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HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCE COLLECTIONRecent Additions |
Curriculum Materials & Teaching Kits | Community Health Education | Consumer Health Education | Disease Prevention and Control | Environmental Health Education | Family Life Education | Growth & Development | Nutritional Health | Personal, Mental and Emotional Health (incl. Oral Health) | Physical Education | Safety and Accident Prevention | Substance Use and Abuse Prevention
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MATERIALS ADDED TO THE COLLECTION THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR.
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UNDER EACH CATEGORY.
(2007)
Title: Let's Get Real: Lessons &
Activities to Address Name-calling and Bullying
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2005, Women's Educational media,
132 pg lesson guide and DVD
Synopsis: Name-calling and bullying have reached epidemic
proportions in schools today. Let's Get Real gives young people the
chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind the
problem. Students discuss racial differences, sexual orientation,
disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and more. From the
youth who are targeted to the students who pick on them, to those who find
the courage to intervene, this curriculum examines bullying from a wide
range of perspectives.
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- Grade 3-5
Grade Level: 3-5
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, 3 lesson plans
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 3 lessons included
in the following subject areas: "Self-Esteem", and "Body Image and
Advertising".
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- Middle School
Grade Level: 6-8
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, 10 lesson plans
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 10 lesson plans
included in the following subject areas: "Self-Esteem", "Body Image and Risky Eating
Behaviors", and "Deconstructing Media Messages. NOTE: 4 of the lessons
require the book "Healthy Body Image"; please order this book as
well!
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- High School
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, lesson plans, handbook, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 3 lessons entitled:
"Risky Eating Behaviors", "Coping with Life", and "Media Messages and You".
Supplementary materials include the handbook "Eating Disorders: Physical,
Social, & Emotional Consequences" and a combination DVD and DVD-ROM which
contains a video presentation and print-ready handouts, exam, and homework.
Also includes a CD-ROM for print-only handouts (no video).
(2007)
Title:
Dimensions of Loss & Death Education: Curriculum and Resource
Guide
Grade Level: 4-12, Adult
Format: Curriculum
Details: 1992, Patricia H. Zalaznik, Abundant Resources Inc.
Synopsis: A very thorough curriculum designed for teaching a
structured class in death and dying. Sections include Feelings, Cultural &
Historical issues, the role of Religion, Values, the Death Process, Grief,
Funerals, and much more. Updated version includes sections on AIDS and
global pandemics. Also includes a lengthy bibliography.
(2007)
Title:
Lifetime Health- Student's Edition
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 372.3 H7452L
Format: Book
Details: 2007, David P. Friedman & Curtis C. Stine & Shannon Whalen,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
688 pgs.
Synopsis: General high school-level student's edition health
text book. Emphasizes health throughout one's lifetime. Sections include
Health and Your Wellness, Health and Your Body, Drugs, Diseases and
Disorders, Adolescence, Adulthood and Family, and Reproductive Health. SA
teacher's edition below.
(2007)
Title:
Lifetime Health- Teacher's Edition
Grade Level: 9-12 teacher
Call Number: HERC 372.3 H7452L
TE
Format: Book
Details: 2007, David P. Friedman & Curtis C. Stine & Shannon Whalen,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
688 pgs.
Synopsis: General high school-level teacher's edition health
text book. Emphasizes health throughout one's lifetime. Sections include
Health and Your Wellness, Health and Your Body, Drugs, Diseases and
Disorders, Adolescence, Adulthood and Family, and Reproductive Health. SA
student's edition above.
(2008)
Title: Living With
HIV/AIDS: Students Tell Their Stories of Stigma, Courage, and Resilience
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 614.5 J7235l
Format: Book
Details: 2006, Rebecca C. Jones, National
School Boards Association. 42 p.
Synopsis: Marking the 25th anniversary of the initial CDC report on
the AIDS epidemic, this short book explores how well children affected by
HIV and AIDS are doing in schools, and how well schools are doing in
fulfilling their responsibility to ensure all students have the opportunity
to learn.
(2007)
Title:
Lifetime Health- Student's Edition
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 372.3 H7452L
Format: Book
Details: 2007, David P. Friedman & Curtis C. Stine & Shannon Whalen,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
688 pgs.
Synopsis: General high school-level student's edition health
text book. Emphasizes health throughout one's lifetime. Sections include
Health and Your Wellness, Health and Your Body, Drugs, Diseases and
Disorders, Adolescence, Adulthood and Family, and Reproductive Health. SA
teacher's edition below.
