Health/Sante

Pick Chow

Create your meal by dragging and dropping foods onto the virtual plate. The “Add it Up!” meters show the nutritional values. Did you have a good, balanced meal?

Blast Off

You're about to blast off into space; fill up your tank with the food groups and physical activity. You get to choose what goes in your tank.

Jumble Gym

"It's tough to stay alert in classes all day, do stuff after school, see your friends, and get through all your homework at night. Who has time to add physical activity to this list? It's a weird but true fact: being active actually helps you feel more awake and have the energy to do all the things...

Looking At Food Groups

Find out what types of food fit into each food group and what each type of food does for our bodies. Play the food group game when you are finished.

The Bully Roundup

Read this article "Bully Beware" to learn things you can do to stay out of a bully's way. There are some great comeback lines that you can practice to use on someone who is bullying you.

Ad Decoder Game

What’s the deal? Turn the pages in this interactive magazine and learn about the messages behind the ads you see every day. Why? Learning about the messages behind the ads will help you understand the differences between real vs. ideal and know the truth will help you craft a positive self-image!...

Body and Mind! [BAM]: Diseases

This student site helps you discover more about diseases including SARS, the immune system, disease detectives and West Nile virus.

Five Finger Alert!

Join the Scrub Club to play the game and fight the flu villain, Enzo.

Scrub Club Villains Gallery

Join the Scrub Club to explore different kinds of villains.(viruses, germs and bacteria). Click on a "villain" and learn their "dirty rotten ways".

Germs and Handwashing

This is a great flash animation about germs and where they exist in our environment. Check out the handwashing animation to be sure you have the right technique.

LearnAlberta: Hand Hygiene

Look at different school scenes and decide when hand washing is the best thing to do. Then, try to find five germs on the computer hand! Yuck!

No Signal

This game from Kids Help Phone is game show style; you get to choose the question and category as you test your bullying and online safety smarts.

Build a Skeleton

Drag and drop the pieces to build the skeleton.

Fuel for Life Crossword

Try out this healthy eating crossword puzzle. You have two levels to choose from. Once you get to the crossword, click on the numbers to solve.

Catapult Game

Click on the piece of food to put it in the catapult. Then use your mouse to aim the catapult and shoot the food into the best barrel: trash, superfood or vitamins.

Catch and Drop

Jump, flip and run to catch the healthy foods being tossed by your broccoli friend. Dodge the junk foods coming from your enemy Sat Fat.

Vending Machine Mania

Catch the snacks that are flying out of the vending machine, giving the healthy snacks to your friends and discarding the unhealthy snacks.

Mia Mango's Recipe Inventor

Invent some great recipes to share with your family and friends: smoothies, salads, burritos and platters.

The Superfoods Mighty Gobble Chomp

Help Snack Man eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, but watch out! Junk food is also lurking around...

B-Free.ca: Prevention of Bullying

Check out this great site, developed with Alberta youth. It contains interesting videos and quizzes to test your bullying IQ, information about bullying and ways to stand up and make it stop.

Webonauts

Webonauts Internet Academy is a PBS game that gives 8-to 10-year-olds an opportunity to have some fun while exploring what it means to be a citizen in a web-infused‚ information-rich world.

Cow to You Game

How does milk get from a cow to your breakfast table or school lunch?

Youthlink: Time Cop

Go through each of the scenes and get to know what is going on with each of these kids. How can they make better decisions?

YouthLink: Magic Myth Ball

What's your safety IQ? Try this activity to see if you know how to stay safe in your community.

YouthLink: Drug Clues and Body Blues

Discover the effects of different drugs on the human body. Eight drugs are profiled in this activity.

Infinite Learning Lab: Life Skills

Join Garfield, Odie and friends as they learn some life skills, including: cyberbullying, self-esteem, online safety and diversity. Watch the video and then Try and Apply what you have learned.

Buffet Busters

Have fun using your problem solving and scientific analysis skills as you explore the school to find the cause of the viral outbreak.

