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.
Share an article that, from the Center for Disease Control, explains anthrax - how it is transmitted, the symptoms, and…
A comprehensive explanation of AIDS and HIV.
A chart of the number of young women with HIV and AIDS in the U.S. through June 1999.
A chart of the number of young men with HIV and AIDS in the U.S. through June 1999.
WORKSHEETS
Teen suicide is a topic that makes many parents feel at a loss. Help them become more aware and learn more about suicide…
Let parents of at-risk teens know that they are not alone. Share this message from a parent who lost a child to suicide…
This message from a teen gives insight into suicide and depression. Reading it may help prepare your students for…
Help parents talk to their children with this printable, which covers suicide warning signs and points to remember when…
Review types of animal behavior and learning with this science printable. Students will explain innate behavior,…
Review how the human body fights disease. In this printable, students will identify types of immunity and answer…
Use reference materials to research germ theory, bacterial diseases, antibiotics, Robert Koch, Alexander Fleming, and…
Compare the death rate from two infectious diseases in the United States. Students will interpret the graph in this…
Integrate history and science with this printable about illness and disease. Students will use reference materials to…
Review why vitamins are important to the human body with the questions and activities in this science printable.…
Enrich your study of nutrition and the human body with this activity about digestive enzymes and diseases. Students will…
Students will research heart disease, medical treatments, and technology, to answer the questions in this science…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Statistics on AIDS cases in the United States.
Lessons learned over the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are discussed by Peter Piot, a Belgian physician and…