Health

Diversified Health Occupations - History of Medicine

Quality Health Web Sites

Drug Study Project

Glogster ATOD Project

Health News Analysis C.A.R.P.

How to Analyze Health News using  C.A.R.P.

Mental Health Disorders

Disabilities

Tobacco and Smoking Project

Fast Food "Field Trip" Assignment

Body Image Project

Body Image at a Glance
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/body-image-23374.htm
Includes What is Body Image? - What Shapes our Body Image? - What is a Positive Body Image? - What is a Negative Body Image? - Is My Body Image Positive or Negative? - How can a Negative Body Image Affect my Health and Well-Being? - Body Image and Sexual Health - What Can I Do to Improve My Body Image?

Body Image - Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
http://www.edreferral.com/body_image.htm#what is body image
Scroll down to What is Body Image?, Improving Body Image, Dying to Fit In, Battling our Bodies, Body Image: Your Body, Your Self, and body image article (Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Who’s the thinnest of them all?

Teens & Body Image
http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/bodyimage/
Take a short survey and see how others responded.

he Effects Media Has on Teenagers' Body Image
http://teens.lovetoknow.com/The_Effects_Media_Has_on_Teenagers_Body_Image

Teens' Distorted Body Image May Lead to Unhealthy Behaviors

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/cfta-tdb071603.php

Body Image and Self-Esteem - Teens Health, Nemours Foundation
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/body_image/body_image.html

Self-Esteem Boosting Tips for Teens - Adios Barbie
http://www.adiosbarbie.com/self-esteem-boosting-tips-for-teens/

Body Positive: Boosting Body Image at Any Size
http://www.bodypositive.com/

Common Diseases Project

Complementary & Alternative Medicine Project

Contemporary Health Issues

APHA Topcs and Issues
https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues 

CDC Global Health
https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/inthenews.htm 

Columbia University 
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/ 

Harvard Health  
http://www.health.harvard.edu/ 

 NBC Health News
https://www.nbcnews.com/health 

New York Times Health
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/ 
Click on any tab at the top to find an article that interests you...
Research
Fitness and Nutrition
Money and Policy
Views
Health Guide

New York Times Science
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Scroll around the page to find an article that interests you...
Today in Science
From the Health Section

 NIH Health News 
https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/home 

Your Health - National Public Radio (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/sections/your-health/ 

WebMD Health News 
https://www.webmd.com/news/default.htm 

Healthy Relationships & Teen Pregnancy

Final PSA Project

Prescription Drugs & Marijuana

Teen Pregnancy & STD Glogster Project

Health 2 and Health Careers 

Career Research

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Comprehensive list of over 1000 occupations including outlooks, and job descriptions published by the US Department of Labor Statistics. Click on the first links to locate the occupation you have selected.

Chronicle Guidance Briefs  
http://www.chroniclecareerlibrary.com

Career Zone
https://www.careerzone.ny.gov/views/careerzone/index.jsf

CA Career Zone
https://www.cacareerzone.org/index.html

Infographics

Definition - An infographic is a visual representation of information/data using information, visual and technology literacies.

The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual
http://spyrestudios.com/the-anatomy-of-an-infographic-5-steps-to-create-a-powerful-visual/

Piktochart
http://piktochart.com/ 

 

Final PSA Project

Health Careers - History of Medicine

This section has been designed to support research on any historical aspect of health and/or medicine (pre-1900's) including medical myths and misconceptions.  Student research will focus on ideas, practices, breakthroughs, or discoveries which were factual or thought to be factual in medical and health history.

Remember to CITE YOUR SOURCES!

Nursing Specialty Areas