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Healthy Bodies, Minds and Buildings: The New Physical Education
This article talks about the importance of Physical Education throughout the school year. This may be helpful information for college student.
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International Taekwondo Association
This groups seeks to teach the traditional Taekwondo style to everyone. They have schools all over the world.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: National Water Quality Assessment Program
Use this website to find out about water quality issues anywhere in the U.S.A. where water studies have been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Stress Test
Are you stressed out? Take the online stress test to find out if you are cool and calm or stressed to the max!
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Us Food and Drug Administration: Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Label
Graphic labels and warnings are due to be on tobacco products to warn consumers of the consequences of smoking. January 2011
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Random Acts of Kindness: What People Are Doing: Teacher's Guide [Pdf]
Learn about kindness through activity ideas for students of all ages and ideas for encouraging positive behavior in the classroom and community. Learn what a "Random Act of Kindness" is, and find ways to talk about this character trait...
Brown University
Brown University Library Center: Alcohol, Temperance, and Prohibition
Features a collection of digitized original items from the Brown University Library relating to "Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition" searchable by keyword, title, creator, or publisher.
The Franklin Institute
Resources for Science Learning: The Human Brain
Everything you wanted to know about keeping your brain healthy. How should you nourish your brain, how should your brain be protected, and even how to "renew" or stimulate your brain.
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Do D: Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
The Department of Defense provides detailed information about anthrax, including a focus on the anthrax threat of 2001. Content includes a current "situation report," as well as information on the anthrax vaccine.
University of California
University of California: Pesticides and Water Quality
Information on the effects that pesticides have on water quality, how pesticides get into creeks and rivers, and safer alternatives to pesticides.
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National Jewish Medical and Research Center: Respiratory, Allergic, and Immune
Top ranked hospital devoted entirely to respiratory, allergic and immune system diseases. Offers links to assist in research.
US Department of Agriculture
Usda: Understanding Avian Flu Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Lesson plans to help students better understand the realistic threats of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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Physical Therapy Central
This site contains a great deal of information related to physical therapy and the Physical Therapist career. A search engine for research, educational section, history of physical therapy, and many links are all included in this site.
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Water Aerobics Music
This site gives a selection of music for water aerobics and also a video that you can purchase. If you click on the title of the music it will open to the list of songs on the tape and also a chance to hear the music.
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Hopkins Medical News: Colon Cancer Conversations
This author relates his family's cancer story as a way of personalizing the work of Dr. Vogelstein and others in the battle to beat colon cancer.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A High Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying
Contains plans for six lessons that use the book "The Bully" by Paul Langan to teach students how to deal with and deter bullying. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Diet Wars
Explore the social, cultural and dietary factors that have led to an increasingly obese American public. Examine how the medical and diet industries have responded to consumers' desire to lose weight, and evaluate the myriad of diets...
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British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 16 Years): Micronutrients
This lengthy PowerPoint slideshow examines micronutrients which are nutrients needed in small amounts. It looks at water- and fat-soluble vitamins and at minerals, their sources, their functions, and the impact of deficiencies of these...
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British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life: Dietary Fibre and Water
A collection of downloadable resources on the sources of dietary fiber, what it does, the benefits to human health, sources of our water intake, its role in our bodies, and fluid balance. Includes PowerPoints, reference materials, and...
National Institutes of Health
Alcohol: Separating Fact From Fiction
Students can use this site to observe the effects of alcohol on mice and discuss the ways in which alcohol harms and impairs the body. An online lesson, "Alcohol; Separating Fact From Fiction," has students watch video clips, engage in...
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American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association brings together researchers and other health professionals for "communication, study, and action." You can find the results of these studies and the current status of their actions here. Watch for...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Alleged Teen Bullies Charged After Classmate's Suicide
A 15 year old student hangs herself as a result of bullying. Follow this story that has prompted the community and government officials to lobby for stricter anti-bullying laws. Educational resource materials are included. (April 6, 2010)
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Autism: Do You Have a Friend Who Thinks in Pictures?
Lesson plan contains a good deal of information on autism such as who has it, how it is diagnosed, how people with autism learn, communicate and behave. Young scholars will learn how to design and create tools to assist their friends...