Lesson Resources for Teachers
Featured Websites
- Teachers' Domain - Environmental Public Health - Teachers' Domain is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. Youll find media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities. The Environmental Public Health section of the website offers classroom-ready resources for middle and high school students to help examine real-world environmental perils and the role of public health.
- Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Science Education -The Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Science Education Program comprises environmental health science lessons based on selected news and research articles published in the peer-reviewed journal EHP. Lessons are aligned with National Science Education Standards in biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, and physical science, and are targeted at students in grades 9-12. Lessons and corresponding EHP articles can be downloaded for FREE from this website.
Booklets
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Cancer | Cancer and the Environment. What you need to know. What you can do. (685KB) |
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Disease | Environmental Diseases from A to Z - 1996 (4MB) |
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EMF | EMF Electric and Magnetic Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power (11MB) |
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Genetics | You and Your Genes - Making it in a Tough Environment - 2000 (325KB) |
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Notebooks | Guide to Keeping Laboratory Notebooks - 2002 (75KB) |
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Ozone | Ozone Alerts - 2000 (1MB) |
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Prevention | Family Guide--20 Easy Steps to Personal Environmental Health Now (346KB) |
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Fact Sheets
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Asthma | Allergens and Irritants - 1998 |
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Cancer | Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk (1MB) |
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Cancer | Report on Carcinogens (RoC) |
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Children | New Directions in Children's Environmental Health Research (2MB) |
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Endocrine | Endocrine Disruptors (914KB) |
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Lead | Lead and Your Health (1MB) |
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Medicine | Medicinal Herbs |
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Nanotechnology | Nanotechnology Safety Assessment National Toxicology Program |
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Occupation | Occupational Exposures |
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Oceans | Oceans of Discovery (1MB) |
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Phones | Studies on Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted by Cellular Phones |
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Risk | NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (99KB) |
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Toxicology | The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (80KB) |
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Water | Safe Drinking Water Program at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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Flyers
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Air | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air - 2001 (358KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Air | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air (Arabic) - 2001 (361KB) This fact sheet in Arabic presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Food | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety - 2001 (345KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Food | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety (Arabic) - 2001 (309KB) This fact sheet in Arabic presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Lead | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals - 2001 (188KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Lead | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals (Arabic) - 2001 (236KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Pesticides | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control - 2001 (310KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Pesticides | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control (Arabic) - 2001 (352KB) This fact sheet in Arabic presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Poison | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes - 2001 (172KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Poison | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes (Arabic) - 2001 (303KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Water | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water - 2001 (269KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Water | Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Arabic) - 2001 (639KB) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings. |
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Interviews with Scientists/Researchers
Keyword | Description | Grade Level |
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Ecologist | What is a Wetland Ecologist? |
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Environmental Analyst | What is an Environmental Analyst? |
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Growth Biologist | What is a Growth Biologist? |
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Lung Doctor | What is a Lung Doctor? |
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Microbiologist | What is a Microbiologist? |
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Profession | Meet the Experts: Environmental Health |
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Profession | Scientist Video Interviews |
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News
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News | NIEHS Press Releases and News Stories |
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Research | Selected Extramural Publications |
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Topics | Health Topics A to Z |
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Pamphlets
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Definition | The New Environmental Health (836KB) |
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Parkinson's | Role of the Environment in Parkinson's Disease (1MB) |
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Storybooks
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Carbon Monoxide | What Could It Be, Beverly? |
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Chemicals | What's Wrong Whiskers? |
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ETS | Mama Didn't know |
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Lead | Bradley and the Bad Pb |
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Safety | Read the Label Mabel |
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Stewardship | Sharon Cleans Up |
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Water | Water, the Never Ending Story |
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Videos
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Environment | Public Service Announcements
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Websites
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Biology | BioEd Online BioEd Online is an online educational resource for educators, students, and parents. BioEd Online utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give you instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology and related subjects. The goal of BioEd Online is to provide useful, accurate, and current information and materials that build upon and enhance the skills and knowledge of science educators. Developed under the guidance of its expert Editorial Board, BioEd Online offers the following high-quality resources: downloadable lessons and curriculum guides, short courses, streaming video presentations, slide library, and nature science update. |
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Environment | Hydroville
High school students work together using scientific methods to unravel environmental mysteries based on real-life scenarios. Include link to BTB article from description:
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Environment | Veggie-Mon - I'm in Charge of My Own Health
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