REFERENCE
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.
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.
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.
A chart showing drug use by Americans, 12 years and older.
ACTIVITIES
Students create a model of the path of a nerve impulse that includes an eye, a sensory neuron, an interneuron, and a…
WORKSHEETS
Use a chart to compare and contrast data on your baby teeth and your permanent teeth.
Interesting facts related to blood banks, blood transfusions, and blood donations.
Talk to your pupils about headaches and migraines, then have them compare the two in this printable Venn diagram…
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…
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…
BOOK GUIDES
Engage students in conversations about illness, activism, community, and friendship with these discussion questions and…
Educate students about haemophilia, a genetic blood clotting disorder, with this true/false worksheet. Pupils will…
Read about penicillin, and explore the related activities to learn more about bacteriologist Alexander Fleming's…