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State Agencies/Professional Organizations
Title/Description Link
The Maryland State School Health Council is committed to the development and maintenance of school health programs that provide necessary health benefits to every school age child in Maryland.
Please click here to visit their site!
The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) is a permanent compilation of all Maryland agency regulations.
Please click here to visit the site and view COMAR documents!
Maryland Govenor's Office for Children Youth, and Families.
Children This Web site has been created by the Maryland State Depratment of Education to help schools analyze their state assessment data and guide them in making data-based instructional decisions that would support improved performance for all students.
MDK12 The Maryland State Department of Education web site.
MSDE The Society for Public Health Education. SOPHE is an independent, international professional association made up of a diverse membership of health education professionals and students. The Society promotes healthy behaviors, healthy communities, and healthy environments through its membership, its network of local chapters, and its numerous partnerships with other organizations.
SOPHE
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Teacher Resources
Title/Description Link Resources for health educators, sponsored by New York University
Resources Escoffery's Health Education Page. Resources for health educators.
Resources Your one stop site for k through 12 grant oppotunities!
School Grants Howard County's health education resource site.
Howard County Thinkport is a free, comprehensive online resource for Maryland educators, families, and community members.
Think Port An educational resource that has lesson plans, professional development ideas, administration information, technology tips, and articles that deal with school issues.
Education World The key to one-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units, and other education resources on the Internet!
The Gateway
Kathy Schrock's Guide for educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
Teaching Resources
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General Health
Title/Description Link
CDC's web site covering health topics for kids.
BAM! Body and Mind!
The national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9 to 13 year old girls.
Girl Power
The home page for Health and Human Services for Kids. This page contains many links.
Health and Human Services for Kids
The MarcoGrams, published by MarcoPolo, are great summaries of where to
find materials.
MarcoGrams
This site is sponsored by Cincinnati, Case and Ohio State medical
schools. It contains links to other reputable health information on
the internet as well as a wealth of consumer health information, a health
encyclopedia and current health news.
www.netwellness.org KIDS COUNT Census data online
Kids Count Informative web site on kids' health.
Kids Health
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Drug Education
Title/Description Link
The Tobacco Free Sports Playbook is filled with examples of successful tobacco free policies, media campaigns, and education programs.
Playbook! (a PDF File)
A soccer coach's manual with soccer drills that incoporate tobacco free messages.
Soccer Manual (a PDF File) Order free materials from CDC's office on Smoking and Health.
Order Free Materials from the CDC! (a PDF File)
An online book from the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Agency that details drug facts.
Get It Straight
A marijuana facts brochure developed for teens by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. (A PDF file)
Marijuana: Facts for Teens Maryland Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition
Underage Drinking Tobacco Free For Life
Tobacco Free Life Smoke Free Maryland is a statewide coalition of concerned organizations and individuals working to reduce tobacco-caused illness and death.
Smoke Free MD
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Nutrition
Title/Description Link
Food and Drug Administration's kids' page.
FDA Kids
An elementary level game designed that teaches students about food safety.
Food Detectives
A web page filled with links and designed for kids from the US Department of Agriculture.
USDA for Kids
Tips for using the food guide pyramid for young children, two to six years old. (A PDF file)
Tips
A large, colorful food guide pyramid designed for kids. (A PDF file.)
Pyramid
The Community Nutrition Action Kit is a tool for enabling communities to work together to motivate children and families to work together to make food choices for a healthy diet.
Action Kit
Classroom curriculum and activities available to educators, on-line, from Team Nutrition and USDA.
Team Nutrition
Dietary guidelines for Americans developed by USDA. (A PDF file.)
Dietary Guidelines A wealth of information about dairy products for consumers, media, school professionals and dairy farmers.
South East Dairy The IFIC Foundation is the educational arm of IFIC. IFIC's mission is to communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals, educators, journalists, government officials and others providing information to consumers.
IFIC Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids.
Dietary Reference Eating Habit Assessment.
Fill in the form to assess your eating habits.
Eating Habits
Food and Nutrition Information Center. A list of nutrition and general health education links
Health Links
OASIS is your one stop source for information about selecting, preparing, and using fresh fruits and vegetables.
Fruits and Vegetables information
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Mental Wellness
Title/Description Link This "Theme Page" has links to resources related to the study of Self-Esteem.
Links This Self-Esteem Evaluation measures your current level of self-esteem, your Self-Esteem Index (SEI), and serves as a gauge of your progress in achieving sound self-esteem.
Evaluation The National Association for Self-Esteem (NASE). The purpose of our organization is to fully integrate self-esteem into the fabric of American society so that every individual, no matter what their age or background, experiences personal worth and happiness.
NASE BUILDING YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM
16 Techniques For Parents And Teachers
Article
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A Healthy Environment
Title/Description Link
The Water Sourcebook Series consists of activities for grades K through 12 about the water management cycle.
Drinking Water for Kids
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Disease Prevention
Title/Description Link
Kid friendly activities brought to you by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
HealthFinder@Kids
An elementary curriculum guide designed to teach fourth grade students about mosquito biology and the prevention of La Crosse encephalitis.
Neato Mosquito
In realistic simulations, your students become doctors, patients, researchers and lab technicians engaged in the process of investigating everything from the common cold to life-or-death viral outbreaks.
Virus Encounters The Coalition for Skin Cancer Prevention in Maryland
Sun Guardman
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Safety
Title/Description Link
A website geared to prevent unreasonable risks of injuries to children. Sponsored by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Kidd Safety
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Family Life
Title/Description Link The Get Real About Teen Pregnancy Campaign is designed to increase public understanding about realistic approaches all adults can take to help address the problem of teen pregnancy.
Lets Get Real The Children's Aid Society, Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program uses a holistic approach that aims to empower youth. The program helps young people to develop personal goals and the desire for a productive future.
Stop Teen Pregnancy
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Reading/Writing in the Classroom
Title/Description Link OnLine Reading Resources is a collection of teaching aids designed for teachers to use to maximize students' learning.
Reading Resources All America Reads (AAR) is an ongoing nationwide project designed to encourage reading and discussion.
All America Reads This is a directory of reading strategies that can be used in the classroom.
Reading Strategies Strategies for Reading Comprehension.
Reading Strategies Web sites for the "Write" way. Links to web sitesto help educators with writing.
Writing