Guidance

Associations

American Counseling Association - Resources for consumers, students and counselors.

American School Counselor Association - Information on roles, certification, publications, and ethical challenges.

Content Sites

Occupational Outlook Handbook - "Describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations." Can search by occupation, occupational groups, or view an alphabetical listing.

Health / PE

USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center - Information on food and nutrition topics, plus bibliographies of additional resources and information on borrowing books, videos and curricula.

P.E. Central - Resources include: Lesson plan ideas for PE and Health, Pre-K-12, links and information on topics like Adaptive PE, research article annotations plus information about PE journals, and lists of web sites containing even more resources.

Physical Education Lesson Plans - A lesson plan exchange site containing primarily games with varying levels of quality. K-6 grade.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance -
"AAHPERD is an alliance of six national associations and six district associations and is designed to provide members with a comprehensive and coordinated array of resources, support, and programs to help practitioners improve their skills and so further the health and well-being of the American public."

American Association for Health Education - Publications information, information for educators on AIDS/HIV, and additional resources.

National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) - Detailed journal descriptions, standards, free brochures, and listserv information available.

Band-Aides and Blackboards - This site is about growing up with medical problems for children, teens and adults. As stated in the introduction: "Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that. These kids have become experts at coping with problems that most of you have never heard of." Gr. 3 and up.

It's My Life - While this site discusses eating disorders, including two case studies, it also includes general information about eating well and staying healthy. Gr. 6 and up.

Food Finder - Database of information about food from many fast food restaurants. Searchable by restaurant, item, and nutrition information.

Got Milk? - Advertisements you might have missed, recipes with milk and other calcium-rich foods, and more information on milk.

KidsHealth - Articles for kids and teens on emotional and physical health.

PBS Teacher Source - Health and Fitness - Activities linked to PBS shows on Health and Fitness topics, for preschool-grade 12.