Health

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= Health =


 * Description || Link ||
 * Reality check (Can you afford your dream life?) || [] ||
 * ====Eating disorders====
 * KidsHealth information
 * Helping Someone with a ... (Myths, Signs, Types)
 * Eating Disorder.com ||  ||
 * [|Exercise counts!] How many calories does your exercise burn?

__National Institutes for Health__ Free Instructional Materials for Middle School: > communication skills //
 * // Are based on the latest research on how people learn //
 * // Are consistent with National Science Education Standards //
 * // Promote critical thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving and
 * // Incorporate real scientific data to engage and challenge students //
 * // Are aligned to state education standards // || []
 * [|The Science of Healthy Behavior]
 * [|Doing Science: The Process of Scientific Inquiry]
 * [|Looking Good, Feeling Good: From the Inside Out]
 * [|The Science of Mental Illness]
 * [|Chemicals, the Environment and You]
 * [|How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears]
 * [|The Brain: Our Sense of Self]
 * [|The Science of Energy Balance]
 * [|Understanding Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior] ||

= Drug and Alcohol Awareness =

Facts on Drugs ** Here you can find the effects of drugs on the body, including steriods, inhalants, ecstasy, marijuana, nicotine, and stimulants. There are also resources for teachers. [] Drug Information ** Get accurate information about the effects of using drugs such as alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, steroids, heroin, hallucinogens, and methamphetamines. []
 * **__Resources:__** || **Kids Health,** []

** Timing and Circumstances Influence Addiction ** The page looks at how the use of drugs when you are an adolescent impacts how likely you are to develop lifetime addictions as well as the influence of the social environment on addiction risk. []

Deadly Highs - Matching Game and Quiz: Match the name of the illegal drug to its street name. Click and drag the icon of the drug onto the brain itself. Once you've made the right match, you'll get to see all sorts of facts about that drug.

National Institude on Drug Abuse Great research resource. . || Drug Effects on the Human Body**
 * **__ Project: __

|| Research how drugs effect the human body and create an interactive presentation. Use PowerPoint to create a nonlinear presentation using action buttons to navigate through the presentation. Start your research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse web site.

//**PowerPoint Tips:**// > ** "Title." Organization. Access Date. . ** > (You can also copy and paste the sources below to make it faster if you use those sources.)
 * 1) Change the slide layout to portrait. (File / Page Setup)
 * 2) Create your "Sources" slide so you can copy source links as you go.
 * 1) Read about the drug and make a list of body parts that are effected by the drug. Then create all the slides and add titles before adding action buttons - makes it easier to choose the slide hyperlink.
 * 2) Add Action Buttons (Slide Show / Action Button / Custom)
 * 3) When making the "Home" action button, use copy and paste to put it on all slides in exactly the same place.

//**Sources:**// "Outline of the Human Body." Anatomy Acts. Access Date. <[]>.

"Title of Page." National Institute of Drug Abuse. Access Date. [|.

//**Other Ideas:**//
 * If humans were to adapt to the point that this drug did not effect them, what parts of the body would need to adapt and how?
 * Follow a drug through the body as it is taken and show how each part of the body is effected.
 * List and define 5 essential terms that one must know to understand how this drug effects the body. ||