KidsHealth Launches New Website For Educators

Nemours Enterprise
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 @ 12:00 AM EDT

Free curricula, handouts, and resources – all aligned to National Health Education Standards.

KidsHealth.org, a trusted resource among teachers, school nurses, coaches, and guidance counselors, has launched KidsHealth in the Classroom, a website designed specifically for educators. The site hosts materials for all grades (preK to grade 12) and subject areas, including over 100 teacher’s guides, activities, reproducible handouts, and quizzes – all aligned to the newly revised national health education standards.

What makes KidsHealth in the Classroom unique?

• It’s free!
• All teacher’s guides are aligned to national health education standards.
• Free grade-specific eNewsletter service keeps educators up-to-date with health education news, new features, and curricula. Sign up today at http://KidsHealth.org/classroom/email.
• Engaging & easy-to-use: Lessons are creatively designed to engage students and are formatted to be printed by educators for use in the classroom.
• Physician-reviewed resources: Curricula include links to relevant KidsHealth articles written specifically for kids and teens. Each can be printed and shared with students.

KidsHealth in the Classroom will regularly add new curricula, health-related news, information about common childhood health problems, and other resources to help improve the health of both students and educators.

Visit KidsHealth in the Classroom: http://classroom.kidshealth.org

For more information please contact:

Kira Ebert
ebert@KidsHealth.org
(302) 651-4115 – phone

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About KidsHealth®

KidsHealth creates engaging online, print, and video media about a wide range of health and family issues. KidsHealth has a physician-directed, professional editorial staff - and is the largest resource of online children’s health, behavioral, and developmental information written for three distinct audiences: parents, kids, and teens. Each year, over 120 million families turn to KidsHealth.org for expert answers - making it the Web’s most-accessed site on children’s health. Recent accolades include the Webby Awards for Best Family/Parenting Website and Best Health Website, and selection as one of the 50 Coolest Websites by TIME magazine. KidsHealth comes from The Nemours Foundation, one of the largest nonprofit organizations devoted to children’s health. For more information about KidsHealth, please visit KidsHealth.org.

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About Nemours

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.

Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.