Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Parasites and Health: Trypanosomiasis
Get a comprehensive overview of the Trypanosomiasis parasite. Find out its geographical distribution, means of infection, symptoms and treatment options.
BBC
Bbc: Week of 7 28 14: Bedtime Light 'May Stop Cancer Drug Working'
Learn how light impacts human hormones during sleep, and how it may prevent a drug called Tamoxifen from working.
Read Works
Read Works: The Night Shift
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of sleeping and dreaming. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Utah Department of Health: Amebiasis (Amebic Dysentery) [Pdf]
Frequently asked questions about amebiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a parasite, "What is Amebiasis?", "Who gets Amebiasis?", symptoms and many other details of the illness are explained in detail.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Your Eyes
Take a look at this article to learn about the different parts of this amazing part of the body that's at work from the moment you wake up until you close them to go to sleep.
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Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System Quiz
Take a quiz on the heart and circulatory system.
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Kids Health: Childhood Cancer
This article gives information about childhood cancer and its most common cause, genetic mutation. Treatment information is also included.
National Institutes of Health
Nih: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
View various resources on cardiovascular health. Included at this website, in addition to general resources on heart and lung health, are write-ups on various research studies and medical and technological advances.
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Malaria Foundation International: What Is Malaria?
A physician answers frequently asked questions, a World Health Organization Fact Sheet is available and other resources are presented on this handy page.
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Kids Health: I'm Growing Up but Am I Normal?
Witnessing changes that take place on your body can sometimes be a confusing experience. Are the changes normal? Are you changing in ways unlike anyone else? This site may help to relieve some worries that an adolescent may be pondering....
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Kids Health: Staying Healthy
Find yummy recipes for food to make yourself! There are also articles about the reasons for vitamins and minerals, how to eat when you're playing sports, and a number of other important topics.
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Med Help: All Ask a Doctor Forums and Medical Communities
The Med Help Support Communities provides questions and answers about most medical conditions as well as allowing you to type in a question and get a reply from a doctor.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hey! A Scorpion Bit Me
This site is provided for by Kids Health. Scorpions are nocturnal, which means they sleep mostly during the day and are active at night. Read about characteristics of scorpions, where they live, and what to do if you are stung by one.
Read Works
Read Works: Every Hour Counts
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effects of not getting enough sleep. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Gary Wolf: The Quantified Self
Gary Wolf discusses how we use modern technology, more specifically gadgets and apps, to monitor our health and body. [5:11]
University of Washington
University of Washington: Neurological Disorder Resources
Eighteen different categories of mental illness are a part of this resource. Each category of illness has multiple links allowing for a very thorough investigation of each disorder.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Can Your Body Temperature Tell the Time of Day?
If you have ever had to adjust to a new time zone, you have noticed that it takes a while before you start to feel normal again. By shifting your sleep and activity schedule, you have altered the pattern of your body's circadian rhythms....
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Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: 24 Hour Society: Neon Signs
More and more people are awake after midnight or before dawn. Some are working, perhaps keeping the graveyard shift or doing business with foreign markets. Some are playing-increasing numbers of entertainments never close. Some are doing...
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Story md.com: Wellness and Habits
How can you stop yourself from making unhealthy decisions or acquiring bad habits? In a world of increased portions sizes and highly processed convenience foods, it isn't as simple as knowing what is and isn't good for you.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measuring Noise Pollution
Through investigating the nature, sources and level of noise produced in their environment, students are introduced to the concept of noise pollution. They learn about the undesirable and disturbing effects of noise and the resulting...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: Bedtime
A storybook about the bedtime routine of a young child. Includes audio readaloud feature in 17 additional languages, although text is in English.
Read Works
Read Works: A Good Night
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about what to do if you are having a hard time falling asleep at night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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