Better Safe Than Sorry: Preventing a Tragedy
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Science/curriculum.html
A middle-school inquiry-based curriculum on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome developed at UNC-Chapel Hill and aligned with the National Science Education Standards. Curriculum kits are free and include guided teacher and lab instructions, online videos, CD-ROM, and ordering instructions for lab materials. All components are available for download.
Environmental Education Center
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
Curriculum resources, community projects, grants, Conservation
Curriculum Resources, scholarships, and conference
information for teachers.
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/translat/k12/k12educa.htm
Excellent resource for information, Kids pages, links
to lesson plans, and more teacher resources.
NIEHS K-12 Education Materials Booklet
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/translat/k12/K12bklt.pdf
Requires Adobe PDF to view.
PBS Technology & Teaching
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm
Provides a range of tutorials for technology applications,
as well as the latest reports and information resources.
Teachers.Net
Health Lessons
http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Health
Collection of Health Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers.
TeachNet.com
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/health/index.html
Offers PE and Health Lesson plans for K-12 educators.
Understanding Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/alcohol/default.htm
A middle school curriculum supplement involving 6 hands-on, inquiry-based lessons that fit into the 5E’s Instructional Model. It includes web-based components that simulate intoxicated and sober mice, time and genetics, calculations and impact on BAC levels as well as depictions of intoxicated drivers, requiring students to make observations and inferences.
USGS The Learning Web
http://www.usgs.gov/education/
Dedicated to K-12 education, exploration, and life-long
learning about how biology, geology, hydrology, and
geography can help understand our changing world.
