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Classroom Material

What is it?
  • For K thru 12 students and teachers
  • Wide variety of educational materials, many of which are standards-based, to expose your students to environmental health concepts
  • Find simple strategies and activities that you can use effectively communicate complex ideas to students

General
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Air Realtime Air Quality Activity - The materials package includes a teacher's guide, overheads for the teacher's use in introducing the
activity to the class, and student instruction sheets		 ZIP material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Alcohol Toxicity Testing with California Blackworms: Alcohol PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Assays AMES Assay CD-ROM Activity PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Bacteria Guide to Plating Bacteria Using Sterile Technique PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Body Organ Systems HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Cancer Cluster Busters: A Game of Disease Mystery Solving--Scenario: Ms. Ima Well (Colon Cancer) PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Cancer Good Cells Gone Bad PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Cells Cells Are Us HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Community Community Action and the Environment (curriculum booklet) PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Disease Cluster Busters: A Game of Disease Mystery Solving--Scenario: Dr. Wanda B. Better (Infant Pulmonary Hemorrhage) PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Disease Growth and Disease PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment Crabby Kathy HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Environment Contaminants Affecting Human Health: In Water, Soil, Air and Food HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Environment EnviroHealth Connections HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment EnviroMysteries HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment Hydroville Challenge - topics include pesticide spill, mysterious illness outbreak, indoor air quality and water quality HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment My Health My World HTML appropriate material for K-4 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Environment Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Integrative Curriculum HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Environment Project Greenskate HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment Toxic or Not? - Environmental Health Hazards HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Environment University of Rochester Summer Science Camp 1998 Environmental Health Unit Presentation Notes PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment Youth Network for Healthy Communities HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Exposure Lemons and Onions PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Genetics Chemicals in My World Curriculum Series: Genes, Disease, and the Environment PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Lead Chemicals in My World Curriculum Series: Get the Lead Out! PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Lead Lead and Reproductive Behavior of Fathead Minnows HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Microorganisms University of Rochester Summer Science Camp 1999--Microorganisms PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Nicotine Toxicity Testing with California Blackworms: Nicotine PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Nuclear Nuclear Energy: the Good, the Bad, and the Debatable (curriculum booklet) PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Nutrition Chemicals in My World Curriculum Series: Eating for Your Health PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Pesticides Isolation of Naturally Occurring Pesticides (teacher's guide) PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Pesticides Naturally Occurring Pesticides (student sheets) PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Plants Chemicals in My World Curriculum Series: Plants and Pollution--Lesson Plan for Grades 3-5 PDF appropriate material for K-4 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Plants Induced Plant Defenses PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Plants Race to Find the Cure: Isolation of Chemicals from Plant Leaves PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Poison Name That Poison PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Risks Risks & Choices Staff Development Units HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Risk Risk Management PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Risk Risk Management and Health Care PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Risk Risk Management: Health Risks PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Tobacco Chemicals and Human Health Web Site, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Development Activity: Teacher's Guide and Student Sheet PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Tobacco Tobacco Induced Mutations PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Basic Toxicology Lab Stations PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Bioaccumulation of Chemical by Daphnia magna HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Chemicals and Human Health Web Site, Lung Toxicology Activity: Teacher's Guide and Student Sheet PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Chemicals and Human Health Web Site, Toxicology Activity: Teacher's Guide and Student Sheet PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Chemicals, The Environment and You: Explorations in Science and Human Health HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Essentials of Cell Biology HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Toxicology Essentials of Cell Biology: Toxicology in Action (CD-ROM) HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Frog Development and Exposure to Chemicals HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Tox-in-a-BoxTM HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology ToxRAP - Toxicology Risk Assessment and Air Pollution HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Water Chemicals in My World Curriculum Series: Where Is the Water?--Lesson Plan for Grades Pre-K Through 2 PDF appropriate material for K-4 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Water Water's the Matter HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age


Presentations
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Gene-Environment Environment and Gene Interactions Cancer Module PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Lead Get the Lead Out: Your Environment, Your Health! PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Medicine From Plant to Drug PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Environment Your Environment and Your Health PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+


Web Based Activities
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Air Air and My World Indoors HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Air CO City Guide (teachers guide) PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Earth Home Planet Earth HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Food Food and My World HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Lead Lead Busters HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Toxicology Project Greenskate HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Water Water and My World HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age


Videos
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Environment Your Environment is Your Health HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Environment Human Connection HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Environment NIEHS Public Service Announcements
  • Breathe Easier
  • Common Chemicals
  • Like They Say...
  • Take It Outside
  • A Child's Interest in Science: Doctor
  • A Child's Interest in Science: Meteorologist
  • A Child's Interest in Science: Scientist
 HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Toxicology National Toxicogenomic Center (NCT) HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+


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