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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/ Articles and school
materials |
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Discovery Kids - Gross Experiments -
http://www.discoverykids.ca/gross/experiments/experimentsDetail.asp?id=68
Children collect samples and create cultures in baby food
jars. |
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Do
Bugs Need Drugs?
http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/
Alberta initiative for wise use of antibiotics; excellent
resources for teachers. |
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Education World: Germs Spread into Curriculum -
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr016.shtml
Summary of the survey, tips. |
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Feeling Rotten? -
http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/features/feelingrotten.html
Using a good apple and a rotten apple for an experiment |
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Germs, Germs Everywhere -
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002353/
A great site prepared by kids.
Carol's
Favorite - 2005
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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... |
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Glitter Germs -
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1887.html
Use glitter and lotion for hand-washing exercise. |
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Glo
Germ -
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/glogerm.html
A couple of experiments |
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Grade 3 Health Links - Sask Ed -
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/elem_obj/gr3/3health.html
Some links to health. |
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Handwashing Quiz -
http://www.simcoehealth.org/Topics/Handwashing/Quiz.asp
Ontario health resource; links to kids activities, extensions. |
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Healthy Hands, Healthy Kids -
http://www.healthyhands.com/educator/grades_pre_2.htm
Lessons for pre-k to gr. 2 |
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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! |
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Infection Detection -
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/infectionindex.html
American Museum of Natural History has prepared this site -
informative, graphic, interesting. |
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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. |
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Spreading Germs -
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life24.html
Using cooked rice, a hands-on experiment; links to similar
sites. |
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Units4Teachers -
http://www.units4teachers.com/PDF/handwashing.pdf
A downloadable file |
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What are Germs? -
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/germs.html
Kids Health description of bacteria, viruses, fungi,
protozoa. |