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Kids Health: Eating for Sports

For Students 3rd - 5th
Know what foods you need to eat in order to stay competitive. This website offers suggestion for kids who are active in sports and includes hints for eating healthy and staying hydrated.
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Kids Health: How Stitches Help Kids Heal

For Students 9th - 10th
If you need to get stitches, this article will explain the procedure and how you should take care of your wound. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: What Kids Who Are Moving Should Do

For Students 3rd - 5th
Just find out that you're going to be moving? Here are some ideas to help make the move easier for you.
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Kids Health: Your Digestive System

For Students 3rd - 8th
A complete student lesson on the human digestive system. Students can listen to the text being read, watch a video on the subject, and view an interactive diagram of the digestive system. When finished, learners take an online quiz.
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Kids Health: Asthma

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of asthma: diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment. Also includes animations of what happens during an asthma flare-up and how to use a peak flow meter.
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Kids Health: Acne

For Students 9th - 10th
The bane of a teenager's existence--acne--is the topic of this informative article. You'll probably learn more than you really wanted to know about it, but the facts are presented in an interesting way. There's even a video to watch.
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Kids Health: The Flu

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about influenza, the vaccine, and who should receive it.
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Kids Health: Who Needs a Flu Shot

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about influenza, the flu shot, and who should get one.
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Kids Health: What's Visual Impairment

For Students 3rd - 8th
What's it like for people who are visually impaired? How does it happen and what can be done? Be sure to read the whole article and click on the tabs to the right for more information.
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Kids Health: A How the Body Works

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides complete, mini-learning modules about different aspects of the human body. Click on the eyeball to focus your search.
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Kids Health: The Big Story on Bones

For Students 3rd - 5th
This detailed article on bones provides a diagram of the skeletal system, advice to keep bones healthy, and links to further related information. User has option to view Shockwave or non-Shockwave version of this website.
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Kids Health: The Brain Is the Boss

For Students 9th - 10th
What weighs 3 pounds at maturity and is faster than any computer? If you don't know then use this site about the brain. Get great information and diagrams about the brain. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Your Digestive System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the amazing process of digestion through the digestive system. View great drawings about other parts of the body that aid in this process. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Let's Hear It for the Ear!

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the body part that is responsible for collecting sounds, processing them and sending them to your brain. See all the inner workings of the ear through great diagrams. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: A Big Look at the Eye

For Students 3rd - 8th
Younger students learn much about the human eye in this article, which is illustrated with a cross-sectional diagram.
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Kids Health: Looking at Your Lungs

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this very creative site students will love learning about the function of their lungs. Fully illustrated with diagrams and new vocabulary words. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Your Multi Talented Muscles

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site you will learn what muscles are made up of and find out about the different types of muscles in the body. A great illustration of a skeletal muscle is also provided. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Your Teeth

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides this illustrated article about human teeth.
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Kids Health: Stick Out Your Tongue and Say Aah!

For Students 3rd - 8th
This illustrated tongue tutorial shows that this organ is used for more than just talking (and tongue twisters). Features include Spanish version and links to related human body topics.
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Kids Health: What's Up With Warts

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed article about warts in question-and-answer format. Learn why you get them and how you get rid of them.
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Kids Health: What's the Big Sweat About Dehydration

For Students 3rd - 8th
KidsHealth offers an article on dehydration and the problems it can cause.
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Kids Health: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

For Students 3rd - 5th
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder that affects the "worry thoughts" that a person has. One way to think about OCD is to think about superstitions. When you do something a certain way or avoid a situation, such as...
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Kids Health: Somebody in My Friend's Family Died

For Students 3rd - 5th
Death is a very difficult thing to deal with for all of us. If you have a friend who has recently 0lost someone, you may be wondering how you can help. Chances are, that friend is not acting the way she/he normally does and you want to...
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Kids Health: The Scoop on Gossip

For Students 3rd - 8th
We've all probably heard a bit of gossip, a story about someone we know that might embarrass him. Despite whether the information is true or not, the fact that it is being passed on to other people could be harmful for him. It may be fun...

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