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(2005)Title:
5 Basic Messages of Asthma Control and How to Use Asthma Devices
Grade Level: 3-8, Adult
Format: Video CD (not a DVD)
Details: 2005, AH! Asthma Health Program/Maine Medical center, 20
mins.
Synopsis: Video CD for use on a computer. For education of individual
students with asthma about their disease and medicine/devices to prevent
asthma episodes. Two sections include:
- 5 basic messages of asthma control
- How to use asthmas devices
Title: Environmental Safety: What Every
Parent Should Know
Grade Level: 6-12, adults
Format: VHS
Details: 30 min., 1999, TV Interactive, My Kid's
Episode #405
Synopsis: Mark Hamill hosts this half-hour television
series that answers the questions and explores the challenges all modern
families face. This episode exposes today's common, household pollutants
and examines their effects on our children.
Title: Environmental Education
Grade Level: K-6
Call Number: HERC 372.3 R658e
Format: Book
Details: 1982, Barbara Robinson and Evelyn Wolfson, Teacher's College
Press
Synopsis: A manual for elementary educators; includes basic background
information and teaching ideas.
Title: Exploring Environments: a handbook of
environmental activities
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number:
HERC 372.3 Y25e
Format: Book
Details: 1976, Ruth Yarrow, National Environmental Education Landmarks
Synopsis: A handbook of environmental exercises; includes a chapter on
environmental consequences.
(2006)Title:
A Harvest of Color: Growing a Vegetable Garden
Grade Level: Pre K - 2
Call Number: HERC 635 Ec611h
Format: Book
Details: 2002, Melanie Eclare, Ragged Bears, 26 pgs.
Synopsis: Well-photographed book designed to inspire young
gardeners. Chronicles the transformation of a bare patch of earth into a
bountiful garden. Includes gardening tips from the featured young gardeners.
Title: Man & Environment: a health perspective
Grade Level: 10-12, adult
Call Number:
HERC 304.2 N121m
Format: Book
Details: 1986, Anne Nadakavukaren
Synopsis: Contains information on ecological principles, population
dynamics, our toxic environment, environmental degradation, and how man lives with the
earth.
(2001)Title:
Nature's Pharmacy
Grade Level: 5-9
Call Number: HERC 615 Od9n
Format: Magazine &
publisher's teaching suggestions
Details: 49 pgs., February 2001 issue of Odyssey: Adventures in Science,
Cobblestone Publications
Synopsis: Herbal remedies are filling more and more drugstore shelf space in the industrial world - not all of them scientifically tested - to combat anything from the common cold to cancer. Every day researchers discover healing properties of plants that "healers" in undeveloped countries have been administering for centuries. Finding exactly what chemical in a plant is the
active ingredient is complicated. Slash and burn development threatens to make many of these potential lifesavers extinct. This issue will explore how science merges with herbalism to get the best medicines.
Title: The Power Plugs: basic skills activity cards - energy -
Grade Level: 5-8
Call Number: HERC 333.7 Sch865p
Format: Activity cards
Details: 1980, Incentive Publications, Inc.
Synopsis: Emphasizing the importance of conservation, these brightly
colored 8 ½ x 11 activity cards on energy-related topics are designed to promote student
growth through investigation, analysis, and interpretation. Students improve their reading
and thinking skills through activities such as energy quiz games, writing riddles,
designing bookmarks and constructing an energy-mobile.
Title: Acting to Create a Healthy Environment
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number:
HERC 363.1 Ac81
Format: Teaching Unit
Details: 1983, Educational Development Center, Inc.
Synopsis: This module is
designed to encourage students to take a more active interest in environmental
issues in their local communities and provides them with the skills to
participate in local environmental decisions more fully and with more critical
awareness.
Title: Comprehensive School Health
Education: Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies (4th edition)
Grade Level: K-12
Call Number: HERC 613 M471c 2005
Format Book (Activity Based)
Details: 2005, Linda Meeks, Philip Heit, Randy Page, Meeks-Heit Publishing Company,
1050 pgs.
Synopsis: 4th edition.
In addition to a wealth of interactive lessons,
this book addresses health education curriculum development issues and
provides information of new teaching strategies.
Title: Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally
Awesome Teaching Strategies (2nd Edition)
Grade Level: K-12
Call Number: HERC 613 M471c 1996
Format Book (Activity Based)
Details: 835 pgs., 2nd Edition, 1996, Linda Meeks,
Philip Heit, Randy Page, Meeks-Heit Publishing Company
Synopsis: In addition to a wealth of interactive lessons,
this book addresses health education curriculum development issues and
provides information of new teaching strategies.
Title: Entering Adulthood: Creating a Healthy Environment
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number:
HERC 363.7 L777e
Format: Book
Details: 146 pgs., 1991, Donna Lloyd-Kolkin
Synopsis: This unit is
designed to address the critical issue of the '90's, how we can all better
protect the environment and our health.
Title: Health Education Teaching Ideas - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
Title: Here We Go ... Watch Me Grow - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
Title: How To Survive Teaching Health - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
Title: Into Adolescence: Caring for Our Planet and Our Health
Grade Level: 5-8
Call Number:
HERC 363.7 H918c
Format: Book
Details: 104 pgs., 1990, Network Publications
Synopsis: This unit is designed to
increase students' awareness of the environment and its direct effect on their
health.
(2005)Title:
Quest for the Code: Asthma CD-ROM Game and Implementation Guide for School
Use
Grade Level: 2-10, Adult
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2002, Starbright/School Asthma Program,
85 pgs. guide
Synopsis: Computer game and school implementation guide for use in schools
with the goals of: educating students one-on-one about their own asthma,
teach asthma management skills to a group or class, integrate game into
existing health, science, or PE classes, help teachers find ways to use game
in their class, and educate parent about their child's asthma.
Title: Understanding Health - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
TEACHING KITS:
(2007)
Title:
Water is a Treasure!
Grade Level: K-6
Format: Teaching Kit
Details: 2007, Government of Canada, 37 pgs.
Synopsis: The activities in this kit
have been designed for use in schools, or even outside the classroom, to
make children more aware of water. Key themes are: Value of Protecting Clean
Water, Wise Use of Water in Daily Activities, How Water Treatment Facilities
Work, and Appreciation for the Importance of Clean, Safe, Reliable Drinking
Water. The kit includes a CD-ROM mini-disc, a poster, a variety of
educational activities, and a list of Internet resources. Activities have
been organized according to their target grade level. Bilingual (English and
French).
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