Curated OER
Relationships and Reproduction Unit
Students explore what ways the choices you make today determine your future health and well being. They can earn up to a maximum 65 points in the layer C-Layer. Students complete one of the activities in Layer B to earn a maximum of 15...
Curated OER
Innovations in Obstetrics and Pediatrics
Learners study the history in obstetrics and pediatrics. In this investigative lesson students research and present information about winners of the Nobel Prize.
Curated OER
Childbirth
In this health worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms used to describe the details of childbirth and the answers are found through clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Labor & Delivery
Students list the sequential events in the childbirth process. They determine that birth is a common experience, occurring thousands of times each day, yet each birth is unique and challenging to the people involved. They discover that...
Curated OER
Baby Project - Cost Analysis - First Year of Life
Students determine the costs associated with teenage pregnancy and childbirth through the child's first year. They consider prenatal and postnatal care for mother and child, clothing, food, equipment, childcare, etc. They present their...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 453: The Man Midwife
Today, men enter a female preserve. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
Other
Virginia Apgar Personal and Professional
This web page provides a detailed description of the APGAR newborn scoring system as well as links to photos and documents from the life and other work of Dr. Virginia Apgar. The site was created and maintained by Doctors Henry and Eric...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Medline Search
Search of National Library of Medicine for all current research articles on a specific topic. Students must enter key words in the search box. Results are abstracts of research articles.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Virginia Apgar
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a review of Ms. Apgar's life accomplishments including her most well known development of the Apgar Score system, which determines whether a newborn infant needs special attention to stay alive.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Pregnancy and Childbirth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] While a woman is pregnant, the developing baby may be called an embryo or a fetus. The embryo stage lasts until the end of the 8th week after fertilization. After...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Pregnancy and Childbirth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of pregnancy and childbirth.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Body and Brain: Anatomy of Childbirth
A look at three stages of childbirth--active labor, delivery, and post-delivery--complete with simple diagrams as well as notes on related risks, including fistulas and excessive bleeding, and treatments.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
A coup by religious extremists helps to establish the sexually-oppressive, dystopian Republic of Gilead. Offred, a Handmaid, struggles with her role as a reproductive servant to the elite. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 9-11) to...
Other
Cherokee Messenger: Native American Herbal Remedies
Traditional Native American herbal remedies for dozens of maladies are listed here.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.72 Pregnancy
Understand fetal growth during pregnancy in humans.
Other
Pregnancy and Prenatal Care
This site contains information on the signs of pregnancy, prenatal care objectives, and pregnancy associated discomforts.