WebPath Express™ Highlights
Featured Sites Promote Healthy Lifestyles
Adopting healthy habits can be a challenge especially with today’s busy schedules. The choices a student is faced with can be overwhelming and confusing. Use WebPath Express to educate students in creating healthier lifestyles with these engaging and interactive websites.
Just a reminder:
- All sites are educator-reviewed and verified for factual accuracy, currency, authority, educational value, coverage and objectivity.
- Constant monitoring and updates assure that content is current and remains appropriate.
- Website content is differentiated by grade level.
- Encourages information literacy by supporting students’ self-directed research.
- WebPath Express is available as an annual subscription for users of Destiny Library Manager™.
Here is just a sampling of the featured websites available:
For Elementary and Middle Schools
 Nutrition Explorations: Kids
As they say, you are what you eat! This colorful, interactive website will help you eat better. Learn how you can improve your nutrition, and thereby, your body. Play fun interactive games and do some cool nutrition activities. Do you dare play Feed the Monster? How much do you know about the food guide pyramid? Make your own healthy, delicious food with featured recipes. Meet the kids’ panel. Let your voice be heard with instant polls.
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/
 BAM! Body and Mind
“BAM! Body and Mind. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” is a website just for kids from the Centers for Disease Control. Here you will find out how to be as healthy as you can be. Learn more about physical fitness and nutrition. How can you deal with stress? Create you own activity calendar and take a personality quiz here. Meet the members of the BAM bunch and get your questions answered at this web site.
http://www.bam.gov/
Physical Activity: Animated Tips
We can always use support when we are trying to be healthy and fit. The six animations at this website from Canada are fun and will remind you of the ways in which you can stay in good physical shape. You can learn about healthy body weight and see how to eat well and stay active. Discover how easy it can be to build physical activity into your life and see how to balance endurance, flexibility and strength. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/guide/at-ta_e.html#blank
Seasonal Flu: Good Health Habits for Prevention
This basic fact sheet from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides an outline of steps anyone can take to prevent getting the seasonal flu. Learn what you can do besides getting vaccinated to avoid this disease. In addition to the fact sheet there are other related printable materials with information about covering your cough, healthy habits to stop germs, and stopping the spread of germs at the workplace, school and home. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits.htm
For Middle and High School Levels
 Teen Asthma
This website was created for teenagers with asthma to teach them about the disease. The facts here tell what asthma is and what to do about asthma. Take a quiz to see if your asthma is under control, get some facts and stats about asthma, read what triggers asthma symptoms and learn about asthma treatments. There are articles about asthma in the news and help for what to do during an asthma attack. Great resources are available for those who are doing research or a project about asthma. There are also some fun games to play.
http://www.teenasthma.ca/index.jsp
Sports are Great – Steroids Aren’t
Sports stars who have taken steroids to perform better are frequently in the news. Steroids may make a player better but they are dangerous to the body. The excellent slideshow at this website from the Partnership for a Drug-free America explains what steroids are and lists their street names. Learn how steroids are used and learn about the many risks associated with their use. Warning signs and prevention advice are available. The site has some great videos to watch and a fact sheet.
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Steroids/index.html
Sports Nutrition: The Winning Connection
Feed your brain sound information about nutrition and sports from University of Illinois nutrition professionals and get the "winning edge" in your athletic endeavors. The four main categories on this website cover keeping your energy levels up, keeping fluid levels up, fine tuning your diet and a pregame meal planner. Your Training Table Guide shows each food group, major nutrients provided, and the recommended amounts for teenage athletes. Questions young athletes have about carbohydrate loading, high-protein diets, making special weight categories and more are answered. You can view this web site in either English or Spanish.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/
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