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The Anti-Drug has tips for parents for preventing drug use by their children. The site offers a brochure, methods for connecting with children, and suggestions on how you can talk openly and honestly with your kids about drugs. (Office of National Drug Control Policy)

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Are You a Working Teen? informs working teenagers about their rights and safety responsibilities on the job, hazards they should watch out for, and the laws that protect them from doing dangerous work. It provides additional information such as working hours for teens and a list of places to go if they need help. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

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BAM! Body and Mind includes a Teacher's Corner with middle school classroom activities based on national education standards for science and health. The site is designed to answer students' questions on health and science topics and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, stronger, and safer. Fun activities teach about issues ranging from stress, and physical activity, and asthma to epidemiology and a West Nile virus investigation. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

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National Bike Safety Network gives pointers on bicycling safety, statistics on cycling related injuries, and links to information on traumatic brain injuries, bicycle safety month, and more. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

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The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction helps students discover the fundamentals of neurobiology and how drugs change the brain. Among the topics: functions of specific brain areas; anatomy of the neuron; neurotransmission; drug action on neurons; genetic, behavioral, and environmental influences on drug addiction; and addiction as a chronic disease. (National Institute on Drug Abuse, supported by National Institutes of Health)

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Bringing Water to a Lesotho Village invites students to conduct research and then simulate a Lesotho village water committee that is designing a water supply system to improve living and health conditions. (Peace Corps)

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Calling All Students: Facts About Toxic Substances and the Environment provides information on toxic substances that may be found in our homes, schools, and neighborhoods. It provides links for kids, parents, and teachers to other government websites that offer information, teaching aids, and curriculum guides on consumer and environmental health. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

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CancerNet is a gateway to the most recent cancer information from the National Cancer Institute. It contains sections on types of cancer, treatment options, clinical trials, genetics, causes prevention, and risk factors, testing, support groups, medical journals, and the Physician Data Query service. (National Cancer Institute, supported by National Institutes of Health)

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Chemicals, the Environment, and You provides lessons for learning about the relationship between chemicals in the environment and human health. Topics include the science of toxicology, dose-response relationships, individual susceptibility, risk assessment, and environmental hazards. Students are introduced to the ever-changing nature of our understanding of how chemicals influence the health of living organisms. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, supported by National Institutes of Health)

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Children Youth and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERnet) links to practical, research-based information on children, youth, and families and draws on the resources from universities across the country. Topics include child and youth development, parenting and family information, research reports, evaluation tools, bibliographies, and much more. (Department of Agriculture)

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ClinicalTrials.gov provides information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation, and information about the disease and treatment under study. It contains over 4,000 clinical studies on various medical conditions such Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and diabetes. (National Institutes of Health)

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Adolescent & School Health shows schools how to set up and maintain a healthy facility by following the CDC Eight Component Model of School Health Programs. It includes sections on research and evaluation, risk behaviors, and resources and tools. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

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Consumer Information offers product recall notices, consumer safety publications, a guide to public information, product safety-related links, and a list of products that come under the jurisdiction of the CPSC. (Consumer Product Safety Commission)

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Consumer's Resource Handbook provides advice and consumer tips on such topics as cars, shopping from home, avoiding consumer and investment fraud, home improvement and financing, and credit cards. Also included are thousands of names, addresses, phone numbers, and web site and e-mail addresses for national consumer organizations, better business bureaus, corporations, trade associations, state and local consumer protection offices, state agencies, military consumer offices, and Federal agencies. (General Services Administration)

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Curiosity Creates Cures: The Value and Impact of Basic Research introduces the work of basic biomedical scientists -- scientists who seek answers to key biological questions like how cells talk to each other, how biological machines fold into their active shapes, and how genes are regulated. Topics include Alzheimer's disease, anthrax, flu vaccines, Nobel Prize winners, and more. (National Institute of General Medical Sciences, supported by National Institutes of Health)

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Disaster Resources for Parents and Teachers provides a list of disaster relief documents relating to preparation and early warning systems, making schools more disaster resistant, helping child victims of disasters, talking to children about the threat of biological warfare or terrorist attack, and more. (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

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Unintentional Injury Prevention looks at trends in unintentional injuries in the U.S., and conducts research to better understand risk factors and methods to prevent these injuries. Research and prevention programs focus on two categories of unintentional injury: motor vehicle-related injuries and home and recreation related injuries. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

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Drug Descriptions provided by the Drug Enforcement Agency, looks at the Controlled Substances Act, and provides information on narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, cannabis, steroids, clandestine laboratories, inhalants, drug abuse and AIDS, state drug abuse prevention and treatment programs, and penalties for controlled-substance related infractions. (Department of Justice)

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Education Resources introduces kids to statistics and demonstrates their importance to agriculture. Includes teaching resources on investigating your environment, backyard conservation, and more. (Department of Agriculture)

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Emergency Planning for Schools is a one-stop website offering information that can help school leaders plan for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents, and terrorist acts. Excerpts from a soon-to-be-published model "emergency response and crisis management plan" are also available. (Department of Education)

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Last update September 07, 2004