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- Blue Planet Water Environmental Center
- A hands-on environmental education center which focuses on water and waste water treatment.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Millis Regional Health Education Center
- Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education
- "Specializes in developing programs for youth to address health concerns like childhood obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy food choices, tooth decay, drug and alcohol abuse, unintentional injuries, and teen pregnancy."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Diseases: A brief guide to causes, symptoms, history, and treatment
- Since the beginning of human existence on the planet, diseases have played a significant role in the events of every era. This brief listing of some of the most notorious diseases explains their causes, symptoms, history, prevention, and treatment, and provides links to further information.
- Format: article
- By Emily Jack.
- Smallpox
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.4
- Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus. Historically, smallpox had a mortality rate of as much as 30 percent. In the Americas, it killed as much as 90 percent of the indigenous population after contact with Europeans introduced the disease. Smallpox is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program.
- Format: article
- Medical careers: Working with probability
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.8
- In this lesson for grade six, students will use probability to predict the likelihood of occurrence of two unrelated health conditions and will understand how math can be applied to careers in mathematics.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- STDs: You have to know
- The lesson allows students to explore what they know and need to know about some of the most common STDs affecting teens.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living)
- By Kathy Crumpler.
- Water Conservation/Public Education Programs
- A wonderful service provided by the city of Durham Water Management Department to inform the community and K-12 students about the importance of conservation of our most important natural resource - water.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Port Discover
- Students will enjoy visiting this new hands-on science and health center which is geared to the pre-k to fifth grade curriculum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sex under the influence
- The use of alcohol and other drugs increases the risk for unplanned, unprotected sex. This action exposes young people to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. The lesson engages students in the decision-making process regarding risk and checks their understanding of behaviors that put them at risk.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living)
- By Kathy Crumpler.
- SciWorks Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County
- Whether it is biology, geology, physics, or health science, "it is fun to learn about science at SciWorks!"
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Tug-a-tooth
- Students will learn about dental hygiene and get a physical workout as well.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Healthful Living)
- By Annette Swanson.
- Mapping HIV infection in Africa
- Using statistical information and maps, students will note the correlation between socio-economic factors and the impact of HIV/AIDS in the countries of Africa.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Greg Mitchell.
- Microbiology: Bacteria in our environment
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.5
- In this lesson, students will learn about bacterial cells and will participate in a lab measuring the growth of bacterial colonies.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
- National Institute of Environmental Health
- Tour the National institute of Environmental Health campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and learn about environmental health as well as career options for those who are interested in going into the field of biomedical research.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- It's all about choice
- Students will examine the different choices they make as supporting or undermining their intent to remain abstinent, including the affect of substance use on those choices.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living)
- By Kathy Crumpler.
- Growing cooties
- This lesson teaches the importance of washing hands to reduce the spread of germs. In this lesson, students will see mold develop over time on a potato as the result of handling the potato with dirty hands.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Healthful Living)
- By Ronda Odenwelder.
- A case study of "A Civil Action"
- In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 3
- This is a short, culminating activity that can be used to assess your students' understanding of the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and how it got that way, and to suggest possible methods of cleanup or remediation. Students review a portion of the film "A Civil Action" and identify the problem and the people involved. Students then take the role of environmental scientist and apply their knowledge of water and hazardous waste contamination to create a plan to help lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, try the case.
- Format: (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Michele Kloda.
Resources on the web
- Germy surfaces
- In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear Dr. Don Goldmann, an infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital in Boston, discuss the transmission of cold and flu viruses. (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 4 )
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
- Includes Surgeon General's reports, tobacco-related news, research reports, educational materials, and statistical information regarding smoking for youth, educators, employers, and parents. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
