High School Health (Education)

High School Health Sites:

Suicide in the School: A Health Issue Suicide in the School: A Health Issue: Identifying and intervening with students at risk for suicide. Setting up school protocols for prevention and dealing with the aftermath of a suicide. (High School Health) http://www.ncpamd.com/Suicide.htm Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (HOTT) Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (HOTT): Health career research on hundreds of occupations. Resources and links to college and university programs in Michigan. (High School Health) http://www.mihott.com Kent Health and Education Partnership Kent Health and Education Partnership: Covers issues about making the school a safer place, stopping bullying, ensuring the grounds are clean and giving pupils a say in how their school is run. UK based. (High School Health) http://www.kenthealthyschools.org Posture Miseducation in Schools Posture Miseducation in Schools: How a combination of incorrect posture advice, overweight backpacks, and harmful school furniture endanger children's posture. Article by Robert Rickover. (High School Health) http://miseducation.netfirms.com Making the Grade Making the Grade: Information on statistics, program development, and state and national policies related to school-based health centers. State specific summaries included. (High School Health) http://www.healthinschools.org/home.asp The Public Education Network The Public Education Network: Addresses the challenge of meeting the non-academic needs of youth. The initiative takes a coordinated-services approach in the areas of comprehensive services, children's health insurance, school safety, and community planning. (High School Health) http://www.publiceducation.org/lr-16-schoolcommunity.asp PBS TeacherSource: Health and Fitness PBS TeacherSource: Health and Fitness: Over 300 free resources and lesson plans to help instruct students how to make informed decisions about their health. (High School Health) http://pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm Teaching Health and Using Technology Teaching Health and Using Technology: About helping students and teachers find health information be inspired. Features digital images of students and student projects and provides ideas for using technology in middle school health education. (High School Health) http://www.sd68.k12.il.us/schools/orchard/Teams/teenhealth/index.htm School Surveys School Surveys: Internet surveys for use in primary and secondary schools doing personal social and health education topics. (High School Health) http://www.schoolsurveys.co.uk The Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse The Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse: An interactive, web-based curriculum for grades 9 through 12 that teaches students about the role of biomedical research in environmental toxicology on well-being. (High School Health) http://www.cyberschoolhouse.org The New Physical Education The New Physical Education: An exploration of the downside of this recent development including fewer competitive activities and more activities that emphasize personal achievement such as rock-climbing, kick-boxing and tai-chi. (High School Health) http://physicaleducation.netfirms.com