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| Clinical Growth Charts | ||
| Get all the charts, for ages 2 to 20, from the Centers for Disease Control. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm ) | ||
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| Slim Goodbody | ||
| Visit "America's #1 Health Hero." Offers games and info to teach kids good health habits, as well as resources for parents and teachers. ( http://www.slimgoodbody.com/ ) | ||
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| Caring for Kids | ||
| Peruse advice to parents about healthy eating, exercise and more for their children, from the Canadian Pediatric Society. ( http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/index.htm ) | ||
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| Center for Health and Health Care in Schools | ||
| This organization for school health-care professionals offers resources to parents and students, too. Check out the thorough information on obesity. ( http://www.healthinschools.org/home.asp ) | ||
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| American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance | ||
| Find out how America's PE and health teachers want to help kids learn good health habits. ( http://www.aahperd.org/ ) | ||
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| Asthma | ||
| The Canadian Lung Association offers this rundown of asthma information. Of special interest in this chapter is "Asthma at School." ( http://www.lung.ca/asthma/ ) | ||
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| Safe Kids USA | ||
| This group is working to reduce accidental injuries to children. Find out how. ( http://www.safekids.org/members/unitedStates.html ) | ||
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| Piaget Tutorial | ||
| Work through this tutorial, developed by an educational psychology professor at SUNY Cortland, for a thorough review of Piaget's theory, including the concrete operations stage. ( http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/piaget/PIAGET.HTML ) | ||
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| Memory | ||
| Learn more about memory, try some new mnemonic techniques, and more at this site from the Intelligen company. ( http://brain.web-us.com/memory/ ) | ||
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| Human Intelligence | ||
| Explore biographies of people influential in intelligence theory and testing, learn about hot topics in intelligence, and more at this site hosted by Indiana University. ( http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/ ) | ||
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| Online IQ Tests | ||
| Queendom offers tons of free self-tests. Take one of the site's IQ tests to find out what kinds of questions are asked. ( http://www.queendom.com/ ) | ||
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| Fair Test | ||
| The National Center for Fair and Open Testing gives you the scoop on the proper uses—and the misuses—of all kinds of standardized tests, including intelligence tests. ( http://www.fairtest.org/ ) | ||
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| Multiple Intelligences | ||
| New Horizons, a private learning company, offers this thorough collection of information on multiple intelligences theory and its use in schools and learning. ( http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/mi/front_mi.htm ) | ||
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| Reading Is Fundamental | ||
| Check out the resources for teachers and parents at this nonprofit organization dedicated to making every child a reader. ( http://www.rif.org/ ) | ||
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| Effective Parent-School Partnerships | ||
| Project Appleseed is an organization working for public school improvement. Find out why they promote parent involvement to improve schools. ( http://www.projectappleseed.org/chklst.html ) | ||
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| School Success | ||
| Check over the "School Success Toolkit" offered by this organization. ( http://www.schoolsuccessinfo.org/ ) | ||
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| Department of Education | ||
| Find out what the U.S. government's role is in education. Parent, teacher, and student resources are all available at the Department of Education's web site. ( http://www.ed.gov ) | ||
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| National Home Education Network | ||
| Evaluate some of the resources for families who choose to teach their children at home. ( http://www.nhen.org/ ) | ||
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| National Association for Bilingual Education | ||
| This organization is seeking to promote "equity for English language learners." Find out how. ( http://www.nabe.org/ ) | ||
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| National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition | ||
| Learn more about the U.S. Department of Education's policy to make all children fluent in English. ( http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ ) | ||
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| American Association on Mental Retardation | ||
| Find out how this organization supports people with mental retardation. ( http://www.aamr.org/ ) | ||
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| LD Online | ||
| Check out the many resources offered at "the leading web site on learning disabilities." ( http://www.ldonline.org/ ) | ||
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| CHADD | ||
| Explore this site to learn about the support group Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. ( http://www.chadd.org/ ) | ||
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| Council on Exceptional Children | ||
| Hear the "Voice of Special Education." ( http://www.cec.sped.org/ ) | ||
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| National Association for Gifted Children | ||
| This group wants to provide appropriate educational experiences for children with gifts and talents of all kinds. ( http://www.nagc.org/ ) | ||
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