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Curricula: Health
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Health General
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The National Dairy Council provides educators, parents and school nutrition professionals with tools for making wellness a reality.  Included are resources of nutrition facts, lesson plans, interactive links and teaching ideas.

  
Health General
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The USDA Food and Nutrition Service provides resources to improve eating and physical activity habits.  Included are links to MyPyramid, Healthy Meals Resource System, Training Grants and a listing of available resources for K-12 schools.

Health General
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The USDA provides this interactive tracker to assist the user with an assessment of food intake and physical activity levels.  Guidelines for nutrition and physical activity choices are referenced, as well as steps to a healthier weight.  Targeted for the elementary teacher, related topics include MyPyramid Blast Off Game, free downloadable posters, coloring pages and worksheets.

  
Health General
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The Dairy Council of Florida in conjunction with the Dairy Farmers Incorporated provide educators with curriculum and promotional materials targeting healthy kids.  Free reproducible materials include posters and brochures.  In addition, the Midwest Dairy Council provides a printable poster, “Say Yes” in Spanish.


Expand/Collapse Health : Health & Human Services ‎(17)
Health Health & Human Services
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The main site for the US Health & Human Services Agency.
  
Health Health & Human Services
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The FDA's mission is to promote and protect the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use.

Health Health & Human Services
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the federal focal point for health research.
  
Health Health & Human Services
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This EPA site provides leadership in the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. EPA works closely with other federal agencies, state and local governments, and Indian tribes to develop and enforce regulations under existing environmental laws.

Health Health & Human Services
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This federal site highlights links and resources to Physical Activity, Nutrition and Healthy Choices.  Choose to access featured articles about today’s health topics or as a databank for the specific topic you are searching for.

  
Health Health & Human Services
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The US Department of Health and Human Services provides online activities and resources to promote general safety of children.  Check out fun ways to introduce and promote health topics, including safely surfing the net and kids’ privacy. (K-8)

Health Health & Human Services
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Action for Healthy Kids is a nonprofit organization that promotes school wellness.  Resources link topics to improving school health, state by state wellness programs, epidemics of overweight, sedentary lifestyles and undernourishment.

  
Health Health & Human Services
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Alliance for a Healthier Generation is targeted for schools to promote the Healthy Schools Program. This site is available in both English and Spanish.


Health Health & Human Services
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides a clearinghouse of health information resources geared to the elementary student/teacher.  Featured topics include food safety, vaccines, home inspections, caring for pets and medical devices.

  
Health Health & Human Services
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provides teachers and students with educational materials, lesson resources and professional development in the field of environmental health concepts.  This site is available in both English and Spanish. (K-12)

Health Health & Human Services
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides resources and references to disaster, terrorism, and fire safety issues.  Curriculum, activities, fact sheets and videos featuring drills of Earthquakes, Fire, Tornado and Hurricanes, are free and downloadable. 

 
Health Health & Human Services
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The US Department of Health and Human Services provides “Take a Stand! Lend a Hand! Stop Bullying Now!” Educators are provided with references and resources as well as a free downloadable Teacher’s Guide.

Health Health & Human Services
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a Science Ambassador program inviting secondary science teachers to collaborate in order to promote today’s public health programs into the classroom. 
  
Health Health & Human Services
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism provides a “Teacher & Volunteer Corner” targeted for the middle school student.  This site provides lessons that include a Guided Reading Activity and Answer Key, as well as Role-Playing  about “The Right to Resist—Know Your No’s.”

Health Health & Human Services
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse provides links to activities for teachers and parents covering addiction, steroids, HIV/AIDS, nicotine, as well as a Teacher’s Guide.

  
Health Health & Human Services
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The Drug Enforcement Administration in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America produce an online book entitled, Get It Straight. Targeted for the upper classman, this book addresses prescription/over-the-counter drugs, steroids, inhalants and other drug related issues. 


Health Health & Human Services
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Staying Healthy provides the teacher with instructional content information about Staying Healthy.  This site covers topics that include “My Body, Growing Up, Dealing with Feelings, Keeping Fit and Having Fun.”  A glossary in both English and Spanish is also provided with hundreds of medical terms and easy-to-read definitions (K-8).