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The Centers for Disease Control
This site features statistics, the latest health news and information, and prevention strategies.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

National Institutes of Health
You'll find health news, information, and research updates at this site. From a look at what chemical might be in you kitchen cabinets, to the latest information about clinical trials, or the West Nile Virus, this site has a wealth of health-related information.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Your Gross and Cool Body
Vomit, spit, dandruff, zits, and hiccups. Find out how your body works with Wendall the Worm.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Infection Protection Detection
Meet some microbes, play the Bacteria in the Cafeteria game, play the Infection game where you are the infection, and learn about the people who played a key role in our understanding of microbes and disease at this site from the American Museum of Natural History.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Kids Health
There's lots to do and loads to learn at this site from the Nemours Foundation. You can play games, explore cool animations of how your body works, find out how medicine works, check out a list of weird medical words and find out what they mean, read about how to eat for sports, check out the Food Guide Pyramid, and learn about different ways to get exercise. There is a section for teens where you can learn about drugs and alcohol, sexuality, school and work, and staying safe.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The Mayo Clinic
You'll find a disease A-Z list, a first-aid guide, quizzes, healthy living guides, advice and more.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

BAM! Body and Mind
You can learn about physical and mental health at this site from the Centers for Disease Control. You'll find fact sheets, activities, and meet the expert profiles.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Dole 5 a Day
Yes, its a commercial site, but it has some great nutrition information for kids. You'll find activities, recipes, facts, and activities.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Nutrition Cafe
Who said you shouldn't play with your food? At this site from the Pacific Science Center and the Washington State Dairy Council, you can be a nutrition sleuth and find the missing nutrient, play the Grab a Grape game and test you food knowledge, or build a menu and see how nutritious it is.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT)
Figure out what nutrients are in the foods you eat at this site from the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Illinois. You will have to register, but it is free.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Cells Alive
Learn about bacteria, viruses, parasites, and cancer cells. Find out how live immune cells attack and kill microbes or get interactive with the plant and animal cell. This site has animations, video clips, quizzes and lots of great information about cells and biology.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

National Safe Kids Campaign
This site features safety information, product recalls, statistics, news and lots more. You can find even state laws dealing with child safety. There is a teacher section with lesson plans and ideas and a kids' section with puzzles.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Kids Food Club
This interactive site lets kids explore nutrition and helps them make good choices. You'll find food facts, information about growing your own food, games, quizzes and activities.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

National Health Information Center
The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. The site contains online publications, and a searchable Health Information Resource Database with 1,100 organizations and government offices that provide health information upon request.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Dictionary of Drug Street Slang
Indiana Prevention Resource Center on-line dictionary contains nearly 2,000 street drug slang terms from the Indiana Prevention Resource Center files, with more than 1,200 additions from the National Drug and Crime Clearinghouse slang term list.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Artificial Anatomy
Test your knowledge of human anatomy using the papier-mâché models at the Museum of American History.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

 

 





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