Online Activities
Links to interactive websites that explain how the environment can affect human health
General
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Environment | Environmental Coloring Books |
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Research | Unsolved Mysteries of Human Health Take a virtual tour of the labs, get accurate and non-technical explanations of complex research methods and instruments, check in on real-world examples of current research and more! |
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Storybooks
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Carbon Monoxide | What Could It Be, Beverly? |
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Chemicals | What's Wrong Whiskers? |
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ETS | Mama Didn't know |
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Lead | Bradley and the Bad Pb |
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Safety | Read the Label Mabel |
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Stewardship | Sharon Cleans Up |
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Stewardship | Sharon Finds the Environment (2MB) See also, Story Time: Sharon finds the Environment. |
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Water | Water, the Never Ending Story |
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Web Based Activities
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Air | Air and My World Indoors |
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Air - Indoor air | ToxRAP: What is Wrong with the Johnson Family?
- The goal of the SUC2ES2 (Students Understanding Critical Connections between the Environment, Society and Self) is to empower students in the fifth grade to improve their science knowledge, skills and attitudes so that they can make informed decisions about the environment and their health. Students become health hazard investigators and through a series of hands-on, inquiry-based, authentic activities, investigate effects of an indoor pollutant on human health. Over the course of 10 weeks, students learn how to apply environmental health sciences using the ToxRAPTM (Toxicology, Risk Assessment and Pollution) Map and Framework to real world problems using data, experiments, stories, puzzles, games, simulations, case studies and math activities. Keywords: Toxicology, risk assessment, risk management, exposure assessment, inquiry-base, applied science, integrated, authentic, environmental health, carbon monoxide, indoor air quality Subjects: Reading, Writing, Communication, Mathematics, Science, Social studies, Health & fitness, Art |
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Asthma | ToxRAP: The Case of the Green Feathers
- The goal of the SUC2ES2 (Students Understanding Critical Connections between the Environment, Society and Self) is to empower students in the second grade to improve their science knowledge, skills and attitudes so that they can make informed decisions about the environment and their health. Students become health hazard detectives and through a series of hands-on, inquiry-based, authentic activities, investigate effects of pollen on human health. Over the course of 10 weeks, students learn how to apply environmental health sciences using the ToxRAPTM (Toxicology, Risk Assessment and Pollution) Map and Framework to real world problems using data, experiments, stories, poems, books, puzzles, games, simulations, case studies and math activities. Keywords: Toxicology, risk assessment, risk management, exposure assessment, inquiry-base, applied science, integrated, authentic, environmental health, pollen, allergies, asthma Subjects: Reading, Writing, Communication, Mathematics, Science, Social studies, Health & fitness, Art |
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Careers | Careers in Environmental Health - Men and women who work in environmental public health are concerned with anything in the environment that may affect human health, from clean water to polluted air, mercury to mosquitoes. This interactive activity from Teachers Domain describes careers in different environmental public health disciplines. Learn about careers in these fields and how environmental public health professionals prevent disease, create safe environments, treat people sickened from environmental exposures, and help the public make healthy decisions. |
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Chemicals | Chemical Hazards at Home
- Toxie the cat leads kids from room to room in a typical house, pointing out chemical hazards like carbon monoxide, lead, chlorine, and radon, in this interactive activity from the National Library of Medicine. After clicking on each hazard, students are given additional information about why the selected substance is dangerous to human and pet health, and where else it can be found. Keywords: Chemicals, environmental health, carbon monoxide, lead, radon, pets |
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Climate Change | Climate Change and Human Health
- Learn how human health is impacted by changes in the environment in this interactive activity. Explore how global climate change affects health issues such as airway diseases, developmental disorders, mental health disorders, vectorborne diseases, and waterborne diseases. In addition, consider possible ways to reduce health risks. Keywords: Climate Change |
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Earth | Home Planet Earth |
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Food | Food and My World |
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Lead | Lead Busters |
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Lead | ToxRAP: Mystery Illness Strikes the Sanchez Household
- The goal of the SUC2ES2 (Students Understanding Critical Connections between the Environment, Society and Self) is to empower students in the seventh grade to improve their science knowledge, skills and attitudes so that they can make informed decisions about the environment and their health. Students become health hazard scientists and through a series of hands-on, inquiry-based, authentic activities, investigate effects of an indoor pollutant on human health. Over the course of 10 weeks, students learn how to apply environmental health sciences using the ToxRAPTM (Toxicology, Risk Assessment and Pollution) Map and Framework to real world problems using data, experiments, puzzles, games, simulations, case studies and math activities. Keywords: Toxicology, risk assessment, risk management, exposure assessment, inquiry-base, applied science, integrated, authentic, environmental health, lead paint hazards, indoor air quality Subjects: Reading, Writing, Communication, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health & fitness |
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Water | Water and My World |
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