Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/ Articles and school materials

Discovery Kids - Gross Experiments - http://www.discoverykids.ca/gross/experiments/experimentsDetail.asp?id=68 Children collect samples and create cultures in baby food jars.

Do Bugs Need Drugs? http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/ Alberta initiative for wise use of antibiotics; excellent resources for teachers.

Education World: Germs Spread into Curriculum - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr016.shtml Summary of the survey, tips.

Feeling Rotten? - http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/features/feelingrotten.html Using a good apple and a rotten apple for an experiment

Germs, Germs Everywhere - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002353/ A great site prepared by kids.

Carol's Favorite - 2005

Germ Squirm Kids and Food Handling - http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/preschoolnutr/348-653/348-653.html Helping children learn at a young age...

Glitter Germs - http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1887.html Use glitter and lotion for hand-washing exercise.

Glo Germ - http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/glogerm.html A couple of experiments

Grade 3 Health Links - Sask Ed - http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/elem_obj/gr3/3health.html Some links to health.

Handwashing Quiz - http://www.simcoehealth.org/Topics/Handwashing/Quiz.asp Ontario health resource; links to kids activities, extensions.

Healthy Hands, Healthy Kids - http://www.healthyhands.com/educator/grades_pre_2.htm Lessons for pre-k to gr. 2

Healthy Kids - http://www.k12.nf.ca/peacock/gr2health/health.html A telecollaborative project grade 2 unit including a section on germs; ideas could be adapted up or down for your age groups!

Infection Detection - http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/infectionindex.html American Museum of Natural History has prepared this site - informative, graphic, interesting.

Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten - http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=241 Using this book for springboarding a lesson on germs.

Spreading Germs - http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life24.html Using cooked rice, a hands-on experiment; links to similar sites.

Units4Teachers - http://www.units4teachers.com/PDF/handwashing.pdf A downloadable file

What are Germs? - http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/germs.html Kids Health description of  bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa.