The links on this page have been selected from the Access Excellence Resource Center. Each link has been identified as containing information that is particularly relevant to the teaching and learning of health concepts. For additional links, please visit our Resource Center.
Community Health Status Report
This site allows you to find and print out health related data down to the
county level, across the country. It's very user friendly in its format and presentation. A great resource for teachers, students and anyone else interested in community health.
Fighting Disease: Health At The End Of The Millennium
This health curriculum from The United Nations CyberSchoolBus addresses questions - basic and of global importance - in an engaging set of lessons helping students to understand both personal and global implications of health issues.
Healthy B.A.S.I.C.S Program
These simple, accurate and culturally relevant health education brochures, lesson plans, and parentŐs guide suitable for children and families of all backgrounds are reviewed by a medical anthropologist for cross-cultural appropriateness.
Health Lessons
Health lessons for grades K-5 written by pre-service education students at Georgia State University and practicing k-12 teachersinclude National Health Education Standards and Georgia Quality Core Health Curriculum objectives.
HEALTHTeacher.com
This comprehensive, sequential K-12 health education curriculum gives you almost 300 lesson guides that meet National Health Education Standards and provide skills-based assessment methods.
Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
This web site is "based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, commonly referred to as The Merck Manual. ... The Home Edition transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment."
Nutrition Navigator, Reviews for Educators
Nutrition Navigator is an annotated list of links for educators. Sites are reviewed by Tufts University nutritionists to be certain that information is accurate and current.
KidsHealth
KidsHealth has health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health Media, the site has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone.
HealthFinder.gov: Just for You has information selected specifically for individuals with common interests and concerns. The Kids section as it has interactive games and activities, information on safe web navigation, and art projects all aimed at helping kids understand how to protect their bodies and minds. Other sections address interests by age, ethnic origin and occupation.
Health Topics from A to Z presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a very comprehensive list of government material listed according to name of the disease. Other health topics included in this list are pages for baby, children's, adolescent, women's, men's and senior health. Many pages use technical language.
Doctor Over Time shows you, the viewer, how doctors in 1900, 1950, and 1998 would have handled the same afflictions. All you have to do is complain to the doctor, then see how he or she responds. Both Shockwave and text versions are posted.
For Kids and Teens
A number of activities to help kids understand food safety are presented by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA-CFSAN). Students looking for research project ideas, guidelines and resources will find Student Resources especially helpful.
healthfinder
Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website is a rich source of information on all aspects of personal health.
CDC Travelers' Health
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Travelers' Health tells travelers what they need to know before before they leave including such things as required vaccinations, tips on traveler safety, and special advice for travelers with children or those with chronic disease or special needs.
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
Annotated links for families, educators, health professionals, journalists, and those with special dietary needs. All resources have been reviewed by Tufts University nutritionists to be certain that the information is accurate and up-to-date.
U.S.Food and Drug Administration maintains a huge, well organized site. Food, human and animal drugs, cosmetics, biologics, medical devices, and toxicology are among the topics included.
CDC Health Topics
A to Z
Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics
found on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Web site. New topics are added on an ongoing basis.
ClinicalTrials.gov - Linking
patients to Medical Research
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH),
through its National Library of Medicine(NLM),
has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members
and members of the public current information about clinical research
studies.
Merck Manual of
Medical Information - Home Edition
This web site is "based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy, commonly referred to as The Merck Manual. ... The Home
Edition transforms the language of the professionals' version into
commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases,
diagnosis, prevention, and treatment."
NHLBI: Health
Information
These resources on hypertension, cholesterol, obesity, and heart attack
are organized into two categories: patients/general public and healthcare/other
professionals. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
National Health Information Center
The National Health Information Center (NHIC) puts health professionals
and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations
that are best able to provide answers. You can search the Health
Information Database or select the disease or condition from the
Keyword List.
Spanish Language Health Resources
Health information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
designed to address the specific needs of the Hispanic and Latino populations
is now available in Spanish.
World AIDS Day, 2002 World AIDS Day, founded
by the World Health Organization in 1988, focuses global attention on
the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Bioethics Resources on the Web
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has assembled an extensive and wellorganized list of bioethics links related to education, research involving human participants and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.
Bioethics.net: the American Journal of Bioethics Online This site has articles on current and on-going bioethical issues including such topics as "Who Owns Life?", "Assisted Suicide", "Cloning and Genetics", and "Emergency Room Ethics". The "Bioethics for Beginners" provides a good place to start.
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Science
This site, developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provides several scenarios that can be used to stimulate classroom discussion and debates on topics such as breast screening and indoor and outdoor pollution. Many relevant links to web resources are provided to assist teachers and students.
The Cell Visualization Project Home Page
Computer reconstructions of a human white blood cell from serial transmission electron micrographs are presented as a brief guided tour and as still photos. Although more organelles will be added in the future, enough are included for this site to be useful to anyone introducing cell structure.
The Exploratorium Home Page
This is the home page of the San Francisco Exploratorium. Check it out for information on science education resources, great interactive exhibits, access to an ongoing bioethics discussion group, and more!
The Heart
This site, constructed by The Franklin Institute Science Museum, is a virtual exploration of the heart. It includes examinations--both graphic and text--of cardiac development, structure, vessels, and more. Even includes information on maintaining a healthy heart and monitoring the heart's function.
