Don't let the teenagers in your class begin their life without a plan. A brief but inclusive booklet takes high schoolers thorough various aspects of their lives, including financial literacy, vaccinations, and sexual health, and lets...

Happy teens are healthy teens! Pupils embark on a self-reflective journey using a series of assessments and discussions to promote personal development. The lessons focus on identifying low and high self-esteem attitudes and behaviors,...

The health effects of mercury exposure if the focus of the first of three activities about the properties of metals. Pairs research mercury to write, prepare, and share posters, articles, or PSAs with the class. 

Determining which statements represent fact or the author's opinion in an integral part of reading informational text. Encourage seventh graders to read a passage about Barack Obama and the city of Chicago, as well as a passage focused...

Babies grow at an incredible rate! Demonstrate how to model growth using a linear function. Learners build the function from two data points, and then use the function to make predictions.

In this career investigation worksheet, students complete a questionnaire to be used when visiting a career fair. They list two occupations and compare them using 20 questions about personal qualities, education needed, and physical...

In this farmer worksheet, students make a spinning wheel to describe the jobs of a farmer. Students create 1 wheel with 8 different jobs for a farmer.

Find out about the career of health educator in this Science Buddies career profile. You can find out who hires health educators and what their on the job work is like as well as the educational requirements to become one. If you enjoy...

On the job safety is an important goal for industry. The industrial safety and health engineer is the one responsible for recognizing risks, and developing strategies to address them. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements...

Resource offers online career videos in 16 industry areas to learn about the type of work performed in a variety of jobs in each industry area.

Career trends and employment projections are detailed in this Department of Labor site. General information on the Medical Records and Health Information Technician profession is also provided.

Science Buddies offers a profile of what it is like to have a career as a pharmacist. Find out the education requirements and the on the job duties of a pharmacist in both a retail and hospital setting. Included are interviews with...

This career profile from Science Buddies explains what a physical therapist does. Find out the nature of the work, the work environment, the education requirements, and what a physical therapist's daily work looks like. Included are...

Occupational health and safety specialists inspect workplaces to be sure all safety standards are followed. This is particularly important in dangerous jobs such as coal miners, but potential hazards can be found in all occupations. This...

Registered nurses have always been important members of the medical team. Find out if this is a career that might interest you. Several videos have interviews with registered nurses in many different specialties. This Science Buddies...

This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a dietician, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career. Try out some aspects of this career by...

If you have an interest in animals and medicine, you might like to check out this Science Buddies career profile about what it takes to become a veterinarian. You can find out the education requirements and the many avenues that...

Home page of a group of medical professionals who are dedicated to educating the public and other medical professionals about the treatment and prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases.

Homepage of an association of professional nurses working in school settings. Educational, professional, and research resources are available. These include a newsletter, currently published articles, and current and past journal...

A complete description of the career of a public health inspector including duties, working conditions, skills, education and training, and employment outlook and wages.

If you are interested in a medical career which offers a lot of excitement, you might want to look into the career of emergency medical technician. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a emergency medical...

This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become an audiologist, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career. Try out some aspects of this career by...

Being an epidemiologist is like being a detective, at least a medical detective. Read about the many different ways the epidemiologist looks into medical conditions to see what causes them. Science Buddies' career profile lays out the...

Find out about the work done by the medical laboratory technician. It involves examining both body fluids and cells under the microscope or with specialized computer equipment, analyzing the results, and forwarding that information on to...