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Diet: The Only Real Hope for Arthritis

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to discussing the use of a vegan diet to lower the risk of arthritis, this article also talks about diet as a means of preventing other diseases and disorders.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Allergic Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to a definition of "Allergic reactions," and causes and symptoms, find several illustrations of various types of skin allergies and learn how allegic reactions can be prevented and treated through first aid.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Importance of Reptiles

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reptiles play an important role in the life of humans. In addition to playing an important role in many food chains, which keep the populations of small animals...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Planaria Fishing

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how to catch planeria, small carnivorous worms that live in ponds. In addition, he explains their role in the environment.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Vegetarianism

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to defining the different types of vegetarians and vegetarian diets, this four page article, discusses the benefits and drawbacks of vegetarianism, while focusing on children and the nutrition they need to grow strong,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Ghorbat Kinship

For Students 9th - 10th
The term "Ghorbat" is applied to several non-food-producing, itinerant populations of fairly low status throughout the Middle East and even beyond, in parts of formerly Soviet Central Asia and the Balkans. These peripatetic populations...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Myth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for three lessons that examine the myth and reality behind the first Thanksgiving and the Wampanoag Native Americans in colonial America. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Penguins: Twenty: Number 20 and Money

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Practice counting, addition, and subtraction by making sure all twenty penguins have enough clothes and food.
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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Heart Health and Care

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple guide from The Franklin Institute to keeping your heart healthy through proper exercise, a varied diet, and a clean lifestyle. Here, read about how to exercise and eat to avoid heart disease.
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Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: Co Co's Adver Smarts

For Students 3rd - 5th
Co-Co's AdverSmarts is an interactive unit whose purpose is to help children ages five through eight recognize marketing techniques used on websites that target them. As kids assist in designing the new Co-Co Crunch website, Co-Co...
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Vitamin C

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing general information on vitamin C and its role in maintaining health, this article includes illustrated charts on the sources and benefits of vitamin C and the effects of vitamin C deficiency.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing information on the functions and food sources of vitamin B12, this website includes a chart of usage and dosage.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: You Are Here

For Students 5th - 8th
In this interactive mall environment, students learn how to make smart decisions as consumers. Whether shopping for clothes, choosing the best food deal, searching for a job or buying a cellphone, students will learn how to recognize...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Oliver Twist

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Dr. Seward's Gila Monster Web Site: Gila Monsters

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to covering morphology, range, unique adaptations, activity patterns food & metabolism, and intraspecific interactions, this this site examines several interesting superstitions and fables related to the gila monster.
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Harvard University

Harvard School of Public Health: The Nutrition Source: Fiber

For Students 9th - 10th
Why is fiber important to our diets? How can we get the fiber we need from the food we eat? In addition to answering the above questions, this website also describes the diseases and disorders we can avoid by eating fiber-rich foods.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted...
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Royal Botanic Gardens

Plant Cultures: Garlic

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the many uses garlic has in the making of different foods and medicines as you peruse through this informative resource. You will be exposed to a detailed plant profile and history in addition to a number of interesting facts...
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Oklahoma State University

Chronicles of Oklahoma: Buffalo Valley: Osage Hunting Ground [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Once the Osage were relocated to the Indian Territory in what is today Oklahoma, they had to find food. This article describes one place which was very good for the hunting of buffalo and how the Osage would hunt their prey. In addition,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digestive System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The digestive system is amazing: it takes the foods we eat and breaks them into smaller components that our body can use for energy, cell repair and growth. This lesson introduces students to the main parts of the digestive system and...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Barn Owl

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to hearing the sounds of the Barn Owl, you will find information on the habitat, food, behavior, reproduction and more on this comprehensive site.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Eastern Screech Owl

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough site delves into topics such as cool facts, range, habitat, food, behavior, and more. In addition, you can listen to the sounds made by this species.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Boreal Owl

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to topics such as range, habitat, food, and behavior, you can also find cool facts and listen to the sounds of this owl on this interesting, comprehensive site.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Pacific Slope Flycatcher

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, and conservation status are the topics delved into on this informative site. In addition, you can listen to the songs of this species.

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