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Resource People:

Sixth grade academic team members
Middle and High school physical education teachers
Middle school Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teacher
Wabash professors/Allen Athletic and Recreation Center trainers
Purdue professors
Athena Center personnel
Crawfordsville Park and Recreation Department personnel
St Clare Hospital health consultant

Media Resources:

Teen Wellness: The Whole Picture (Grades 5-7) Sunburst Communications.

What's Wrong with Alcohol? (Grades 3-6) Human Relations Media.

What's Wrong with Inhalants? (Grades 3-6) Human Relations Media.

What's Wrong with Marijuana? (Grades 3-6) Human Relations Media.

What's Wrong with Tobacco? (Grades 3-6) Human Relations Media.

All Fit with Slim Good Body. (Human Kinetics).

Teaching Lifetime Fitness. (Audio of Manhattan).

Personal Fitness: Looking/Feeling Good. (Kendall/Hunt).

* The above videos can be reviewed at: http://clearinghouse.k12.ca.us

Books:

Health and Fitness Bibliography

CHS

Brody, Jane. Jane Brody’s nutrition book: a lifetime guide to good eating for better health and weight control. New York: Bantam, 1987. 613.2 Bro

Darden, Ellington. The complete encyclopedia of weight loss, body shaping and slenderizing. King of Prussia, PA: Westgate, 1998. 613.7 Dar

De Lisle, Mark. The NAVY Seal workout: the complete total-body fitness program.

Lincolnwood, IL: contemporary books, 1998. 613.7 Del

Duke Universtiy Medical Center book of diet and fitness. New York: Fawcett, 1991. 613.2 Duk

Fissell, Susan. Eating disorders and weight control. Springfield, NJ: Enlow , 1998. 616.85 Fri

Freundlich Communications. Marine Corps daily 16 workouts: Marine fitness for the civilian athlete. New York: Villard Books, 1999.. 613.7 Mar

Gershoff, Stanley. The Tufts University guide to total nutrition. New York: Harper and Row, 1990. 613.2. Ger

Johnson, Marlys. Understanding exercise addiction. New York: Rosen, 2000. 616.86. Joh

Simon, Nissa. Good sports: plaintalk about health and fitness for teens. New York: Crowell, 1990. 613.7 Sim

Rutstrum, Calvin. Hiking. Merrillville, IN: ICS books, 1980. 796.5 Rus

We pulled many resources from local city libraries in addition to our own.

Teacher Created Resources (available on this site):

Teacher/Student Informational Websites:

Teacher Websites

http://biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/
-too advanced for kids
-geared for teachers
-need to sign up
-free sign up

http://www.healthteacher.com/
-great resource for teachers
-gives curriculum guidelines for health K-12
-over 300 lesson plans
-discusses health topics kids face today

http://www.hkresources.org/
-site for teachers wanting health resources

http://kidshealth.org/
-excellent site for kids and adults
-many topics available

http://mayohealth.org/

-good site for certain information
-geared more for adults
-students could get a detailed health chart for their personal risks to diseases

http://www.thriveonline.com
-excellent adult resource
-would be great for kids too except it would have to be monitored
-has a fitness test the kids could use
-gives examples of a 10 minute, 20 minute, and 30 minute workouts
-answers a lot of questions concerning health topics

Anatomy

http://library.advanced.org/10348/
-exploration of anatomy for ages 11-16
-answers students questions
-interactive

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/body.htm
-excellent information on the body
-wonderful pictures and diagrams
-offers information on risk factors

-gives information about things that influence health

http://www.innerbody.com/

-excellent site
-great information provided on the anatomy
-interactive
-graphs
-pictures
-pictures in motion

Drugs

http://www.acde.org/youth/Research.htm

-facts about different drugs

http://www.acde.org/youth/quiz.htm

-online quiz over what kids know about drugs

http://www.dare-america.com/
-gives valuable information about DARE
-gives kids safe links to other information sites
-gives adults safe links to other information sites

Eating Disorders

http://familydoctor.org/handouts/277.html
-eating disorder facts for teens

http://www.cyberdiet.com/eating_disorders/edo.html
-eating disorders resource center

http://www.edrecovery.com/
-excellent site for information about eating disorders
-definitions
-warning signs

Fitness

http://www.global-fitness.com
-cardiovascular
-nutrition
-weight management
-strength

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/fact.htm

-fitness facts

http://www.shapeup.org/

-fitness center
-cyber kitchen (food planning)

http://www.physsportsmed.com/personal.htm#lifestyle
-lifestyle articles

http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
-the heart and its parts

-how it works

http://www.angelfire.com/yt/teenhealthcore/fitness.html
-physical fitness quiz
-calories burned for various activities

http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/

-excellent site for fitness information
-students can type in body weight and find out how much calories they would use in an hour for over 158 activities

Health and Safety

http://www.healthfinder.gov/
-excellent site for health --gives latest news updates on health stories

-provides library from A-Z on health topics

http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/

-excellent site for info on common health problems in kids and adults

-a lot of topics are covered

Nutrition

http://www.jsonline.com/food/savvy/apr99/0425savvy.asp

-soft drink nutrition

-what teens drink

http://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/adolescentNutrition.html

-adolescent nutrition

http://library.thinkquest.org/12153/