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BBC

Bbc: Development and Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive website is a lesson for students in determining the factors that divide developed and developing countries. Major health issues of each are also included. Archived.
Website
Other

U.s. Department of Health & Human Services: Dating and Sex

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains multiple strategies that help adults and students discuss dating and talking about sex.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Cooperative Extension: Publications: Adolescent Growth and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
During adolescence, teens begin to change physically, cognitively, and psychosocially in preparation for adulthood. Comprehensive article, aimed primarily at an adult readership, describes how adolescents develop.
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Leaf Group

How to Adult: Stages of Development in Adolescents

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the social, cognitive, and physical development of humans during adolescence.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Growing and Graphing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Tall Are We?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those students. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar...
Interactive
University of Manchester

Children's University of Manchester: Teeth and Eating: Tooth Timeline

For Students 3rd - 5th
Illustrated explanation of a basic change in humans as we grow: the maturing of our teeth.
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Other

Proud to Be Primary: Goal Setting for Kids Made Simple!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Goal setting is a lesson that should be revisited and worked on throughout life. Having something to focus on and work towards helps us to be productive human beings. It is our responsibility to teach these skills to children. This blog...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do You Have the Willpower to Taste Something Sour?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do try this mouth-puckering science fair project to find out if people of all ages love sour tastes, or if there a difference between the sour preferences of kids and adults. You might be able to sell creations of your own based on your...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Life's Little Questions: Can You Beat Jet Lag

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the human body's need for a normal cycle of dark and light and apply this to an understanding of biological clocks in other animals. Test the effect of light on the development of mealworm larvae into adults.