Below are just a few of many outstanding resources to help teach you and your kids about health-related topics such as germs, diseases and how they are spread.

Interactive Activity for Students

Antibiotic Attack
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Podcast on Germs

Germy Surfaces
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Award-Winning Essay on Teaching about Disease

The Joys of Germs: "Is It Catching?"
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Lessons on Germs, Diseases and How They Spread

Germs and the Body
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Geographic Diffusion of Disease: The Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
Xpeditions

How Are Viruses Spread? An applet to predict the spread of a virus over a population.
Illuminations

Antibiotic Attack
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Maybe Not-So-Fine Feathered Friends?
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Physical Health
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Microbes 1: What's Bugging You
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Epidemiology 1: What's My Hypothesis?, 6-8
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Catching the Bug for Reading Through Interactive Read-alouds (like "Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten" by Joseph Slate)
ReadWriteThink

Looking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading
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General Resource Sites

Infection Detection Protection
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Centers for Disease Control
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Your Health: The Science Inside
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