HHMI Interactive Web
Topics in cardiology, human genetics, immunology and neurophysiology are explored using Java, Shockwave, Quicktime, and RealPlayer. Instructions for downloading the necessary software to use the demonstrations, as well as other Technical Tips are included.
Microbial Zoo
This virtual field trip through a microbial zoo contains images and descriptions of microscopic organisms and the habitats in which they live.
The Virtual Cell
This site lets you explore the structure of a virtual plant cell. You can zoom in on organelles, cut or turn them, look at real EM images and more.
The Visible Human Project
The Visible Human Project creates complete anatomically detailed, three dimensional representations of the male and female human body. The representations are created from CAT, MRI and cryosection images taken at one millimeter intervals from cadavers.
The Biology Project
A great resource for both teachers and students,is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona. Especially valuable to health teachers and learners are the chapters on Chemistry and Human Health, Human Biology, and Immunology.
Gray's Anatomy
The online edition of this classic text features 1,247 illustrations and more than 13,000 entries in the index.
Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
This site contains a clear, well-illustrated series of features about the human senses, the brain, and sensory defects.
Web Anatomy
Test your knowledge of anatomy with these online quizzes. Using elegantly simple drawings and and a list of possible answers, you choose answers and score your quiz.
The Visible Embryo
Navigate through the 40 weeks of pregnancy and preview the unique changes in each stage of human development.
Cyberbotanica
This botany education resource produced by Lucy Snyder of Indiana University's BioTech Project contains information about the use of medicinal plants as chemotherapeutic agents.
Elements with Biological Roles
You begin with biologically active elements highlighted in a periodic table. From there you are linked to compounds and processes found in a number of databases.
Microbial Ecology Resources
A comprehensive list of materials (books, videos, software, etc.) that may be of interest to students and teachers of microbial ecology and microbiology.
National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEH)
The popular NIEH brochure, "You and Your Genes" is now available on the
web along with several other popular brochures, such as
"Environmental Diseases from A to Z".
The U.S.Census Bureau
From this home page you can link to population clocks, food housing info and much more.
U.S. Census Bureau Publications
Census Bureau documents are provided in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these files, you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader which is available for free from the Adobe web site.
Blazing a Genetic Trail
Now an updated, online, user-friendly version with its own glossary. Genetics is personalized in this online version of the popular publication from Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
DNA Learning Center
The award winning Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center has information at all levels from basic genetics to advanced bioinformatics. This site uses animations, quizzes, diagrams and more to explain genetics principles and their implications and applications. Your Genes, Your Health provides insights into the nature, diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases.
GeneCards: genes, proteins and diseases
A database integrating information about the functions of human genes and their products, and of biomedical applications based on this knowledge.
Genetic Science Learning Center
Recently expanded and reorganized, this web site includes sections on Basic Genetics, Genetic Disorders, Genetics in Society and Genetic Thematic Units. Low cost genetics activities, information on how to get equipment, notices of workshops, information on DNA, are resources of particular interest to teachers.
A Question of Genes:Inherited Risks
This site includes many resources designed to go with the Public Broadcasting System video of the same name. Material found here helps students to look at the social, ethical and emotional consequences of genetic testing.
Your Genes, Your Choices
"Your Genes, Your Choices" is an online book that presents hypothetical situations about genetics at the beginning of every chapter, then goes on to explain the science behind the issue. A great job of personalizing the issues so students see a reason to learn this material.
The "Bad Bug" Book
This handbook, developed by the Food and Drug Administration, provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary.
CELLS Alive!
Check out this site for unique images of microorganisms that make you sick, and the blood cells that do battle to keep you well. Includes links to sites offering further information on microbiology, infectious diseases and cell biology.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
One of my favorite sites is the CDC homepage as I can get recent statistics on various diseases. This year I was able to download stats on the occurrence of HIV is both females and in California and give them to my students as we started our AIDS unit.
(Theresa Peters, '96 AE Fellow)
A Dose of Pox
An interactive tutorial that steps you through the discovery and ultimate eradication of smallpox using a series of questions. At each step, information and images are provided to help broaden ones appreciation of this scientific feat!
Medical Microbiology Textbook
This website contains the entire Medical Microbiology textbook by Baron. The textbook includes all the images and figures in the printed form of the text.
Microbiology, Bugs in the News!
Lots of information, with pictures on microbiology. Read about cryptosporidium, AIDS and HIV, flu, E. coli, the immune system and lots more.
An Interview with Ebola Expert, Frederick Murphy
Dr. Murphy was the first person to "see" the ebola virus while at the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Murphy talks to teachers about this virus and shares his views on emerging diseases.
How Now Mad Cow
How much do you really know about BSE? Can you get brain disease from eating beef? Decide for yourself... This online interactive tutorial is a very understandable presentation of "Mad Cow Disease" and related conditions.
Online Tutorials in Virology
Ever wondered what it would be like to be polio virus or an HIV virus? This interactive tutorial lets you "transform" yourself into a virus and then asks you to answer how you would behave under certain biological conditions. If you make a mistake, don't worry... lots of background information and pictures are available to help. Developed by Dr. Alan Cann, University of Leicester, UK.
