Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Youth Health Risk Behaviors

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the CDC provides research results on health risk behaviors in the United States compared by race and ethnicity. Covers over twenty risk behaviors. Gives information in summaries, table sand charts.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Yrbss Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

For Students 9th - 10th
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults.
Lesson Plan
National Institutes of Health

Understanding Alcohol: Information About Alcohol

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Includes several sections, with charts and facts with information on alcohol use, alcoholism, youth drinking, and misconceptions and myths about alcohol and drinking. Though a "Teacher's guide," this website is suitable for learners...
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Other

Health Check Systems: Healthier Fast Food Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from HealthCheck Systems you can click on the names of your favorite fast food places to see the "healthier" food choices they provide. Check out the calorie, fat, protein, and carbohydrate content for each food choice.
Handout
WebMD

Web Md: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Ocd)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Health Guide from WebMD surveys obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD--including its causes, symptoms, risks, exams and tests, treatment, prevention, home treatment, and medications.
Lesson Plan
USA Today

Girls Are Drinking Like Boys

For Students 9th - 10th
A 2002 study revealed that teen girls drink nearly as much as their male counterparts, "closing a generations-old gender gap." Learn about the study's findings and statistics, discuss teen drinking with the help of questions provided,...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Travel Translations

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be safe when traveling. Choose a language to show anyone who touches your food that you have a serious allergy to peanuts, in this activity from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."
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Other

National Kidney Foundation: What You Should Know About Being Overweight or Obese

For Students 9th - 10th
The causes and health risks of having excess weight are discussed in this informative site along with suggestions for loosing weight through diet, behavior modification exercise and surgery.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Binky's Placemat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Print out and color Binky's Placemat, in this activity from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts." Remember: "The more you know, the easier it is to stay safe and get back to having fun!"