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Give Me A Break!
Students create and conduct a survey. In this broken bones lesson, students discuss if they've ever broken a bone and how a broken bone heals. Students generate questions for a survey on broken bones and healing time, conduct the survey...
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Test-Tube Tissues
In this tissues worksheet, high schoolers read about a new treatment for fixing bone fractures. Students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Kids Health: Going to a Physical Therapist
There are different reasons for going to a physical therapist. Kids go there, as do older people. Sometimes kids go to help them get well after a minor injury, like a broken arm or leg. Some kids go because they have a physical...
BBC
Bbc:test Your First Aid Skills
Find out how much you really know about using your first aid skills with this interactive program.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Fractures
This site from the MayoClinic.com provides great information on fractures, or broken bones. The information is very brief with links to shock, CPR and severe bleeding. Also lets you know what to do if there is an injury or a trauma.
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Kids Health: The Facts About Fractures and Broken Bones
What's the big deal about broken bones? This website tells what happens when a bone breaks and explains how you should take care of yourself, even after the cast comes off.
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Kids Health: Strains and Sprains Are a Pain
In addition to describing how one might get a strain or sprain, this article offers well-organized, clear advice for those caring for their sprained or strained muscles. Links to related information included.
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Kidshealth: Broken Bones, Sprains, and Strains
What happens when you break a bone or get a strain or sprain? Find the answer at this website, and also find instruction sheets on first-aid care for broken bones, strains, and sprains.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Does Drinking Soda Affect Your Health?
Try this "Real world," challenge taken directly from the today's health journals. Use your problem solving, data analysis, and number sense skills to figure out if soda intake among teenage girls is related to incidences of broken bones....
Other
Your Orthopaedic Connection: Total Joint Replacement
The technology now exists where we can replace parts of bones that have worn out. This usually happens at joints. Here is general information on what's involved.
Curated OER
Kids Health: First Aid & Safety
This website includes several links that will help you learn first-aid skills that you might need to use in emergency situations. Learn how to deal with allergic reactions, animal bites, fevers, heat illness, nosebleeds, and other...
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Kids Health: Broken Bones
What does it feel like to have broken a bone? What kind of first aid and emergency treatment does a broken bone require? Find the answers to these questions and information on preventing broken bones.
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St. John: First Aid Tips for Fractures
Taken from the pages of the "St. John First Aid Manual," this is a good resource for learning about fractures and their symptoms, and how to take care of them in an emergency situation. Provides definitions of "Closed fracture," "Open...