Health Links
Agricultural Fact Book
http://www.usda.gov/factbook/
A statistical look at food consumption, farms, and rural places in America. Topics include eating out, fruit and vegetable consumption, meat consumption, sweeteners, food expenditures and prices. Learn about diversity and specialization among American farms and population changes in rural America.
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
http://www.bhsi.org/
Info on bicycle helmets, standards, laws, more.
Child Safety: A Web-based Instructional Resource
http://www.hudrivctr.org/childsaf/chintro.htm
The units include fire safety, poisons, travel, and emergencies. Each unit has a worksheet, pictures, definitions of vocabulary, and sound.
Family Doctor
http://www.familydoctor.org/
Health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Fast Food Facts
http://www.olen.com/food/
Interactive Food Finder.
FDA Easy to Read Publications
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/7lowlit.html
FDA provides easy-to-read health brochures in both English and Spanish. These brochures are available on this Website in both PDF and HTML formats.
The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)
http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/
Located at the National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service.
The Food Timeline
http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html
Ever wonder what the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? Food is the fun part of social studies!
Health Teacher Lesson Guides
http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides/default.asp
Designed for grades k-12, these lesson plans cover Alcohol and Other Drugs, Community and Environmental Health, Family Health and Sexuality, Injury Prevention, Mental and Emotional Health, Nutrition, Personal and Consumer Health, Physical Activity, and Tobacco.
Nutrition.Gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/
A user friendly, searchable version of the authoritative nutrient database is available for download onto personal computers (PCs) and laptops free of charge.
How Can We Provide Safe Playgrounds?
http://www.preschooleducation.com/art71.shtml
Outdoor playgrounds can be exciting places where children explore their environment while developing motor and social skills; however, they also can pose serious safety hazards.
Influenza 1918
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/
The worst epidemic the United States has ever known.
The Lesson Plan Library
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/health.html
The Lesson Plan Library offers original health lesson plans written by teachers for other teachers.
The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator
http://www.livingto100.com/
Designed to translate what we have learned from studies of centenarians and other longevity research into a practical and empowering tool for individuals to estimate their longevity potential.
MyPyramid.gov
http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html
Take an animated tour of the Agriculture Department´s recommended "nutrition pyramid." Explore the food groups. Assess your food intake and physical activity levels. See a sample menu of how these nutrition recommendations can be integrated into a weekly menu. Use a food tracking worksheet to improve your eating habits.
Nutrition Cafe
http://exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/
Where nutrition information is fun!
PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org/
Provides information about developmentatally appropriate physical education practices and programs.
Sleep from A to Zzz
http://library.thinkquest.org/25553/
From apnea, insomnia, and sleep disorders to sociological and zoological facts. Discover the complexity and importance of your daily biological ritual. We spend about one third of our life sleeping. So, why not begin a journey into the world of Sleep?
Using Technology in Physical Education Newsletter
http://www.pesoftware.com/Technews/news.html
The purpose of this newsletter is to keep K-12 physical educators and health educators abreast of current trends in using technology in physical education. This newsletter is published monthly.
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