Health Strands

In the fall of 2006 the SEPS program initiated a new focus for its outreach efforts: health and wellness.  Five areas or strands have been selected for study and development: nutrition, disease prevention and control, environmental health, physical fitness for life, and safety and first aid.  Links to educational resources for each of the five strands follow.

a.     Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Make Your Calories Count is a new  
        on-line program (Nov 2006) that includes an interactive program to help students
        understand food nutrition labels and lots of resources for  
        teachers. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

b.     CDC BAM – Food and Nutrition:
        http://www.bam.gov/sub_foodnutrition/index.html

2.     Disease prevention and control

a.     EXCITE - Epidemiology in the Classroom: http://www.cdc.gov/excite/ 

b.     CDC BAM – Diseases: http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/index.html

c.     CDC Virus Encounter:
        http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/teachers_tools/virus_encounters.htm

d.     Viral Hepatitis - What Every Teenager Should Know:
        www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/resource/training/hs_slideset.htm

e.     The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, HHMI, is conducting the largest, privately funded
        education initiative of its kind in the United States. HHMI's grants program is 
        enhancing science education for students at all levels, from the earliest grades  
        through advanced training. Since 1988 HHMI has awarded approximately $1.5 billion
        in grants. HHMI has produced am on-line resource center for scientists, educators,
        parents, and students. Visit their BioInteractive web site and order free educational
        resources including DVDs and CD-ROMs. http://www.hhmi.org/resources/

3.     Environmental health

a.     NIEHS Environmental Health Resources:
        http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/resources/index.cfm

b.     OSU Hydroville Curriculum Project:http://www.hydroville.org/

c.     OSU Environmental Health Sciences Center –FreeClassroom Activities:
        http://www.ehsc.orst.edu/outreach/ClassActivities.html

4.     Physical fitness for life

a.     CDC BAM – Physical Activity:
        http://www.bam.gov/sub_physicalactivity/index.html

b.     Healthy Youth –Physical Activity:
        http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/physicalactivity/

c.     Best Practices in Physical Education:
        http://elementarypgms.brevard.k12.fl.us/Best%20Practices%20PE.pdf

5.     Safety and first aid

a.     CDC BAM – Your Safety:  http://www.bam.gov/sub_yoursafety/index.html

b.     American Red Cross Safety and preparedness Curricula:
        http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_260_,00.html