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Health Sites To Use With Students
- Brain Pop- Animated movies on health, science, and technology.
- Common Sense: Strategies for Raising Alcohol- and Drug-Free Children- The site includes information about drug and alcohol prevention; polls; family activities; bulletin boards; links to help and hotlines; and more.
- Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease- An online exhibit.
- Health Finder- Provides free and reliable health information.
- KidsHealth.org - Discover how the body works and what can make the body sick by reading through these expert articles written just for kids.
- Med in Web- Easy access to free medical information.
- MooMilk- Children who want to learn more about dairy farms and products will find information about cows and milking, recipes, connect the dot pictures, a monthly contest, a milk quiz, and a virtual tour that tells the journey milk takes from the food the cows eat through the milking process to the store.
- Nutrition Café- The Pacific Science Institute presents this engaging, interactive site designed to introduce students to essential nutrients and proper meal planning.
- Produce Oasis- Students will find information on hundreds of fruit and vegetable of all varieties.
- Sleep: From A to Zzzz- 3 high school students created this fun and informative site all about sleep.
- The Future of Medicine- Geared towards advanced students (it's content-heavy and contains pretty abstract subject matter) but it contains thought-provoking sections on designer drugs, robosurgery, genetic engineering, and other controversial topics.
- The Visible Embryo- An amazing site, offering detailed information and illustrations about embryonic development from ovulation through the third trimester.
- Web MD- Provides great audience-specific health information. The best medical site on the net!