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Lesson Resources:
   Find a variety of educational materials, many of which are standards-based, to exposure your students to environmental health concepts



Lesson Plans
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Cancer 2000 BioHealth Link: Questions of Cancer Summer Institute (lesson plan binder) PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment 1997 EnviroHealth Link Summer Institute Lesson Plan Binder PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment 1998 EnviroHealth Link Summer Institute Lesson Plan Binder PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment 1999 EnviroHealth Link Summer Institute Lesson Plan Binder PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Environment The Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse: Environmental Health Curriculum on the World Wide Web - A set of interactive, web-based curricular units geared toward students in grades 9-12. HTML
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Notebooks Guide to Keeping Laboratory Notebooks PDF material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age


Factsheets
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Topics NIEHS Alphabetical Index of Health Topics HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Cancer Listing of Tamoxifen as Known Human Carcinogen in 9th Report on Carcinogens (RoC) - May 2000 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Cancer National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Toxicology Program Supports Unique Grants Program - April 2002 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Cancer Report on Carcinogens (RoC) - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Chemicals National Toxicology Program Chemical Nomination and Selection Process - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Chromium Planned Studies on Hexavalent (CRVI) - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Communities Reaching Out to Help Our Communities- 1997 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Dioxin Dioxin Research at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - 2001 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
EMF EMF-RAPID Program: The Possible Effects of Power-Line Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields on Human Health - March 2001 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Epidemiology How to Study Environmental Health? - 1996 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Exposure Human Exposure Assessment - April 2002 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Genome The Mouse Genetic Variation Mapping (VMap) Initiative: Mapping SNPs, INDELs and Haplotype Blocks in the Mouse Genome - July 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Genomics Comparative Toxicogenomics Database: Bridging the Transgenomic Gap - July 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Kids Kids 'n' the Environmental Health Sciences - 1997 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Lead Lead - The #1 Environmental Hazard to Many Children - 1997 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Medicine Herbal Medicine - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Occupation Occupational Exposures - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Obesity Obesity and the Environment - July 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Phones Studies on Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted by Cellular Phones - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Risk NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Risk Risk Assessment Methodology - April 2002 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Technology Nanotechnology Safety Assessment: National Toxicology Program - July 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Testing National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Use of Alternative Methods in Toxicological Research and Testing - 1997 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Toxicology National Toxicology Program (NTP) - 1996 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Toxicology The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods - June 2003 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Toxicology NTP Toxicological Evaluation of Nanoscale Materials - February 2004 PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Transgenics Transgenic Animals - April 2002 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Water Safe Drinking Water Program at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - April 2002 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+


Pamphlets
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Asthma Asthma and Allergy Prevention - 1998 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Children Children's Environmental Health - April 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Diseases Environmental Diseases from A to Z- 1996 HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Disparities Health Disparities Research - 2001 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
EMF Questions and Answers About EMF - 2002 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
EMF Questions and Answers - EMF In The Workplace - 1996 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Genetics You and Your Genes - Making it in a Tough Environment - 2000 HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Guides Personal Environmental Health Guides for Teens and Entire Family - 2000 HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Lead Lead and Your Health - 1998 HTML material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Lead Tell Somebody About Lead: Prevent Lead Poisoning! PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age
Ozone Ozone Alerts - 2000 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Parkinson's Role of the Environment in Parkinson's Disease - April 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Pregnancy The Right Way to Get Pregnant - Feb 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Testing The New Environmental Health - May 2003 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Testing Respect to Life - 2000 HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+


Brochures
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Asthma Home and Environmental Triggers of Asthma: Annotated Bibliography of Health Education Materials PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Environment Chemicals in My World: Curriculum on Environmental Toxicology for Grades K-12 PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Environment The Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse: Environmental Health Curriculum on the World Wide Web PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Outreach Community Outreach and Education Programs (COEP) PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Summer University of Rochester Summer Science Academy - The Summer Science Academy provides a challenging, intensive two-week program, for students in grades 10-12, consisting of both guided and independent lab projects, bioethics discussion workshops, computer labs, seminars and field trips. PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age


News
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Environment Beyond the Bench Articles HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Interviews Scientist Video Interviews - external website HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
News Centers in the News HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
News NIEHS Press Releases and News Stories HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Research Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Headliners - EHP journal each month selects a paper authored by an NIEHS grantee to include in the NIEHS News section HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Research Highlights in Environmental Health Sciences Research HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Resource Links to additional Science Teacher Resources HTML appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Topics NIEHS Alphabetical Index of Health Topics HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+
Topics Environews by Topic - Table of Contents HTML material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 9-12 appropriate material for 12+


Flyers
Keyword Link (Title/Description) Format Grade Level
Air Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Air Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air (Arabic) DOC appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Biotechnology Biotechnology for High School Teachers PDF material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age material not appropriate for this age appropriate material for 12+
Food Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Food Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety (Arabic) DOC appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Lead Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Lead Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals (Arabic) DOC appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Pesticides Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Pesticides Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control (Arabic) DOC appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Poison Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Poison Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes (Arabic) DOC appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Water Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water PDF appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 material not appropriate for this age
Water Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Arabic) DOC appropriate material for K-4 appropriate material for 5-8 appropriate material for 9-12 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
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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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