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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor: Duchenne/becker Muscular Dystrophy

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive multimedia site has all sorts of information about muscular dystrophy. The animations and diagrams are excellent, and the interviews gives insight into families dealing with muscular dystrophy. Diagnosis, inheritance,...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Alzheimer Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
All the basic information you need about Alzheimer Disease can be found at this great interactive, multimedia website. Topics like: causes, inheritance, treatment, testing, and diagnosis are all covered. There is also a great section...
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OURA

1000 Cranes of Hope: A Monument to Those Touched by Cancer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Join a community united against cancer by adding an expression of empathy, support or remembrance to an interactive monument dedicated to those touched by cancer.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along

For Students 1st - 5th
This site helps children learn how to get along with each other and peacefully resolve conflicts and disagreements. It provides different situations and children have to make choices with different consequences.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: Intraocular (Eye) Melanoma

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent site provides a good overview of Intraocular (Eye) Melanoma. Also provides links to more detailed information about treatment, prevention, genetics, causes, stages and screening for skin cancer.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: Ovarian Cancer Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by the National Cancer Institute provides general information about ovarian cancer. Also has links to more detailed information about treatment, prevention, genetics, causes and screening for ovarian cancer.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute: Prostate Cancer Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by the National Cancer Institute provides a general overview of prostate cancer. Also provides links to more detailed information about stages, treatment, prevention, genetics, causes, and screening for prostate cancer.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute: Cancer Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on virtually every type of cancer. Information can be found on prevention, causes, detection, treatments, research, and support groups.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Figuring Out Phobias

For Students 3rd - 5th
A phobia is "an extremely strong fear of a situation or thing." Phobias don't just last a few minutes, they are fears that stay with you. A kid who has a phobia of dogs will go out of his way to avoid any situation that involves his...
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Children's Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Medline Plus, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides great resources on children's health. Choose from the latest news articles, treatments for common conditions, preventions for...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Race to the End of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia-rich exhibition documents the race, in 1911, to be the first to reach the South Pole. Two teams undertook the perilous journey, one British, led by Robert Scott, and one Norwegian, led by Roald Amundsen. With digital dioramas,...
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Stroke

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mayo Clinic provides extensive information on strokes. Content includes a focus on the signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, when to seek medical advice, screening and diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and more.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: Liver Cancer Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by the National Cancer Institute provides a general overview of liver cancer. Also provides links to more detailed information about stages, treatment, prevention, genetics, causes and screening for liver cancer.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Copley's "Watson and the Shark"

For Students 9th - 10th
The painting is displayed followed by a brief narrative of the painting. Full-screen image, bibliography, exhibition history, location, provenance, and purchase of reproductions are available within the site.
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Other

Grief: Getting Over the Death of Someone Close to You

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting over the loss of someone close to you if a difficult process. This site provides resources for adolescents who have recently experienced such a loss and helps to lead them through this process in the healthiest manner possible.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam!: Bully Roundup

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive, board game style activity tests kids' knowledge of bullying and how to avoid becoming a bully and being bullied. It also offers many tips to make students more bully aware.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute: National Organizations for Cancer Patients

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a list of contact information for national organizations that offer services to people with cancer and their families. Some organizations concentrate on certain kinds of cancer, and others provide information on several...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Resilience Tips for Adults

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Children express their worries in different ways. Learn some ways a child may signal that they are upset in this guide from Arthur: "April 9th."
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Amphibians

For Students 3rd - 5th
Amphibians are cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrates. Most live some of their life in water and some on land. The most common amphibian critter is a frog but there are many others. Read about Wisconsin's many amphibians here.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents extensive information for learning about and teaching evolution including an in depth course "Evolution 101", teaching materials, and a resource library.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Offering Comfort

For Students Pre-K - K
It's comforting for kids to know that they live within a circle of care. Remind children that many people care about them...that's what the "Circle of Care" is all about. Together as a family, use these resources to help your child...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Get Up and Go!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
PBS Wisconsin Education and the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison worked together to create this series of videos that focuses on the well-being of young children.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Community, Making of African American Identity: V. 1, 1500 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty nine primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore how enslaved individuals and families coped with, adjusted to, maintained communities within, and opposed the system of oppression.
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BBC

Bbc: Cbbc Newsround: Beating Exam Stress: What Is Exam Stress?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about stress, its triggers, and how to cope.

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