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Links to Middle School Health Web Sites |
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Provides reliable health information, current health news, and health statistics |
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The causes of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke are discussed along with the hazards of tobacco. |
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This site provides an enormous amount of information about eating disorders – including statistics, personal stories, specific disorders, causes, etc. – applicable for students. |
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This webpage is an introduction to AIDS and AIDS prevention. It was designed by middle school students for middle school students. It is an excellent beginning for AIDS research. |
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This Thinkquest was designed by students and contains lots of information on a variety of viruses. |
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Shows the effects of drug use on your Nervous System |
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This U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration drug book was written as a class assignment on drugs. The DEA published it as part of their site. |
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This U.S. government site presents an amazing amount of information about alcohol and peer pressure. |
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This is the Environmental Protection Agency website for middle school students. You will find information about the environment –from pollution to recycling, to waste disposal. A great site |
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This site provides excellent information, and statistics about garbage and suggestions for improving the handling and disposal of waste materials. |
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Provides a lot of information about the chemicals that are in the various rooms of our houses and what we can do about them. Interesting site. |
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An excellent site that provides lots of information about girl's health, including nutrition, disease, fitness, body issues, etc. |
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This site provides information about life and the stuff that middle school students deal with every day –families, friends, school, body and emotions. |
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This site was created by three high school students. It has both funny stuff and serious stuff about emotions and stress. It is suitable for a broad range of age levels so you will find something that suits you. |
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GIRL POWER! is paving the way for girls to build confidence, competence, and pride in themselves, in other words, enhancing girls' mental wellness. |
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This Center of Disease Control site is for 10-13 year old students who have questions about fitness, disease, peer pressure. |
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This site has information about the skills and knowledge needed to question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate media messages. |
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This chart shows the quantity of six key nutritional elements for a given serving size of fruits and vegetables. For many of the entries, it has links to WebPages with information about the item. |
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This site has safety tips for a wide variety of disasters – from earthquakes to volcano eruptions. |
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Safety tips for all sorts of sports –from basketball to soccer. Also includes a pull down menu for treating common injuries. |
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Updated August 18, 2009