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Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns Exercise
In this indefinite pronoun exercise, students choose appropriate indefinite pronouns to complete sentences. Students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences.
Curated OER
Harmful Algal Blooms in Full Bloom
Pupils calculate the total percentage of samples from the data on the graphs. In this marine science lesson, students analyze the concentration levels over a period of time. They suggest ways to lessen the effect of these blooms.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Investigating Food Borne Illness
Familiarize yourself with various food-bourne illnesses and the negative impacts they can have on consumers.
Other
Partnership for Food Safety Education: Fight Bac!
Provides guidelines for safe food handling, as well as information on foodborne illnesses, including causes, symptoms, and impact on society, and downloadable materials through which teachers can teach and promote food safety in homes,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Food Poisoning
Students will learn about food poisoning by preparing and performing small skits.
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Kids Health: Food Poisoning
Kids Health offers an easy-to-understand look at food poisoning with suggestions on how to avoid it.
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Bad Bug Book
Downloadable listing of bacterial foodborne illnesses, including clostridium perfringens. Worded so kids can understand it and includes pictures.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Heart Healthy Foods
Resource provides great information on the topic of heart healthy foods. The site is fairly in-depth with links scattered throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Kids Health: Botulism
Botulism is a serious cause of food poisoning. Luckily, it is not very common, but you should know the symptoms, causes, and treatment. From KidsHealth.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Politics of Reform
[Free Registration/Login Required] A great look at the Progressive Era, the issues dealt with at that time, and the legistlation passed to help alleviate social ills. Read about the great range of personalities and viewpoints that drove...
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Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
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South Dakota Dept. Of Health: Trichinosis
Answers to the most common questions about foodborne illnesses - specific to Trichinosis.
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Kids Health: Celiac Disease
Do you know what gluten is? People with celiac disease can't eat this protein, which is found in many everyday foods, such as bread. Discover the signs and symptoms, treatment, some gluten-free foods, and how you get it.
Other
The Health Success: Nutrition for Your Cells
Basically, the stronger your immune system the healthier you are and, as a consequence, the more protected you are from environmental factors that lead to infection and sickness. If you eat foods that are rich in the nutrients your body...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Digestive System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] You've probably had an upset stomach. Most likely it was due to something you ate. But imagine bleeding from your stomach. That's a little different than your...
Other
Poodwaddle World Clock
A continuously advancing world clock with statistics on many topics - population, mortality, births, illnesses, the environment, food, etc. Additional information about data soiurces can be obtained by clicking on topics at the top...
Curated OER
Kids Health: E. Coli
This brief article gives an overview of E. coli including what it is, how it spreads, how it is treated, and how to prevent it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Digestive System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes common diseases of the digestive system.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Diseases Caused by Bacteria
A collection of background information, description of microscopic appearance, and characteristics of pathogenic bacterias.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
A page on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) from World Health Organization contains some information on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a form of a TSE. The fact sheet discusses its origination, provides some...