(2007)
Title:
Lifetime Health- Teacher's Edition
Grade Level: 9-12 teacher
Call Number: HERC 372.3 H7452L
TE
Format: Book
Details: 2007, David P. Friedman & Curtis C. Stine & Shannon Whalen,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
688 pgs.
Synopsis: General high school-level teacher's edition health
text book. Emphasizes health throughout one's lifetime. Sections include
Health and Your Wellness, Health and Your Body, Drugs, Diseases and
Disorders, Adolescence, Adulthood and Family, and Reproductive Health. SA
student's edition above.
(2007)
Title:
Mainers Making Moves Toward Health: A Collection of Nutrition and
Physical Activity Stories
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 613.2 M2849h
Format: Book
Details: 2004, Maine Nutrition Network,
32 pgs.
Synopsis: People of all ages benefit from daily physical activity
and a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. These lifestyle
behaviors help reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as cancer,
diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Despite these proven benefits, more
than half of Maine adults do not get enough physical activity and only
one-fourth eat the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables daily.
This book is a collection of Maine community stories whose purpose is to
provide examples and highlight ways in which local community groups have
banded together to help Maine people chose a healthier lifestyle. Includes
resource lists to help start a healthy lifestyle program in your community.
(2007)
Title:
Toothpaste From Start to Finish
Grade Level: K-4
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 617.6 St727t
Details: 2001, Tanya Lee Stone, Blackbirch Press Inc., 32 pgs.
Synopsis: Using pictures and words, this book for children explains
how toothpaste is made. Follows a tube, from mixing of ingredients to boxing
and shipping. Produced by Tom's of Maine.
(2007)
Title:
Chew on This
Grade Level: 9-12, Adult
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 394.1 Sch395c
Details: 2006, Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin,
304 pgs.
Synopsis: In their follow-on book to Fast Food Nation, the
authors unwrap the fast-food industry to bring a behind-the-scenes look at a
business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Highlights include: meet
the 15-year-old who invented the hamburger, learn what makes French fries
taste so good, explore the six weeks that a fast-food-bound chicken lives
before it becomes a chicken nugget, and examine a table of healthy and
unhealthy body parts-and see what happens inside your body when you eat too
much junk food.
(2007)
Title:
Youth! The 26% Solution
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 322.4 L5654y
Format: Book
Details: 1998, Wendy Schaetzel Lesko, Activisim 2000 project, 124 pgs.
Synopsis: This book reveals how young people with firsthand
knowledge of many of today's problems can succeed at getting decision
makers, from school principals to their state senators, to respond to their
ideas for change. Contains dozens of true stories showing how young people
can put their passion into action.
(2008)
Title: Living With
HIV/AIDS: Students Tell Their Stories of Stigma, Courage, and Resilience
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 614.5 J7235l
Format: Book
Details: 2006, Rebecca C. Jones, National
School Boards Association. 42 p.
Synopsis: Marking the 25th anniversary of the initial CDC report on
the AIDS epidemic, this short book explores how well children affected by
HIV and AIDS are doing in schools, and how well schools are doing in
fulfilling their responsibility to ensure all students have the opportunity
to learn.
(2008)
Title: Focus on Kids:
Adolescent HIV Risk Prevention
Grade Level: 6-9
Call Number: HERC 614.5 M369f
Format: Book
Details: 1998, University of Maryland
Dept. of Pediatrics, ETR Associates., 198 pgs
Synopsis: A community-based, 8-session HIV/STD prevention program.
Includes interactive activities, makes use of naturally occurring friendship
groups to strengthen peer support, covers HIV/STD prevention measures, and
helps students clarify personal values and increase communication skills.
(2008)
Title: AIDS: First
Facts for Kids Grades 4-6
Grade Level: 4-6
Call Number: HERC 614.5 Sch957a
Format: Book
Details: 1997, Linda Schwartz, The
Learning Works Inc., 56 pgs
Synopsis: This book explores more than 30 important questions
students in grades 4-6 might ask about HIV and AIDS. While promoting sexual
abstinence and a drug-free life, the book presents the facts in a candid,
straightforward manner. Students will learn about the causes of AIDS, the
many illnesses that accompany it, the myths and truths about avoiding
infection, and strategies for handling peer pressure. Extended activities
include role-playing, research, and creative writing.
(2007)
Title: Staying Out of the Risky
Zone
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Music CDs, discussion
guide
Details: 1996, Risky Zone Initiatives, 16
songs
Synopsis: 2 music CDs containing 16 songs addressing specific topics
related to sexuality, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, and abstinence. The songs
are intended to convey information, raise discussion issues, address
attitudes, and supplement other curricula. Songs vary in musical style and
topical content. The discussion guides contains suggestions as to how to
make the songs most effective. Volume one focuses on HIV/AIDS, abstinence,
and media issues. Volume two focuses on safer sexuality, communication,
sexual assault, sexual orientation, and homophobia. This resource loans as a
set.
