Encouraging Curiosity with NLM's Online Toy box:

Free and Reliable Health and Science Resources for

K–5 Students

Lydia N Collins, MLIS

Consumer Health Coordinator

“The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information innovation since its founding in 1836.

In addition, the Library coordinates a 6,000-member National Network of Libraries of Medicine that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States.”

URL for the National Library of Medicine

NLM Health Outreach

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

• 8 Regional Offices

Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission

5-year contracts

Mission

Provide K-12 educators, public library staff, health professionals, and the general public with equal access to and training on health and science resources

Join the NN/LM NetworkURL to locate your Regional Medical Library

Locate Your NN/LM Office

http://nnlm.gov/

URL for K-12 Science and Health Education

NLM K-12 Science and

Health Education Topics

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.html

General Health

MedlinePlus Home Page

URL for MedlinePlus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Common Core for K-5

Adapted from Exemplar Texts on a Topic Across Grades (URL)

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/standard-10-range-quality-complexity/staying-on-topic-within-a-grade-across-grades/

Kindergarten MedlinePlus Sleep

Disorders

URL for Sleep Disorders (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sleepdisorders.html

Kindergarten Sleep Sample

Resource

URL for Sleep for Kids (National Sleep Foundation)

http://www.sleepforkids.org/html/games.html

Grade 1- Germs and Hygiene

URL for Germs and Hygiene (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/germsandhygiene.html

Sample Germs & Hygiene Resources (Grade 1)

URL for Wash Your Hands-Video (CDC)

URL for Scrub Club (NSF)

URL for Put Your Hands Together-Video (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/cdctv/healthyliving/hygiene/wash-your-hands.htmlhttp://www.scrubclub.org/home.aspxhttp://www.cdc.gov/cdctv/healthyliving/hygiene/hands-together-hygiene.html

Grades 2-3:

URL for Child Nutrition (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childnutrition.html

Grades 2-3: Sample Resource

URL for Digestive System-Video (KidsHealth)

http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/DSmovie.html?tracking=59983_H

Grade 3-4 –Asthma in Children

(MedlinePlus)

URL for Asthma in Children (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthmainchildren.html

Grade 3-4: Sample Resource

URL for Lungtropolis (American Lung Association)

http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/asthma/taking-control-of-asthma/for-parents-of-children-with-asthma/lungtropolis.html

Bullying: MedlinePlus

URL for Bullying (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bullying.html

MedlinePlus: Child Safety

URL for Child Safety (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsafety.html

MedlinePlus: School Health

URL for School Health (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schoolhealth.html

Careers

Health Careers: MedlinePlus

URL for Health Careers (MedlinePlus)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthoccupations.html

Bureau of Labor Statistics-K-12

Games

URL for K-12 Games and Quizzes; URL for Student Resources;

URL for Teacher’s Desk (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

http://stats.bls.gov/k12/games.htmhttp://stats.bls.gov/k12/students.htmhttp://stats.bls.gov/k12/teachers.htm

Changing the Face of Medicine

URL for Changing the Face of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/index.html

Changing the Face of Medicine

Lesson Plans

URL for Changing the Face of Medicine Resources

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/resources/

Haz-Map is an occupational health database designed for

health and safety professionals and for consumers

seeking information about the adverse effects of

workplace exposures to chemical and biological agents.

URL for Haz-Map

Haz-Map

http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/index.php

Environmental Health

ToxMystery

Suitable for ages 7-11

URL for ToxMystery

http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/

ToxMystery: Instructions

ToxMystery: Teacher

Resources

MedlinePlus: Environmental

Health Topic Page Samples

Search MedlinePlus for the topic page names to locate resources

EPA Teacher Resources

URL for Learning and Teaching about the Environment (EPA)

http://www2.epa.gov/students

Fish Kids: EPA

URL for Fish Kids (EPA)

http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/fishkids/

Learn About Chemicals Around

your House

URL for Learn About Chemicals Around Your House (EPA)

http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/index.htm

AirNow: EPA

URL for AirNow (EPA)

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids.index

NLM’s

Online Exhibitions

URL for NLM’s Exhibition Program

NLM Exhibition Program

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/index.html

URL for Against the Odds Online Exhibition

Against the Odds

http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/againsttheodds/index.cfm

“And there’s the humor of it”:

Shakespeare and the Four Humors

URL for “And there’s the humor if it” Online Exhibition

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/introduction.html

URL for Every Necessary Care & Attention Online Exhibition

Every Necessary Care and Attention: George

Washington & Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/georgewashington/index.html

URL for Life and Limb Online Exhibition://

Life and limb: the

toll of the

American civil war

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/lifeandlimb/index.html

Binding Wounds Pushing

Boundaries

URL for Binding Wounds Pushing Boundaries

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/bindingwounds/index.html

A Voyage to Health

URL for A Voyage to Health

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/avoyagetohealth/

URL for Education Service Brochure

Exhibition program – education

services

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/pdf/EPonlineK_12resources.pdf

Additional

Resources/Services

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) provides access to over 70,000 images dated from the 15th to the 21st century in the collections of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S National Library of Medicine (NLM).

The collection includes:

Copyright and Permissions do apply

Viewer discretion is advised.

URL for Imagers from the History of Medicine web site

Images from the History of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/

URL for K-12 Professionals Resource Guide

NN/LM MAR K-12 Professionals

Resources Guide

http://guides.nnlm.gov/mar_educators

URL for Public Libraries Resource Guide

NN/LM MAR Public

Libraries Resource Guide

http://guides.nnlm.gov/mar_public

MedlinePlus Magazine

A quarterly publication of the Friends of the National Library of

Medicine.

Get a freesubscription!

Organizations can order in bulk

Spanish available also URL for MedlinePlus Magazine URL to order in bulk

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/index.htmlhttp://www.fnlm.org/program_medlineplus_subscribebulk.php

URL for Ordering Materials from NN/LM MAR (DE, NJ, NY & PA)

If you are an NN/LM

network member you may

order educational and

printed materials online

from your regional NN/LM

office.

NLM Educational & Printed Materials

http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/materials.html

Join NN/LM

URL for NN/LM MAR Membership (DE, NJ, NY & PA)

URL for NN/LM to locate your Regional Medical Library for membership information

Members of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) provide

health professionals and the general public with health information

resources and services.

http://nnlm.gov/mar/serviceshttp://nnlm.gov/

Lydia N Collins

National Network of Libraries of Medicine,

Middle Atlantic Region

Consumer Health Coordinator

LYDIA@PITT.EDU

URL for NN/LM MAR

Thank You

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National

Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the

University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.

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