WORKSHEETS
Discuss compelling contemporary teen issues with these reading-guide questions for Now You See Her, a story about a…
Use this word-fill activity to educate students about multiple sclerosis – a chronic disease that affects millions…
Supplement your study about diseases of the human body with this research and vocabulary activity about multiple…
Educate students about haemophilia, a genetic blood clotting disorder, with this true/false worksheet. Pupils will…
Talk to your pupils about headaches and migraines, then have them compare the two in this printable Venn diagram…
In these Spanish activities, students practice medical vocabulary. This two-page Spanish language printable includes a…
BOOK GUIDES
Engage students in conversations about illness, activism, community, and friendship with these discussion questions and…
Review the effects of inherited diseases, including Tay-Sachs and Huntington's disease, using the questions in this…
Get students thinking about the process and applications of genetic engineering, using the questions in this science…
Educate students about magnetism, the human body, and advances in medical technology with a reading passage and…
Seventh-grader Celeste Harris was comfortable with her weight until her aunt signed her up for a plus-size beauty…
In this life science printable, students will label the parts, classify, and review the structure of a virus. As a skill…
REFERENCE
Learn about cancer risks you can avoid. The information in this article can help you protect yourself from developing…
Learn about the difference between benign and malignant tumors in this article about cancer.
Challenge your students with a scientific and ethical discussion about the benefits and possible dangers of cloning, in…
Learn about the origins, outbreaks, transmission, and more of the H5N1 virus, also called Avian influenza A.
Read this article to learn about food-borne illness and nine prominent bacteria that can cause them.
Find tips and ideas for making healthy food choices when packing lunches and snacks.
A chart showing drug use by Americans, 12 years and older.
Present this article, which is full of relevant facts pertaining to smoking-related deaths, to teach children about the…
Find facts about alcoholism in this article.
A list of animals and the diseases they may carry.
A chart of the occurrence of heavy alcohol use, by age group, race/ethnicity, and sex from 1985-1997.
ACTIVITIES
Students create a model of the path of a nerve impulse that includes an eye, a sensory neuron, an interneuron, and a…
