Technology Student
Technology Student: Health and Safety
This site describes safe practices for using tools commonly used in construction.
Curated OER
Kids Health: People, Places and Things That Help Me
A directory of kid-friendly articles and videos about the people who keep kids healthy and the places where medical professionals work. Also learn about the kinds of tests that are used to diagnose health problems and about different...
Read Works
Read Works: Fire Safety
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a how-to checklist for safety. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Kids Health: When It's Just You After School
Here are some great tips to follow if you have to be home alone after school, including how you should spend that time and what to do in case of an emergency.
New York State Dept. of Health
New York State Health Dept.: Hepatitis a & Food Service
A fact sheet about Hepatitis A with a focus on food service workers and personal hygiene practices.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Pesticides and Food: Healthy, Sensible Food Practices
Information provided on pesticide residues on food, the possibility that these pesticides could harm us, and what the government does to ensure that pesticides used on food are safe.
Other
Kids Helpline: Empowering Young People to Ask for Help
Being able to ask for help when you need it is an essential skill. This article discusses how to overcome the challenges kids and teens face when asking for help.
Other
National Crime Prevention Council: At Home Alone: A Parent's Guide [Pdf]
This resource provides information for parents wondering if it is time to leave their children home alone. Also provides safety information, and what parents can do to prepare their kids to stay home alone.
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Read Works: Practice Makes Pain
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the damage being done to the bodies of teens in highly competitive sports. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Pshe Toolkits for Ages 11 14
This is a set of practical online safety PSHE toolkits to explore online issues, including links to Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), with pupils aged 11-14 years old. Crossing the Line covers the topics of cyberbullying,...
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U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Food Safety: Eggs and Egg Products
Describes the connection between eggs and salmonella poisoning, and overviews safe practices when handling, storing, cooking and eating eggs.
Other
Healthy Computing
A wealth of well-organized information about computer-related health and ergonomics, such as proper posture, keyboard positioning, monitor placement, eye fatigue, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Plenty of practical tips for creating a safe...
PE Central
Pe Central: Physical Education Lesson Plans: Pe Central
An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical education program.
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Read Works: Is It Time for a New Toothbrush?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Read Works: Goodbye to Lice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction, informational text passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: Fatty Foods
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the effects of fattening foods. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Focus on Adhd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains ADHD, its effects, and explanations from students who are living with the condition. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: Fat and Fed Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains arguments about the problem of obesity in America. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: All in a Day's Work
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses some possible jobs associated with health care. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Weekend at Sawyer Farm
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passages is about a weekend visit to Sawyer Farm in New York. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Nutrition.gov
This is a comprehensive resource for information pertaining to health, nutrition and well being. Explore this site to learn more about food safety, food facts, health management and more.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Nutrition Introduction
The CDC offers a wealth of information regarding several specific topics that fall under nutrition including good health, exercise, diet and more.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Bullies: It's My Life
Consider the opinions and viewpoints of several pre-teens as they discuss bullies--what bullying is, why some people become bullies, how it feels to be bullied and how to handle a bully.