(2007)
Title: CIRCLES III- AIDS: Safer Ways
Grade Level: special needs teens and
adults
Format: VHS, guide
Details: 2007, James Stanfield
Co, 6 VHS tapes & guide
Synopsis: Brings students current information on avoiding and
treating communicable diseases and in the process teaches them ways to
protect themselves against STDs. Comes with both a general and explicit
version of "How AIDS and STDs are Contracted" so one may decide which level
is appropriate for their students and community.
(2007)
Title:
Teaching About Sexuality and HIV
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number: HERC 613.9 H3584t
Format: Book
Details: 1996, Evonne Hedgepeth & Joan Helmich, New York University
Press, 294 pgs.
Synopsis: A
book for classroom teachers and community health educators who specialize in
teaching about sexual health, HIV prevention, and family planning.
(2007)
Title:
Uncle Jerry Has AIDS
Grade Level: 1-5
Call Number: HERC 614.5 B6639u
Format: Book
Details: Jim & Brett Boulden, Boulden Publishing, 32 pgs.
Synopsis: Booklet designed to help process attitudes and emotions
held by children about AIDS/HIV. Easy-to-read format. Booklet is actually a
coloring book; but pages must be reproduced before coloring!
(2007)
Title:
The Corpuscles: Adventurers in Inner Space
Grade Level: 2-6
Call Number: HERC 611.018 B449c
Format: Book
Details: 1989, Dr. John Benziger,
Corpuscles InterGalactica, 60 pgs.
Synopsis: Join the Corpuscles on a journey of fun and discovery
through the "Inner Space" world of the human body. The Corpuscles are real
cells- the smallest unit of like itself. Explore with them the workings of
our bodies, and learn the vital role our billions of cells play in
maintaining health and fighting off disease.
(2007) Title:
Adolescent Health: Preventing HIV/STD and Teen Pregnancy
Grade Level: Adults
Format: VHS
Details: 2002, National Conference of State
Legislatures, 15 mins.
Synopsis: A series of experts discuss their experiences
and which methods do and do not work teaching teens about STDs and
pregnancy. Topics include parents and teens, issues, education, what works,
reducing risk, and roles of the legislature.
(2007) Title:
Hope for a New Tomorrow: Families with AIDS, the Third Decade
Grade Level: 6-12, Adults
Format: VHS
Details: 2001, Eastern Maine AIDS Network, 30 mins.
Synopsis: This video is a unique documentary about three Maine
families living with HIV/AIDS. Each talks openly about how HIV infection has
affected their lives, relationships and decisions about the future.
Participants share this impact with the purpose that viewers will recognize
that, despite many challenges, there remains hope for a new tomorrow.
(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).
(2008)
Title: Healthy
Foundations: Developing Positive Policies and Programs Regarding Young
Children's Learning about Sexuality
Grade Level: Pre K-K
Call Number: HERC 613.9 M7648h
Format: Book
Details: 1993, Sue Montfort, Center for
Family Life Education, 22 pgs.
Synopsis: Young children are alive with curiosity about how their
bodies work, why boys and girls are different, and how babies grow and are
born. Positive responses lay the foundation for sexual health and
self-esteem by helping children feel good about their bodies, good about
being a boy or a girl, and good about adults who are willing to help them
figure things out. While parents are the primary sex educators of their
children, schools and parents must be partners in helping children grow up.
This manual acknowledges that staff in early childhood programs also play an
important role in the sexual learning of young children. SA Bodies, Birth
& Babies below.
(2008)
Title: Bodies, Birth
& Babies: Sexuality Education in Early Childhood Programs
Grade Level: Pre K-K
Call Number: HERC 613.9 B762b
Format: Book
Details: 1989, Peggy Brick, Center for
Family Life Education, 38 pgs.
Synopsis: Young children are alive with curiosity about how their
bodies work, why boys and girls are different, and how babies grow and are
born. Positive responses lay the foundation for sexual health and
self-esteem by helping children feel good about their bodies, good about
being a boy or a girl, and good about adults who are willing to help them
figure things out. While parents are the primary sex educators of their
children, schools and parents must be partners in helping children grow up.
This manual acknowledges that staff in early childhood programs also play an
important role in the sexual learning of young children. SA Healthy
Foundations above.
