HubHip: Health: Education: High School Health (9)

   High School Health

• PBS TeacherSource: Health and Fitness (Site) - Over 300 free resources and lesson plans to help instruct students how to make informed decisions about their health.
• Kent Health and Education Partnership (Site) - Covers issues about making the school a safer place, stopping bullying, ensuring the grounds are clean and giving pupils a say in how their school is run. UK based.
• Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (HOTT) (Site) - Health career research on hundreds of occupations. Resources and links to college and university programs in Michigan.
• Suicide in the School: A Health Issue (Site) - Identifying and intervening with students at risk for suicide. Setting up school protocols for prevention and dealing with the aftermath of a suicide.
• The Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse (Site) - An interactive, web-based curriculum for grades 9 through 12 that teaches students about the role of biomedical research in environmental toxicology on well-being.
• The New Physical Education (Site) - An exploration of the downside of this recent development including fewer competitive activities and more activities that emphasize personal achievement such as rock-climbing, kick-boxing and tai-chi.
• School Surveys (Site) - Internet surveys for use in primary and secondary schools doing personal social and health education topics.
• Posture Miseducation in Schools (Site) - How a combination of incorrect posture advice, overweight backpacks, and harmful school furniture endanger children's posture. Article by Robert Rickover.
• Making the Grade (Site) - Information on statistics, program development, and state and national policies related to school-based health centers. State specific summaries included.