This is an interactive tool where students can input food choices and exercise choices and see how much exercise must be done in order to burn off the calories and fat from their food choice.

This article pertains to the use of energy drinks amond teens. Loaded with caffeine and sugar, and often laced with herbs, vitamins or amino acids, they have become the fuel of choice for some thrill-seeking youngsters and, more recently, for weary adults navigating an always-on world. The author examines the hidden dangers behind drinking energy drinks.

This video presentation describes local and global environmental problems and how these problems can impact human health.

In this activity, students choose a positive behavior, such as how to be a good friend, to illustrate on a poster.

In this lesson stuents will design and implement a study of local seat belt use and compare the results to national statistics.

The purpose of this lesson is to teach students the importance of planning and practicing a safe escape plan in case of a fire at home.

This resource provides information on how much water people should be drinking and the consequences of insufficient hydration.

This tutorial teaches how to evaluation health information that is found on the Web.

Students evaluate sources of identity and use a variety of tools to evaluate sources for bias and accuracy.

This is a supplemental article that discusses puberty. The following topics are covered: ?More Than a Funny Word ?Time to Change ?It Doesn't Hurt . . . It's Just a Growth Spurt ?Taking Shape ?Hair, Hair, Everywhere ?About Face ?Putting the P.U. in Puberty ?There's More? ?Change Can Feel Kind of Strange ?Developing Differently

Students will describe physical, mental, and social health benefits of regular exercise, identify ways in which they can make physical activity a regular part of their life, and apply the media literacy skill of recognizing a message's point of view to an article advocating the benefits of exercise for teens.

Students learn about the symptoms of exercise-induced asthma (EIA), diagnosis and treatment of EIA, recommended sports for teens with EIA, and tips for dealing with EIA.

Students learn information on strength training and other activities students can do to stay active, as well as, as an exercise log and questions to help them reflect on their progress.

Students learn what muscles are and how to warm them up before exercising and learn why warming up is important.

Students learn the benefits of extracurricular activities and how to find the right activity.

This article discusses how to prevent heat-related deaths and injuries during activities outside.

Students learn the basics about eyes and things that can go wrong with the eyes and vision.

This resource provides a book of fresh farm food pictures for students to color and information to help students understand the importance of eating healthy foods.