(2008)
Title: Right From the Start:
Guidelines for Sexuality Issues Birth to Five Years
Grade Level: Pre K-K
Call Number: HERC 613.9 Ea769r
Format: Book
Details: 1995, Early Childhood Sexuality
Education Task Force, 66 pgs.
Synopsis: From the moment of birth, children begin to learn about
love, touch, and relationships. Their experiences, impressions, and
observations form the foundation of their future sexual attitudes and
decisions. This book acknowledges and builds upon the fact that this
learning process is already taking place in order to help parents and
caregivers make children's early learning a positive and productive
experience.
(2007)
Title: Staying Out of the Risky
Zone
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Music CDs, discussion
guide
Details: 1996, Risky Zone Initiatives, 16
songs
Synopsis: 2 music CDs containing 16 songs addressing specific topics
related to sexuality, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, and abstinence. The songs
are intended to convey information, raise discussion issues, address
attitudes, and supplement other curricula. Songs vary in musical style and
topical content. The discussion guides contains suggestions as to how to
make the songs most effective. Volume one focuses on HIV/AIDS, abstinence,
and media issues. Volume two focuses on safer sexuality, communication,
sexual assault, sexual orientation, and homophobia. This resource loans as a
set.
(2007)
Title: Interactive
Nights Out!
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Computer Program
Details: 2002, Virtual Experience Interactive Learning Software
(VEILS), CD-ROM
Synopsis: Not a DVD, rather an interactive CD-ROM. Students are
placed in a virtual situation, and then are required to make decisions as
the scenario progresses. Scenarios designed for user to make decisions about
sex, relationships, beer, marijuana, and more. Provides the benefits of
experimental learning in the safety of the classroom- replaces "teaching by
telling" with "learning by doing".
(2007)
Title:
Teaching About Sexuality and HIV
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number: HERC 613.9 H3584t
Format: Book
Details: 1996, Evonne Hedgepeth & Joan Helmich, New York University
Press, 294 pgs.
Synopsis: A
book for classroom teachers and community health educators who specialize in
teaching about sexual health, HIV prevention, and family planning.
(2007) Title:
Words Can Work: When Talking with Kids About Sexual Health
Grade Level: 7-12, parents
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 613.9
B5813w
Details: 2004, Jeanne Blake, Blakeworks, Inc., 114
pgs
Synopsis: Book is written primarily to help parents
understand their role as sexuality educators. But may be used by all who
work with young people and families as a means to negotiate the challenge of
talking to children about sexuality and their emergence into adulthood.
Combines conversations with youngsters, relevant information, and
commentary.
(2007) Title:
Adolescent Health: Preventing HIV/STD and Teen Pregnancy
Grade Level: Adults
Format: VHS
Details: 2002, National Conference of State
Legislatures, 15 mins.
Synopsis: A series of experts discuss their experiences
and which methods do and do not work teaching teens about STDs and
pregnancy. Topics include parents and teens, issues, education, what works,
reducing risk, and roles of the legislature.
(2007)
Title: Staying Out of the Risky
Zone
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Music CDs, discussion
guide
Details: 1996, Risky Zone Initiatives, 16
songs
Synopsis: 2 music CDs containing 16 songs addressing specific topics
related to sexuality, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, and abstinence. The songs
are intended to convey information, raise discussion issues, address
attitudes, and supplement other curricula. Songs vary in musical style and
topical content. The discussion guides contains suggestions as to how to
make the songs most effective. Volume one focuses on HIV/AIDS, abstinence,
and media issues. Volume two focuses on safer sexuality, communication,
sexual assault, sexual orientation, and homophobia. This resource loans as a
set.
(2007)
Title: The Power of
Girls: Inside and Out
Grade Level: 8-11
Format: VHS tape and teacher
guide
Details: 2000, Jeanne Blake, Family
Health Productions, Inc., 20 mins.
Synopsis: As girls grow from childhood into adolescence, they
experience many emotional and physical changes. In this video 5 girls speak
candidly and courageously about the many challenges they confront growing up
today. Includes teacher guide. SA "Real Strength: Boys Talk About Life."
(2007)
Title: Real Strength:
Boys Talk About Life
Grade Level: 8-11
Format: VHS tape and teacher
guide
Details: 2000, Jeanne Blake, Family
Health Productions, Inc., 20 mins.
Synopsis: A boy's transition to adolescence can be exciting, but
confusing and even overwhelming. In this video 5 boys speak candidly and
courageously about the many challenges they confront growing up today.
Includes teacher guide. SA "The Power of Girls: Inside and Out."
