My Health, My World
Environmental Health Sciences Curriculum & Materials for Students in Grades K-4

Each My Health, My World unit offers story books, hands-on science activities, and take-home newsletters that relate environmental issues, biology, physics, and chemistry to human health for students in Grades K-4. All materials have been field-tested and revised to include field-test teachers' suggestions. The program is sponsored by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences of the NIH, along with Baylor College of Medicine and the American Physiological Society.

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Ordering Information

All of the units and kits are now available from Carolina Biological (http://www.carolina.com/baylor/index.asp).
            

APS Field Test Newsletters

Spring 1999 (PDF)
Fall 1999 (Word Doc)
Spring 2000 (Word Doc)
Winter 2001 (PDF)


 

 

 

 

 

 

Sample Activities and Resource Links:

Unit 1:

My World Indoors

Unit 2:

Water and My World

Unit 3:

My Home the Planet Earth

Lungometer

Students investigate vital lung capacities.

Water Any Body?

Students learn that water water is essential to their survival.

Skin Wise
Students learn about their skin and the importance of protecting it.

Background & Procedure (PDF)
Data Sheets (PDF)

Background & Procedure (PDF)

Background & Procedure (PDF)

Data Sheets (PDF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


If you have questions, please contact Marsha Matyas.

My Health, My World is a Baylor College of Medicine Curriculum Development project sponsored in conjunction with the American Physiological Society, Education Office. Funding is provided by the National Institutes of Health, National Environmental Health Sciences.
Updated 9/20/04

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