The World Wide Web offers the K-12 health teacher many resources and tools to enhance the learning process such as curricular materials and lesson plans. This page features the URLs of selected sites that contain health-related lesson plans for K-12 instruction. Teachers should verify the content and appropriateness of lesson plans prior to using them at their local school.  This list is in alphabetical order. 

21st Century Schoolhouse          http://www.coedu.usf.edu/~morris/

Teachers participate in the 2lst Century Schoolhouse by writing lesson plans for inclusion in this site.
 

Academy Curriculum Exchange       http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/

The Academy is sponsored by the Organization For Community Networks, a Ohio nonprofit corporation established as a central repository for information. 
Health lessons plans are cataloged in the science area.
 

AskEric        http://www.eduref.org   

The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from allover the United States.

 
Awesome Library        http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html
Resources and links to a variety of lesson plans in health content areas are available.
 

Blue Web'n          http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.html
Blue Web'n is a searchable database of Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools). Search for lesson plans under health subject file. 
 

Columbia Education Center          http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
Columbia Education Center (CEC) is a private educational service organization based in Portland, Oregon. This site catalogs health lesson plans grouped with science. 

Connections+         http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/index.asp 
Lesson plans, activities, and curriculum resources sponsored by the Mid-continent Regional Educational Library are offered. 
 

Discovery School        http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/sexualpressures/
 As part of DiscoverySchool.com these lesson plans are designed for use in dealing with sexual pressure.  Suggested age group is middle school aged students.
 

edHelper            http://www.edhelpernet.com
EdHelper provides top teacher sites and allows specific subject search for lesson plans.
 

Encarta         http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
School House lesson plans sponsored by the Microsoft Network. Take advantage of Encarta as a learning resource.
 

EnviroHealth Link       http://www.mpt.org/learningworks/teachers/ehl/
 Sponsored by Maryland Public Television and Johns Hopkins University's School of Hygiene and Public Health, these lesson plans were designed by master teachers for presentation at the 
1997,1998 and 1999 EnviroHealth Link Summer Institutes to demonstrate how to use technology as an important tool in teaching environmental health and science. To get to the lesson plans click on the link called Classroom Central.
 

EverythingESL.net       http://www.everythingesl.net/
Featuring 43 lesson plans, 29 teaching tips, 144 downloadable classroom activities, 372 discussion topics, and 53 resource picks for those teachers needing "tips" on English and a Second Language (ESL).
 

Fun with Food Science   http://fshn.uiuc.edu
The University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service and Illinois State 4-H Office offer these materials and activities related to food science and nutrition.
 

GEM            http://www.thegateway.org/
The Gateway to Educational Materials provides access to Internet lesson plans, curriculum units, and other education resources.
 

Health Smart       http://www.gp.com/educationalinnature/teachers/index.htm
The Georgia-Pacific Health Smart Institute provides personal and family hygiene lesson plans.
 

Health Teacher       www.healthteacher.com
"This site is provided as an alternative approach to improving school-based health education.  Healthteacher.com provides a comprehensive, sequential K-12 health education curriculum that consists of almost 300 lesson guides.  This site is designed to address the significant health and behavioral issues facing today's youth--and their classroom teachers.  This site is absolutely free!"--from Healthteacher.com
 

Leafy Greens Council      http://www.leafy-greens.org/default.htm
Leafy Greens Lesson Plans sponsored by the Leafy Greens Council encourage young consumers to understand the nutritional benefits and the cancer-fighting elements of leafy greens.
 

Oral-B         http://www.oralb.com/learningcenter/teaching/
This site includes dental health lesson plans sponsored by Oral-B for students aged 5-8 and 9-12.
 

Teacher's Desk       http://www.teachersdesk.com/ 
This site is a resource file of lesson plans contributed by teachers.
 

Teacher.net         http://www.teachers.net/lessons/
Search for health-related lesson plans under the keyword "health."  
 

Utah LINK         http://www.uen.org/utahlink 
This site is sponsored by the Utah State Office of Education and contains lesson plans designed to fulfill the curriculum requirements mandated by the state. These plans could be adapted for use in other states and local schools.