(2007)
Title:
Youth! The 26% Solution
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 322.4 L5654y
Format: Book
Details: 1998, Wendy Schaetzel Lesko, Activisim 2000 project, 124 pgs.
Synopsis: This book reveals how young people with firsthand
knowledge of many of today's problems can succeed at getting decision
makers, from school principals to their state senators, to respond to their
ideas for change. Contains dozens of true stories showing how young people
can put their passion into action.
(2007)
Title:
Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Hurting
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 616.92 S253y
Format: Book
Details: 2005, Ellyn Satter, Kelcy Press, 470 pgs.
Synopsis: This book is for parents who wish to help their children
reach the body that is right for them. The author advocates practical and
optimized feeding of children to realize this goal, and stresses a regimen
of proper and adequate nutrition, not dieting. Chapters include information
on feeding, physical activity, and childhood growth.
(2007) Title: Beyond
Puberty for Girls and Guys
Grade Level: 6-10
Format: VHS and guide
Details: 2000, Wardell B. Pomeroy, World Educational Media,
34 mins.
Synopsis: Designed for youth to help them understand
and cope with the physical and emotional changes that occur during and after
puberty. Covers the changes and challenges of puberty/post-puberty using a
positive tone. Explains growth spurts, acne, hygiene and more.
Also look under School Nutrition Education for resources being that have been added from the School Nutrition Education Training (NET) Program.
(2007)
Title:
Chew on This
Grade Level: 9-12, Adult
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 394.1 Sch395c
Details: 2006, Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin,
304 pgs.
Synopsis: In their follow-on book to Fast Food Nation, the
authors unwrap the fast-food industry to bring a behind-the-scenes look at a
business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Highlights include: meet
the 15-year-old who invented the hamburger, learn what makes French fries
taste so good, explore the six weeks that a fast-food-bound chicken lives
before it becomes a chicken nugget, and examine a table of healthy and
unhealthy body parts-and see what happens inside your body when you eat too
much junk food.
(2007)
Title:
Food and Nutrition 1
Grade Level: K-2
Format: DVD
Details: 2000, 100% Educational Videos,
17 mins.+ teacher's guide
Synopsis: Introduces young students to the concepts of healthy
eating and a balanced diet. This DVD encourages healthy eating habits
in young children. Learn about the main nutrients in food, how to choose
healthy snacks, how to tell if food is high in fat, and how to find hidden
sugars in food. Includes teacher's guide.
(2007)
Title:
Nutrition and the New Food Pyramid
Grade Level: 3-5
Format: DVD
Details: 2006, 100% Educational Videos,
18 mins.+ teacher's guide
Synopsis: This DVD helps children learn the importance of
making good food choices for health, growth, and energy. Specific nutrients;
proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins, and fibers are all
presented and discussed in a memorable way. Students are introduced to the
new individualized food guide MyPyramid, and will learn how to read and
apply this tool to their lives. Includes teacher's guide.
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- Grade 3-5
Grade Level: 3-5
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, 2 lesson plans
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 2 lessons entitled:
"Self-Esteem", and "Body Image and Advertising".
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- High School
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, lesson plans, handbook, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 3 lessons entitled:
"Risky Eating Behaviors", "Coping with Life", and "Media Messages and You".
Supplementary materials include the handbook "Eating Disorders: Physical,
Social, & Emotional Consequences" and a combination DVD and DVD-ROM which
contains a video presentation and print-ready handouts, exam, and homework.
Also includes a CD-ROM for print-only handouts (no video).
(2007)
Title:
Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Hurting
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 616.92 S253y
Format: Book
Details: 2005, Ellyn Satter, Kelcy Press, 470 pgs.
Synopsis: This book is for parents who wish to help their children
reach the body that is right for them. The author advocates practical and
optimized feeding of children to realize this goal, and stresses a regimen
of proper and adequate nutrition, not dieting. Chapters include information
on feeding, physical activity, and childhood growth.
(2007)
Title:
Mainers Making Moves Toward Health: A Collection of Nutrition and
Physical Activity Stories
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 613.2 M2849h
Format: Book
Details: 2004, Maine Nutrition Network,
32 pgs.
Synopsis: People of all ages benefit from daily physical activity
and a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. These lifestyle
behaviors help reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as cancer,
diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Despite these proven benefits, more
than half of Maine adults do not get enough physical activity and only
one-fourth eat the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables daily.
This book is a collection of Maine community stories whose purpose is to
provide examples and highlight ways in which local community groups have
banded together to help Maine people chose a healthier lifestyle. Includes
resource lists to help start a healthy lifestyle program in your community.
