ToxMystery is the National Library of Medicine’s new interactive learning site, designed to help kids age 7 to 10 find clues about toxic substances that can lurk in the home. With lively animations, surprising sound effects and lots of positive reinforcement, ToxMystery provides a fun, game-like experience, while teaching important lessons about potential environmental health hazards.

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PubMed®
Monday, January 8, 2007
8:30am to 5:00pm
Approved for 7.5 MLA CE.

The PubMed class, taught by the expert teaching staff of the National Training Center and Clearinghouse, will cover MeSH, the MeSH database, Special Queries, NCBI, LinkOut, My NCBI, the basics of altering your query display, and more. With over 30 enhancements to PubMed since January 2005, this is a class you do not want to miss.

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The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC), in conjunction with the NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region network office, is offering the FREE hands-on class, hosted by The Frederick Ehrman Medical Library, New York University Medical Center.

The class will be held in the Carlisle Computer Classroom, MSB Room 198B, Ehrman Medical Library, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY.

Directions:
The main entrance for the NYU Medical Center is located at 530-560 First Avenue, at East 31st Street ( map). You will enter the main lobby of the Medical Center.

Go thru the doorway marked 550 - School of Medicine. Walk straight ahead, until you come to the double glass doors marked Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center. This is the entrance for Library Administration, Archives and Carlisle Computer Classroom. Continue down the hallway. On your right, last door before the Smilow Research Center is a short hallway to the Carlisle Computer Classroom.

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ToxMystery is the National Library of Medicine’s new, interactive learning site for 7-10 year old kids. It provides a fun, game-like experience while introducing potential environmental health hazards sometimes found in the home.

“Toxie” the cat helps find the hazards hidden in each room, and offers hints when needed. The objective is to find all the hazards. Ever seen a cat …dance? Players will be treated to fun animations when they complete each area. When all the hazards in the house have been discovered, Toxie delivers an animated celebration, and players can print a personalized certificate.

ToxMystery’s Parent Resources page provides more detailed information about everyday environmental hazards that can be harmful to one’s health. A For Teachers page contains more than ten downloadable activity pages that can be used in elementary school classrooms.

ToxMystery has been enthusiastically tested by real kids, who enjoyed “answering the questions and playing the game,” hearing Toxie talk “about all the hazards,” watching items in the rooms “hover around and made sounds,” and seeing “Toxie do funny things when you finish a room.”