grades you teach. |
| Topic Specific Sites |
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| Dental Health |
Dental Health |
http://www.toothfairy.org
http://www.healthfinder.gov
http://kids-world.colgatepalmolive.com/
http://www.crest.com/index_flash.html
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/
lessons/20001205tuesday.html |
Be true to your teeth, or they
will be false to you! Check these dental health sites. Or
add your own. |
| Nutrition |
Kids Food Cyberclub |
http://www.kidfood.org/ |
Good nutrition site, with an
emphasis on understanding hunger |
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Dole5ADay |
http://www.dole5aday.com/
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Dole offers a great site with
lots of nutrition activities and links to even more. |
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5ADay |
http://www.5aday.gov
(if you prefer a non-commercial site) |
This is the government version
of a "5 A Day" site from the National Cancer
Institute. |
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Washington State Dairy Council |
http://www.eatsmart.org/
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Calculate your calcium intake
or link to Pacific Science Center’s Nutrition Café. |
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Food Timeline |
http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html |
Trace food through
history and link nutrition and social studies. |
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Nutrition Cafe |
http://exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/ |
Nutrition games from
the Pacific Science Center. |
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Kids Can Make A Difference |
http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org |
One approach to
nutrition is to study the issue of hunger. |
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Nutrition Navigator |
http://navigator.tufts.edu/index.html |
A rating guide to Kids
Nutrition Sites. |
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Nutrition Analysis Tool V1.1 |
http://www.nat.uiuc.edu/
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Help students calculate the
nutrients in the foods they eat. |
| Other Health Topics |
Yuckiest Site on the Internet |
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/ |
Gross but kids will love it! |
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Body and Mind |
http://www.bam.gov/ |
Check out "BAM" Body
and Mind. All about physical activity from CDC. |
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You Can - Beakman Place &
Jax Place |
http://www.beakman.com/
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Visit Beakman and Jax. Check
out the health and science questions and demonstrations. |
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BrainPop |
http://www.brainpop.com/ |
Check out the science and
health movies at BrainPop. Complete the quizzes
while the movie loads. |
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Infection Protection Detection |
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/
infection/index.html |
Germs, germs, germs
from the American Museum of Natural History. |
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Teens Health and the Media |
http://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/
tobacco/tobacco_projects.html |
Still under construction, this
site offers teen health and media information. |
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Sports Media |
http://www.sports-media.org/ |
Fitness is a health
word! Visit "the site for everyone interested in PE
and Sports." |
| Organizations, Associations,
& Government |
Committee for Children |
http://www.cfchildren.org/
2203 Airport Way S, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98134-2027
or 800/634-4449 |
Developers of the curricula
Talking about Touching (K-3), Second Step (K-12), Steps to
Respect (3-6). |
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Public Television |
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
health.htm
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.kcts.org |
Teacher Source includes a
Health/Fitness section, with changing articles about health. |
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Healthfinder |
http://www.healthfinder.gov |
Premier government health
site. |
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MedlinePlus |
http://www.medlineplus.gov |
Premier government health site
from the National Library of Medicine. |
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CDC |
http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
dash/what.htm |
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention or CDC, and the Division of Adolescent and School
Health or DASH. |
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Health.gov |
http://www.health.gov/ |
A governmental portal to many
health sites - .gov only. |
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American Heart Association |
http://www.americanheart.org/ |
School and heart health
resources. Have your students listen to the sound of their
heartbeat! |
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American Lung Association |
http://www.lungusa.org/ |
Lung disease, air quality,
other respiratory resources, including some school health. |
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American Cancer Society |
http://www.cancer.org/ |
School health and other cancer
prevention resources from ACS. |
| Professional Development |
The New Teacher Page
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http://www.new-teacher.com/ |
Offers advice, ideas, and
links for education students, student teachers, first-year
teachers, teacher certification candidates, and those who think
maybe, just maybe, they'd like to be an educator someday. |
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ADPRIMA |
http://www.adprima.com/ |
Serious educational tools and
information. This site is for teachers and teachers-to-be. |
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Health Instructional
Strategies |
http://www.ocps.k12.fl.us/framework/
subject.php?subject=12 |
Health instructional
strategies for a district's health curriculum. |
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Rubistar |
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ |
Create your own rubrics
(scoring tools) for Oral Projects, Multimedia,
Research & Writing, or Work Skills quickly and easily. |
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Graphic Organizers |
http://www.graphic.org/ |
Every type of graphic
organizer, from online to paper. |
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From Now On |
http://www.fno.org
(The Educational Technology Journal) |
Created by Jamie McKenzie,
valuable site about education and technology. |
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Puget Sound ESD |
http://www.psesd.wednet.edu |
Technology workshops, WEA Link
including job openings statewide. |
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Teacher’s Internet Use Guide |
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/
index.html |
This emphasizes the PROCESS of
designing standards-based Internet lessons, based on Texas EALRs. |
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UW Resource Guide for K-12
Educators |
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/
k12guide/ |
The UW offers curricular
resources, continuing education programs, enrichment programs
for students. |
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Health Risk Assessment/Life
Expectancy
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http://www.youfirst.com
http://health.yahoo.com/health/hra_1c2.html
http://www.nmfn.com/tn/
learnctr--lifeevents--longevity
http://www.beeson.org/Livingto100/quiz.htm |
Challenge you or your students
with a high level health risk assessment, a medium level
assessment or a fun game! |
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Internet Public Library |
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ |
This is a great reference and
research site for almost any question health or otherwise! |
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Internet Site Critique |
http://www.infosearcher.com/
cybertours/index.html |
Want to learn good criteria to
use to rate or evaluate the quality of Internet sites? Visit
this address. Choose the Web Evaluation cybertour. |
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Internet Site Critique from
AMA |
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/
category/7394.html |
AMA librarians list the
criteria they use to evaluate sites that want to link to AMA. |
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School-specific Critique Site |
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/evaltr.htm |
Three different rubrics:
primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. |
| Children’s Health Sites |
Kids Health |
http://kidshealth.org/ |
Sponsored by the Nemours
Foundation, this site offers information from medical experts at
the duPont Hospital for Children and the Nemours Children’s
Clinic. |
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About Health |
http://www.abouthealth.com/ |
For young people and parents. |
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Mayo Clinic |
http://www.mayoclinic.com/ |
Great health site, look for
interactive quizzes |
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InteliHealth |
http://www.intelihealth.com/ |
All purpose health information
site, using Harvard's health resources. |
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Dr. Weil |
http://www.drweil.com/ |
Dr. Andrew Weil offers a range
of health information, including alternative health. |
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Dr. Greene’s House Calls |
http://www.drgreene.com/index.html |
Great site for answers to
children’s health questions. Dr. Greene is a CA pediatrician. |
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ParentsPlace |
http://www.parentsplace.com/index.html |
Information for parents
including questions and answers from the Web Doctor,
pediatrician Robert Steele. |
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ABC’s of Safe and Healthy
Child Care |
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/abc/abc.htm |
An online handbook for child
care providers and a great resource for elementary education
teachers. It offers fact sheets on most major childhood health
problems. |
