Health+Resources

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**__ Health: __** [|http://nsdl.org]: National Science Digital Library

[|www.learntobehealthy.org] Great free resources for teachers of k-12.

[] Great website for teaching the human heart and its diseases.

[|**http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm**] I HIGHLY recommend this site. What a GREAT way to let students have fun while LEARNING!

[|www.magpi.net] Featured MAGPI program INNER WORLD DISCOVERY: Designed by Riddle Memorial Hospital's emergency room doctor Phillip Silverstein, the “Inner World Discovery” program is a multimedia journey through the human body. With Dr. Silverstein as their guide, students participating in this session will experience the wonder, intricacies and elegance of the human body’s immune system.

[|www.sugarstacks.com] This website allows you to compare foods based on the amount of sugar. You will be amazed. Great visual for students.

[] Site created by the US Department of Agriculture. Excellent resources for teachers.

[] At the bottom of the page there are links to hundreds of foods (packaged and otherwise). All kinds of nutrition information comes up along with the info that you would find on the package itself.

[] This periodic table has links to "uses" and "biology" for each element. Some of the info was pretty advanced, but there did seem to be a lot there that a 6th grader could plug into.

[] List of some elements and how much food you would need to eat in order to obtain your RDA

[] This is a list of elements and where you can find them in foods

[|http://www.learningscience.org] There are a number of resources for health and physical education. Spend time navigating, it will be worth it.
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 * __[]__** The Children’s University of Manchester is a site created by the University of Manchester that has some excellent mini-lessons and interactive lessons for students on a variety of science, history, literacy, and art topics. Topics include the body and medicines, energy and the environment, ancient Egypt, the earth and beyond, teeth and eating, micro organisms, the brain and senses, talking textiles, and words. Each lesson is like an interactive text book where students are engaged in and discover learning. Each lesson includes an interactive lesson, downloadable resources, educational games, and videos. The level of interaction is outstanding for helping students to learn about each topic.

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