Curated OER
Harmful Effects of Tobacco Use
Is there really anything good about tobacco? No, there isn't one good thing about tobacco! This presentation provides a good overview of pertinent information. A few of the topics included are: what's in a cigarette, peer pressure,...
Curated OER
DIBETES
Student demonstrates that they can reduce their own health risks by choosing a food or beverage that is fat free or non-sugar in place of their favorite food or beverage that is high-fat or high-sugar. Student identifies a time for...
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Thorough overview of hypertension. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Tox Town: Environmental Health Concerns
Learn about toxic chemicals and the environmental healths risks you might encounter everyday in familiar places. Select neighborhoods or locations to discover what chemicals might be found there and the health risks associated with each.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peanut Allergy Background Information
Learn background information about food allergies in this guide from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peanut Allergy Tips for Grown Ups
These tips provide information on keeping children with food allergies safe. Learn more with this guide from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peanut Allergy Tips for Kids
Help kids learn safe ways to deal with food allergies with this guide from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Binky Goes Nuts
Teach children how to manage a peanut allergy with this lesson plan from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts." Includes resources in Spanish.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Triggers
Buster knows that some things will start up his asthma. They are called triggers. Explore what triggers effect Buster in this activity from Arthur "Buster's Breathless."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peanut Allergy Quiz
Test your children's knowledge of peanut allergies in this quiz from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."
Other
Bio Ethics Education Project (Beep): Human Health
The tutorial explores human health. Topics included are genes, vaccination, health risks, and drugs in sports. The resource consists of articles,additional resources, and activities.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Slick Sea Spills
Use this site to promote environmental awareness in your classroom with this instructional activity on the effects of oil spills on water habitats.
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: The Health Risks of Being Overweight
This site from NIDDK provides an article and weight for height chart. Discusses Type 2 diabetes and associated health problems and effective preventative measures.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Travel Translations
Be safe when traveling. Choose a language to show anyone who touches your food that you have a serious allergy to peanuts, in this activity from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Symptoms and Dangers of High Blood Sugar
Intellihealth looks at what happens in the body of someone with Type II Diabetes when blood sugar levels are elevated.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Problems That Diabetes Type 2 Can Cause
Divides complications into two groups--damage to arteries and damage to nerves.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Binky's Placemat
Print out and color Binky's Placemat, in this activity from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts." Remember: "The more you know, the easier it is to stay safe and get back to having fun!"