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Science for Kids ... and Educators

This page is a compilation of lots of interesting sites for students and teachers. Some pages pay attention to age groups (mostly K-2, 3-5,6-8, 9-12), some don't. Consulting the health information pages can in no way substitute for a visit to the health care provider.

Health for Kids

  • BrainPOP - Educational animated movies for K-12. BrainPOP movies demystify Science, Biology and Technology topics.
  • Healthfinder - From the Dept. of Health and Human Services with e.g.,
  • KidsHealth - From the Nemours Foundation (About KidsHealth) with lots of informtation from Dealing with feelings to the Health problems of Grown-Ups.
  • Kidshealth For Teens - Teens can use this site to find information on eating disorders, healthy snacks, moods, feelings and a question and answer format dealing with sexuality.
  • NIEHS Kid's pages - A wealth of information told in stories, songs, games, humor or as hot topic from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
  • Mercy Bear's Big Adventures - A teddy bear goes through several routine medical procedures, explaining them in easy to understand terms. This site is beautifully illustrated and excellent for explaining medical procedures to small children.
  • Virtual Children's Hospital for Kids - General medical information and resources for kids and families.

Science Nature Technology

Directories

Government Pages

Teachers Corner

Health Information
  • Healthfinder - From the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
  • Health.gov - A portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies.
  • MedlinePlus - From the National Library of Medicine, has medical information written for the general public.
Organizations and Agencies Teaching (in general) Teaching Science
This page was put together by:
Molly Youngkin and Nicola Gaedeke
  
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PubMed Tutorial Reviews process for searching PubMed to find the evidence to support clinical decision making. Produced by an Interdisciplinary Team of faculty at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.

Who Named It? is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

Use Skype to Connect with Colleagues 

LibraryThing.com Tag and keep track of your favorite books.

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use at the 'point-of-care'. Available in PDA.




 
 
 
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