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K - 12 Environmental Health Curriculum and Resources

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If you would like more information of the below curricula, please contact Sandra Uesugi at 541-737-4374 or Sandra.Uesugi@oregonstate.edu

  • AMBIENT - The AMBIENT Project is a systemic approach to environmental health science education focused around the four environmental themes of air, water, soil and food, as well as an additional emphasis on ethics and toxicology. This project is being implemented by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Science Center, located at at the University of Miami.
  • The Biology Project - An online interactive resource for learning biology. Developed by the University of Arizona with topics including: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Human Biology, Mendelian Genetics, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.
  • BioRAP - A discovery series for inquiring science and health students and their teachers. Topics include: AIDS, Cancer, Sun & Skin, Aging & Genetics, Product Safety.
  • Chemicals and Human Health - Basic toxicology, lung toxicology, environmental tobacco smoke & lung development, kidneys & metals curriculum.
  • Chemicals in My World - Curriculum for grades K-12 developed by the Center for Molecular and Cellular toxicology at Wayne State University. This series of lessons
    is aimed at introducing fundamental concepts of environmental toxicology. The lessons for grades 3-5 (Plants and Pollution), grades 6-8 (Get the Lead Out), grades K-2 (Where are the Chemicals?), and for grades 9-12 (Genes, Disease and the Environment) are available for distribution.
  • Chemicals, the Environment, and You - Explorations in Science for grades 7-8 from NIH
  • Detectives in the Classroom - A middle and high school epidemiology curriculum for math, science, and health educators.
  • EnviroMysteries - Through intriguing dramatic videos supported by clear print and Web materials, middle grade teachers can help their students become detectives-investigating the connection between where we live and how we feel.
  • Environmental Health Perspectives Science Education - Bring current research into the classroom! Lesson plans and curriculum for high school teachers. Lessons are based on research news articles in Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
  • EPA Kid's Club: The EPA Provides environmental curriculum and activities for K-12 students and teachers.
  • NIEHS Environmental Health Science Education -
    A list of on-line resources for K-12 teachers including lesson
    resources, curricular materials, and professional development. From the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
  • NIEHS Kid's Pages - A whole lot of Environmental health related activities (also available in Spanish) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
  • NIH Office of Science Education- A great collection of on-line resources on many health topics. Grade levels include elementary, middle and high school. Download free
    materials or order free from the website. From the National Institutes of Health.
  • NLM Education, Careers, and Outreach in Toxicology and environmental Health - This website aggregates resources related to toxicology and environmental health education, its study and teaching, career paths and opportunities, including accreditation, and outreach for the public. From the National Library of Medicine.
  • OSHU Science Partnership - An extensive list of student and educator resources related to science and medicine.
  • Project Greenskate - A fun, innovative, and interactive site to teach environmental health from the University of Washington.
  • Science Education PartnershipS (SEPS)- A program of Corvallis School District 509J and Oregon State University committed to using community scientists to help teachers provide a quality science education for all students. SEPS maintains a database of scientists, currently about 150 volunteers, who are eager to give presentations, arrange field trips, mentor individual students, and help teachers with classroom science activities.
  • Toxicology On-line Tutorial - From the National Library of Medicine, this tutorial takes about three hours and is available for free.
  • Toxicology Risk Assessment and Pollution (ToxRAP) - This K-9 curriculum, developed by the Resource Center at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), is an innovative new curriculum which introduces students to the principles of toxicology and the process of risk assessment.
  • Tox in a Box - Tox in a Box™ is a K-12 Education Tool Kit (literally a suitcase of materials!) for Environmental Health Professionals, such as toxicologists, to use when visiting your classroom. Tox in a Box™ was developed by COEP at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Contact Chetana Acharya at 206.616.2643, cacharya@u.washington.edu
  • ToxTown - An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.
  • The Why Files? - The Why Files portrays science as a critical human endeavor conducted by ordinary people. They use news and current events as springboards to explore science, health, environment and technology and classified our stories according to the standards, as a way to link our content to
    what you're teaching. .

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