(2008)
Title: Focus on Kids:
Adolescent HIV Risk Prevention
Grade Level: 6-9
Call Number: HERC 614.5 M369f
Format: Book
Details: 1998, University of Maryland
Dept. of Pediatrics, ETR Associates., 198 pgs
Synopsis: A community-based, 8-session HIV/STD prevention program.
Includes interactive activities, makes use of naturally occurring friendship
groups to strengthen peer support, covers HIV/STD prevention measures, and
helps students clarify personal values and increase communication skills.
(2007)
Title: The Power of
Girls: Inside and Out
Grade Level: 8-11
Format: VHS tape and teacher
guide
Details: 2000, Jeanne Blake, Family
Health Productions, Inc., 20 mins.
Synopsis: As girls grow from childhood into adolescence, they
experience many emotional and physical changes. In this video 5 girls speak
candidly and courageously about the many challenges they confront growing up
today. Includes teacher guide. SA "Real Strength: Boys Talk About Life."
(2007)
Title: Real Strength:
Boys Talk About Life
Grade Level: 8-11
Format: VHS tape and teacher
guide
Details: 2000, Jeanne Blake, Family
Health Productions, Inc., 20 mins.
Synopsis: A boy's transition to adolescence can be exciting, but
confusing and even overwhelming. In this video 5 boys speak candidly and
courageously about the many challenges they confront growing up today.
Includes teacher guide. SA "The Power of Girls: Inside and Out."
(2007)
Title: Interactive
Nights Out!
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Computer Program
Details: 2002, Virtual Experience Interactive Learning Software
(VEILS), CD-ROM
Synopsis: Not a DVD, rather an interactive CD-ROM. Students are
placed in a virtual situation, and then are required to make decisions as
the scenario progresses. Scenarios designed for user to make decisions about
sex, relationships, beer, marijuana, and more. Provides the benefits of
experimental learning in the safety of the classroom- replaces "teaching by
telling" with "learning by doing".
(2007)
Title: Let's Get Real: Lessons &
Activities to Address Name-calling and Bullying
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2005, Women's Educational media,
132 pg lesson guide and DVD
Synopsis: Name-calling and bullying have reached epidemic
proportions in schools today. Let's Get Real gives young people the
chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind the
problem. Students discuss racial differences, sexual orientation,
disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and more. From the
youth who are targeted to the students who pick on them, to those who find
the courage to intervene, this curriculum examines bullying from a wide
range of perspectives.
(2007)
Title:
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth
Traditions from Around the World
Grade Level: PreK-2
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC B3925t
Details: 1998, Selby Beeler, Houghton Mifflin Company., 32 pgs.
Synopsis: Juvenile picture book. What do you do when you lose a
tooth? Travel around the world and discover the surprising things children
do when they lose a tooth.
(2007)
Title:
Open Wide- Tooth School Inside
Grade Level: PreK-2
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC K282o
Details: 2000, Laurie Keller, Henry Holt & Company., 34 pgs.
Synopsis: Juvenile picture book. It's time for Tooth School, and Dr.
Flossman is excited to meet the incoming class of 32; 8 incisors, 4 canines,
8 premolars, and 12 molars including 4 wisdom teeth. There's so much to
learn, from brushing and flossing to dentin and pulp to every student's
nightmare: tooth decay! Young readers will laugh their way to a better
appreciation for those pearly whites that beckon them to brush.
(2007)
Title:
Toothpaste From Start to Finish
Grade Level: K-4
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 617.6 St727t
Details: 2001, Tanya Lee Stone, Blackbirch Press Inc., 32 pgs.
Synopsis: Using pictures and words, this book for children explains
how toothpaste is made. Follows a tube, from mixing of ingredients to boxing
and shipping. Produced by Tom's of Maine.
(2007)
Title:
Tooth Decay and Cavities
Grade Level: K-4
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 617.6 Si388t
Details: 1999, Dr. Alvin Silverstein, Franklin Watts, 48 pgs.
Synopsis: Children's book that explains the importance of teeth and
caring for them. Discusses baby and adult teeth, what teeth are made of,
cavities, going to the dentist, and tooth care. Many photographs.
(2007)
Title:
Last Child in the Woods
Grade Level: Adult
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 155.418 L9365L
Details: 2006, Richard Louv, Algonquin Books, 334 pgs.
Synopsis: Never before in history have children been so plugged-in;
and so out of touch with the natural world. In this book, the author
directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation-
he calls it Nature Deficit Disorder- to some of the most disturbing
childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, ADD, and depression. Adults
have the power to ensure that this generation will be the last children in
the woods, and this book is the first step toward the nature-child reunion.
