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Head Lice: Grades K-2
Head lice—how not to get or give it. Scholars read or listen to kid-friendly articles that offer information about head lice. They complete a worksheet that identifies items they should and should not share with their peers.
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Head Lice: Grades 3-5
Keep lice away with a lesson that focuses on best practices. Scholars discuss what lice are, where it can be found, how it can be prevented and cured. A worksheet challenges pupils to examine items they use every day. A quiz gauges...
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Give The Heave-Ho To Head Lice!
Second graders identify and explain the symptoms of head lice. They also examine the ways to treat the lice and the many ways to prevent the lice from spreading.
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Things I Know About Head Lice
For this head lice worksheet, students use words, that are shown in black and white images of head lice, to fill in the blanks in 10 statements. They use words such as louse, nits, eggs, and blood.
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Word Search For Head Lice
For this head lice word search worksheet, students find and circle the words in the word search. The 12 words students look for are "Anybody can get head lice and everybody can get rid of them".
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Kids Health: Head Lice
Informative article about head lice: how one gets them, how to prevent them, and how to treat them. Includes a section for kids, and another for teens that covers pubic lice, or crabs.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Head Lice
This HeadLice.org site has several links to FAQ's about head lice and also its treatment.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Are Head Lice?
Everything you need to know about head lice and nits in one accessible place. Explore this infestation, what it causes, how it is spread and how it can be treated.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Head Lice
This resource is a one-page article provides a brief overview of head lice: causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatment.
WebMD
Web Md: Lice
This article from WebMD provides a great, brief overview of lice, focusing on the three main kinds. Head lice, pubic lice and body lice, each of which come with a picture. Topics that are also covered include cause, symptoms, what...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Lice
This resource provides comprehensive information on head, body and pubic lice. It includes diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, as well as risk factors associated with lice, and the life cycle of a louse.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Head Lice
A short explanation of what head lice are. Includes links to comprehensive information regarding detection, symptoms, prevention, and treatment. This page is available in numerous languages.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Travelers' Health: Disease Directory
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Louse Bit Me!
Lice need to suck blood to survive, and they sometimes live on people's heads and lay eggs in their hair. Learn all about lice in this article.
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Disease Detectives: Microbe Gallery
Learn in-depth details about microbes that cause disease: what is it, how to avoid it, the symptoms, and how it causes infections.
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Kids Health: Hey! A Louse Bit Me
This site is provided for by Kids Health. A louse is a parasite that sometimes lives on the heads of people. Read more about lice, how to avoid them, and what to do if you do come in contact with them.
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