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Health Links
Adolescence Directory
Resources focus on the social and emotional development of adolescents. Includes eating disorders, depression, and teen
pregnancy.
Come To Your Senses
Learn about the special mass of fat that produces thoughts, sensations, and stores memories. Mr. Potato Head has all the
sensational facts.
Five A Day
Advice on healthy eating from the Dole corporation. With recipes, activities, and information.
Food Museum
Anyone craving to stuff themselves on fun-filled food facts can learn all about what's served for dinner around the world.
Munching allowed.
Food Pyramid
Follow the food pyramid's guidelines to guarantee a healthy, balanced and tasty diet, with recommended servings.
Food and Nutrition Science Fair Projects
Look at the resources the USDA offers for making an edible science experiment the old fashioned way. Lists the ingredients in
fun projects.
Health Hotlist
Collection of links to sites on nutrition, fitness, and various diseases and disorders. Includes resources for teachers.
How Personality Works
Read about how personalities develop, what can go wrong, and how we all change over time. Explains thoughts, feelings, and
defines reputation.
How Your Brain Works
It's gray, squishy, and controls everything in our bodies and it's the brain. Check out the Brain Work's assessment program.
InnerBody.com
Online anatomy lesson contains more than 100 illustrations of the human body. Site uses Java applets to show images and select
anatomy parts.
International Museum of Surgical Science
Based in Chicago and gives references for related resources about the personalities, failures and breakthroughs that have shaped
modern surgery.
Kellogg's Nutrition Camp
Check out this fun and educational nutrition site for kids. Features games, online stories, nutrition facts, and breakfast FAQs.
Kids Learn About Diabetes
Take a tutorial on diabetes and learn all the facts about insulin, the pancreas, and other treatments.
Kids and Cancer
Read poems and stories written by kids surviving serious illness like cancer and HIV. Contains pictures, instructions, and fun
sites to visit.
Look Out for Germs
Prevent an invasion by the germ corps with better hygiene practices and medicines. Learn the difference between a fungus, virus,
or a bacteria.
Nanoworld Image Gallery
Explore a fascinating collection of images of human cells and other biological specimens from the view of an electron
microscope.
Neuroscience for Kids - Sleep
Wake up and try out these sleep experiments while laying around. Learn what animals sleep hardly at all.
Neuroscience for Kids
Explore the brain and nervous system, with activities and experiments. For elementary and secondary school students.
No Bully New Zealand
Play the No Bully game to learn about stopping bullies in their tracks. Check out the videos and the stories.
Otto Club
Helps everybody take safer trips during special events, vacations, and errands. Learn why bike helmets, car safety belts, and
street lights work.
Poison Prevention
Discover why poisons are dangerous and where they can be found around the house. Play the poison games to learn more.
Preview the Heart
Tour the most important muscle in the body and see what scientists, doctors, and thrill seekers get all excited about.
Real Truth about Fast Food
Learn how choosey eaters chose good foods, in good amounts and sizes. Play the healthy meal game.
Serendip
Explore the brain, human behavior, genetics, and the ethics of science. With activities and a K-12 forum.
Smelly Experiment
Gather up a few friends, some kitchen tools, raw food, and try this smelly nostril tester. Email the results to the National
Geographic Society.
Sparky the Fire Dog
Find out the hot facts about preventing home fires and staying safe at school or outside. Plan out room exits or send Sparky
questions.
The Recovery Village
Personalized Addiction Treatment
Tobacco-Free Kids
National campaign focused on protecting kids from tobacco addiction. Provides updates on court cases, a kids' corner, and news
of special events.
VegSource
Colorful, information-packed site on vegetarianism. Contains discussion boards, recipes, publications, diet and nutrition facts,
and kids' stuff.
Visible Human Project
See what the human body looks like in thin flat sections. Notice the color of muscle, bone, skin, and fat.