(2007)
Title:
Heros vs. Plaque
Grade Level: K-5
Format: DVD
Details: 2006, American Dental Association, 11 mins.
Synopsis: Bring Spiderman and the Fantastic Four into your classroom
and show kids that even superheros have to fight tooth decay. This DVD pairs
images of the superheros with a lively soundtrack that is sure
to hold kid's attention. Note: this DVD contains still comic book scenes,
NOT a moving action cartoon.
(2007)
Title:
Dudley's Brushing Magic
Grade Level: Pre-K
Format: DVD, guide
Details: 2005, American Dental Association, 6 mins.
Synopsis: Dudley uses magic to teach his little sister, Dee Dee, all
about brushing and flossing. A hit with preschoolers. Includes teacher's
guide.
(2007)
Title: Dudley's Classroom
Adventure
Grade Level: 1-4
Format: DVD, guide
Details: 2005, American Dental Association, 9 mins.
Synopsis: Start early teaching good dental hygiene habits to
students grades 1-4. In this engaging nine-minute DVD, Dudley takes kids on
a fun-filled classroom adventure as he writes a report on a healthy mouth.
Includes teacher's guide.
(2007)
Title: Dudley Goes to Camp Brush
and Floss
Grade Level: 1-4
Format: DVD, guide
Details: 2004, American Dental Association, 6 mins.
Synopsis: Pack your sleeping bag and head off to camp with Dudley
and friends! This oral health DVD features Dudley teaching his cousin Deane
the proper way to brush. Close-up shots of brushing and flossing will teach
children the best way to care for their teeth and gums. Includes teacher's
guide.
(2007)
Title: Dudley Visits the Dentist
Grade Level: K-3
Format: DVD, guide
Details: 2005, American Dental Association, 8 mins.
Synopsis: In this DVD, Dudley takes the mystery out of a dental
visit as he introduces kids to dental team members, tools, and what to
expect at an office visit. Includes teacher's guide.
(2007)
Title: Unmasking Sexual Con
Games
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 364.153 M1729
Format: Book
Details: 2003, Kathleen M. McGee & Laura J. Buddenberg, Boys Town
Press, 200 pgs.
Synopsis: Coercing or Conning a teen into sexual activity- it's
called emotional grooming, and it happens far too often to both boys and
girls. Using tactics like flattery, jealousy, and intimidation, the
emotional groomer manipulates his or her target into a sexual relationship
that can have devastating physical and emotional consequences for the
victim. Parents, teachers, and adults who work with and care for youth,
however, can help adolescents recognize the signs of emotional grooming
learn to protect themselves from being used or abused.
(2007)
Title:
Uncle Jerry Has AIDS
Grade Level: 1-5
Call Number: HERC 614.5 B6639u
Format: Book
Details: Jim & Brett Boulden, Boulden Publishing, 32 pgs.
Synopsis: Booklet designed to help process attitudes and emotions
held by children about AIDS/HIV. Easy-to-read format. Booklet is actually a
coloring book; but pages must be reproduced before coloring!
(2007)
Title:
The Corpuscles: Adventurers in Inner Space
Grade Level: 2-6
Call Number: HERC 611.018 B449c
Format: Book
Details: 1989, Dr. John Benziger,
Corpuscles InterGalactica, 60 pgs.
Synopsis: Join the Corpuscles on a journey of fun and discovery
through the "Inner Space" world of the human body. The Corpuscles are real
cells- the smallest unit of like itself. Explore with them the workings of
our bodies, and learn the vital role our billions of cells play in
maintaining health and fighting off disease.
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- Grade 3-5
Grade Level: 3-5
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, 3 lesson plans
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 3 lessons included
in the following subject areas: "Self-Esteem", and "Body Image and
Advertising".
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- Middle School
Grade Level: 6-8
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, 10 lesson plans
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 10 lesson plans
included in the following subject areas: "Self-Esteem", "Body Image and Risky Eating
Behaviors", and "Deconstructing Media Messages. NOTE: 4 of the lessons
require the book "Healthy Body Image"; please order this book as
well!
(2007)
Title:
Eating Disorder Prevention- High School
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Curriculum
Details: 2007, Maine Eating
Disorders Prevention Work Group, lesson plans, handbook, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM
Synopsis: This curriculum/teaching kit contains 3 lessons entitled:
"Risky Eating Behaviors", "Coping with Life", and "Media Messages and You".
Supplementary materials include the handbook "Eating Disorders: Physical,
Social, & Emotional Consequences" and a combination DVD and DVD-ROM which
contains a video presentation and print-ready handouts, exam, and homework.
