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ProCon

Is Homework Beneficial?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Does homework improve student achievement, or does it increase stress? Scholars use the included debate topics website to prepare for a class discussion or debate about whether homework is advantageous. After reading a brief background...
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American Museum of Natural History

Bio-Benefits

For Students 6th - 12th
Kick-start a discussion of the importance of biodiversity with a colorful resource that touts the benefits of maintaining healthy ecosystems. The images stress the interdependence of all the elements of an ecosystem.
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ProCon

Vegetarianism

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do Mike Tyson, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paul McCartney have in common? They're all famous vegetarians. Using the resource, scholars learn about the pros and cons of eating a vegetarian diet. They read a fascinating history of...
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PBS

Pbs: This Emotional Life: Stress and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS features extensive information on stress and anxiety including topics such as what is stress and anxiety, how to manage them, helping others, and anxiety disorders.
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Mental Health America

Mental Health America: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact sheet presenting basic information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder including causes, symptoms, treatments and other related resources.
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University at Buffalo

University of Buffalo: Stress Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Buffalo Counseling Services site offers tips on how to recognize and manage stress in school and in life.
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Other

Zephyrus Education: Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
While this site primarily addresses adults, with frequent references to job-related stress, middle and high school students can learn much about handling the stress in their lives, as well. It is easy to read and includes tools to help...
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BBC

Bbc: Cbbc Newsround: Beating Exam Stress: What Is Exam Stress?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about stress, its triggers, and how to cope.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Coping With Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about common sources of stress and how you can find healthy ways to respond to them. Also includes contact information for reaching out to professionals who can help with the coping process. PDFs require Adobe Reader.
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Stress Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains 7 chapters dealing with stress and ways to deal with it along with links to related materials.
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Other

Kansas State Univ.: Stressed Out Over Studying Tests?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a very detailed summary of dealing with stress while studying and taking tests. Sections define the problems as well as the solutions - how we have gotten ourselves all stressed out; how does stress affect grades; what...
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WebMD

Web Md: Stress Management Avoiding Unnecessary Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMD provides a page that lists and discusses ways in which you can avoid/manage stress.
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Other

Sounds of English: Word Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial practices pronunciation with emphasis on proper stress patterns. It can be copied for classroom use. Drawings help visualize how to pronounce certain sounds.
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Other

Job Stress Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center for Social Epidemiology offers study results, upcoming conference information, and other resources related to stress and methods of coping with it, especially in the work place.
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Pschiatry and Wellness: Stress and Wellness

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a short summary of how to manage stress. It also gives links to other stress related sites.
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International Stress Management Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-profit organization is dedicated to helping people cope with life stresses. In addition there is basic information on recognizing and dealing with general and exam-related stress.
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Other

Sweet Briar College: Beliefs That Contribute to Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Sweet Briar College, contains a list of things that contribute to stress.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam!: Got Butterflies? Find Out Why

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource delves deeply into the symptoms of stress, the difference between long and short term stress, and methods for stress management.
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Other

Sweet Briar College: Stress Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Sweet Briar College gives a self-quiz to determine if you are "Stressed Out".
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Other

Model of Stress: Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a model of stress.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota Duluth: Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource lists physical symptoms of stress and anxiety.
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American Psychological Association

American Psychological Assc.: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
This American Psychological Association site offers information on the incidence of PTSD, its symptoms and causes, and the effectiveness of treatment options in restoring health and function.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: School: Test Stress

For Students 3rd - 8th
A peek into the life of a school-aged child provides useful tools on test taking, time management, peer relations, cheating issues, and more. Listen to testimonials, take real-time surveys, and participate in multiple-ending stories on...
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Other

Less Stress Instructional Services: Cpr Training and Other Safety Courses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has information on taking courses in CPR and other types of safety.

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