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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Second Hand Smoke

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, you can read an interview with Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, of the Harvard School of Public Health, who published a study concerning the effects of second-hand smoke on non-smokers. Included is a RealAudio version of this interview.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: What You Need to Know About Drugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students are curious about drugs and this is a simple site that delves into what they need to know: what drugs are good and what drugs are harmful, what are illegal drugs, like heroin and marijuana, and why are they illegal. The authors...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Iaq: Secondhand Smoke and Smoke Free Homes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how secondhand smoke contributes to indoor air pollution, and learn how to prevent this health risk.
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Other

Children, Youth and Women's Health Service: Kids' Health: Smoking

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn why people smoke and about the effects of smoking.
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Other

Brass Check: Tell the Truth and Run George Seldes

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about George Seldes (1890-1995), a muckraker and press critic. Read some of his writings from his column "In Fact." Read his autobiography and a brief biography. There are links to other sites about George Seldes. Site by Brass Check.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Erskine Caldwell (1903 1987)

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed biography site includes a brief analysis of the writer's work, as well as a list of suggested readings.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Pool Medical Patents, Save Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
Patenting a new drug helps finance its immense cost to develop- but that same patent can put advanced treatments out of reach for sick people in developing nations, at deadly cost. Ellen 't Hoen talks about an elegant, working solution...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Americans Got Stuck With Endless Drug Commercials

For Students 9th - 10th
Drug commercials are a relatively new phenomenon, and a strange sight in most of the world. So why do Americans see so many of them, and what are they doing to our health? [9:12]
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Other

University of Exeter: Money in North American History

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about money in North America from Wampum to electronic transfer.
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Other

Kid Info: Southern Colonies in Colonial America: History and Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference guide to online information about the Southern Colonies includes a wide variety of links related to southern colonial America.
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Other

Streetlaw: Careers in the Law

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in being an attorney, corrections officer, court reporter, forensic scientist, police officer, judge or government agent, check out this description of several legal careers. Learn about salary, required education,...
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Other

Department of Health and Human Services: Straight Talk About Alcohol

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the effects of alcohol and ways to say no in a no-nonsense approach.
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Other

Department of Health and Human Services: Straight Talk About Drugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Just as the title implies, this is a straight forward approach for kids to learn the effects of drugs directed towards girls.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Second Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline on the history of the second amendment.
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Other

March of Dimes: Smoking and Pregnancy

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explores the effects of smoking on an unborn baby. Content includes tips to help you quit smoking as well as resources you can use to help the process.
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This article presents information about high blood pressure. The article is medium size in length, provides great information on the subject, and has two charts that relate to the subject.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Wendell Stanley Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief Nobel E-Museum biography on Wendell Meredith Stanley, the scientist and co-recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Read about his education, as well as his contributions to various scientific studies through which...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Discovery and Origin of Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the discovery of viruses and two hypotheses for the origin of viruses.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: Mama Didn't Know

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Online children's story that teaches about the health effects of breathing secondhand smoke. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see why it's so important not to smoke when children are present; it can affect your health but...
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Other

Maryland Colonial Essay Contest: Native Americans of Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
This student essay discusses the Native Americans of Maryland that helped the colonists settle the land and survive, but were, in turn, run off of the land.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Southern Colonies: Creating the Carolinas

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the founding of the Carolina colony as a place of plantations and aristocrats. See how the farmers in the northern part of Carolina chafed at the control of the rich in the south and split off into North and South Carolina in...
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence

For Students 9th - 10th
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy created Above the Influence to decrease drug and alcohol use among teenagers through education, current events reporting, skills training, shared personal narratives, animated...
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Other

American Lung Association: General Smoking Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses facts and statistics on smoking, both in the United States and world-wide. Areas addressed include the thousands of chemicals in cigarettes, rates of lung disease in smokers, smoking-related health conditions, smoking...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and smoking. Find out myths and truths and strategies to avoid problems.

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