Also includes a CD-ROM for print-only handouts (no video).
(2007)
Title:
Dimensions of Loss & Death Education: Curriculum and Resource
Guide
Grade Level: 4-12, Adult
Format: Curriculum
Details: 1992, Patricia H. Zalaznik, Abundant Resources Inc.
Synopsis: A very thorough curriculum designed for teaching a
structured class in death and dying. Sections include Feelings, Cultural &
Historical issues, the role of Religion, Values, the Death Process, Grief,
Funerals, and much more. Updated version includes sections on AIDS and
global pandemics. Also includes a lengthy bibliography.
(2007)
Title:
Lifetime Health- Student's Edition
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 372.3 H7452L
Format: Book
Details: 2007, David P. Friedman & Curtis C. Stine & Shannon Whalen,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
688 pgs.
Synopsis: General high school-level student's edition health
text book. Emphasizes health throughout one's lifetime. Sections include
Health and Your Wellness, Health and Your Body, Drugs, Diseases and
Disorders, Adolescence, Adulthood and Family, and Reproductive Health. SA
teacher's edition below.
(2007)
Title:
Lifetime Health- Teacher's Edition
Grade Level: 9-12 teacher
Call Number: HERC 372.3 H7452L
TE
Format: Book
Details: 2007, David P. Friedman & Curtis C. Stine & Shannon Whalen,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
688 pgs.
Synopsis: General high school-level teacher's edition health
text book. Emphasizes health throughout one's lifetime. Sections include
Health and Your Wellness, Health and Your Body, Drugs, Diseases and
Disorders, Adolescence, Adulthood and Family, and Reproductive Health. SA
student's edition above.
(2007) Title:
Hope for a New Tomorrow: Families with AIDS, the Third Decade
Grade Level: 6-12, Adults
Format: VHS
Details: 2001, Eastern Maine AIDS Network, 30 mins.
Synopsis: This video is a unique documentary about three Maine
families living with HIV/AIDS. Each talks openly about how HIV infection has
affected their lives, relationships and decisions about the future.
Participants share this impact with the purpose that viewers will recognize
that, despite many challenges, there remains hope for a new tomorrow.
(2007)
Title:
Last Child in the Woods
Grade Level: Adult
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 155.418 L9365L
Details: 2006, Richard Louv, Algonquin Books, 334 pgs.
Synopsis: Never before in history have children been so plugged-in;
and so out of touch with the natural world. In this book, the author
directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation-
he calls it Nature Deficit Disorder- to some of the most disturbing
childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, ADD, and depression. Adults
have the power to ensure that this generation will be the last children in
the woods, and this book is the first step toward the nature-child reunion.
(2007)
Title:
Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Hurting
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 616.92 S253y
Format: Book
Details: 2005, Ellyn Satter, Kelcy Press, 470 pgs.
Synopsis: This book is for parents who wish to help their children
reach the body that is right for them. The author advocates practical and
optimized feeding of children to realize this goal, and stresses a regimen
of proper and adequate nutrition, not dieting. Chapters include information
on feeding, physical activity, and childhood growth.
(2007)
Title:
School Bus Safety
Grade Level: K-3
Format: DVD
Details: 2003, 100% Educational Videos, 13 mins. + teacher's guide
Synopsis: A combination of songs, graphics, and role-playing teach
students about school bus safety. Learn how to be safe on the way to the
buss and at the bus stop. Understand appropriate behavior while riding the
bus, and learn how to get on and off the bus safely. Includes teacher's
guide.
(2007)
Title: Interactive
Nights Out!
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: Computer Program
Details: 2002, Virtual Experience Interactive Learning Software
(VEILS), CD-ROM
Synopsis: Not a DVD, rather an interactive CD-ROM. Students are
placed in a virtual situation, and then are required to make decisions as
the scenario progresses. Scenarios designed for user to make decisions about
sex, relationships, beer, marijuana, and more. Provides the benefits of
experimental learning in the safety of the classroom- replaces "teaching by
telling" with "learning by doing".
(2007)
Title:
Falling
Grade Level: 6-12
Format: DVD
Details: 2007, Marissa Breton, Project AWARE Inc.,
21 Mins.
Synopsis: A powerful movie by Maine teens about the dangers of
prescription drug abuse. Set in modern day culture where prescription drugs
are everywhere, 16 year old Taylor finds it easy to fall into the trap of
abusing them. By the end of the movie, she finds herself at a crossroads.
Filmed and produced in Maine. Not recommended for children under 11.
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