Germs Away

Join Stephanie and Jared (Captain Germ Crusher) as they look around and find germs. You'll have activities along the way to test your germ-crushing powers.

Privacy Pirates: An Interactive Unit on Online Privacy

In this game, you will assemble a map leading to a pirate treasure. You will also learn how to decide what information is ok to give out when you are playing online, and what information you need to keep private.

Teeth and Eating: Uses of Teeth

Find out about the different ways we use our teeth. Test your understanding by taking the quiz.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_g.swf

Teeth and Eating: Tooth Timeline

Learn when the different kinds of teeth will emerge and then take the quiz.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_e.swf

Teeth and Eating: Looking After Your Teeth

Find out how you can keep your teeth and gums healthy for life! Make sure you take the quiz.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_f_stamp.swf

Teeth and Eating: The Structure of a Tooth

Learn about the different materials that make up your teeth, then take the quiz.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_a_stamp.swf

Teeth and Eating: Healthy Eating

This is like the Concentration game. Find the matching pairs to discover which foods can help keep teeth healthy. Take the quiz at the end to make sure you read and understood the explanations.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/~teethandeating_f.swf

Teeth and Eating: Different Types of Teeth

Learn about the different kinds of teeth in your mouth, and what they're used for, then take the quiz.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_b_stamp.swf

Teeth and Eating: Build a Mouth!

Learn where in the mouth the different teeth are found and then try your hand at building a mouth.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_c_stamp.swf

Teeth and Eating: Brushing your Teeth

Learn how to ensure your mouth stays healthy by brushing properly. Try each activity. Test your knowledge by taking the quiz.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/teethandeating_h_stamp.swf

The Brain and Senses - The Brain

Learn all about your body's control centre and where each part that controls each sense is located.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/brain.swf

The Brain and Senses - Taste

How do you taste something? Learn about smelling and taste and the different parts of the tongue that sense taste. Drag and drop food on the tongue and see if you can match the food to the sensitive part of the tongue.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/taste.swf

The Brain and Senses - Skin Sensitivity

Different concentrations of nerve cells affect the sensitivity of your skin. Test the sensitivity of the different parts of the body using this interactive. Read the instructions carefully.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/sensitivity.swf

The Brain and the Senses - Sight

This is a great interactive with diagrams to show the different parts of the eye and explanations of how the eye works, letting us see.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thec

hildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/eye.swf

Mouth Power

Explore Mouthie's laboratory to learn how you can keep your mouth healthy. As you play, you can earn your virtual teeth as points. Discover the power of a healthy smile. This fully animated tour of dental care is wonderful. Make sure you write down your registration number so that you can visit this...

http://www.mouthpower.org/mouthpower.cfm

It's Up to You!

Rosie and her friends are doing a project on healthy eating and she needs your help. There are lots of food and nutrition activities here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/

Powerful Bones - Fun and Games

Learn more about how to keep your bones strong while participating in some fun, virtual activities. This website was created specifically for girls.

http://www.bestbonesforever.gov/fun/index.cfm

The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective

Be an amazing food detective and help these kids with bad eating habits. Then, you can play some theme mini-games.

https://members.kaiserpermanente.org/redirects/landingpages/afd/

Mission Nutrition

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is good nutrition. Try this game to see how you do!

http://kidshealth.org/kid/misc/mission_nutrition.html

Lunch-o-Matic (Arthur)

Add the right foods to the tray to make a healthy, balanced meal. Click on a food's name for clues.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/lunchomatic/

Yo Yo on the Go Go

"Play a fast and furious video game with Yo Yo Kid to collect healthy food from the Four Food Groups. Watch out for Boffo! He will try and slow you down" (site).

http://www.tvokids.com/games/yoyogogo

Nutrition Mixer

Test your knowledge of which foods belong in which food group in this interactive activity.

http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/games/ar

ianna/nutrition-mixer.php

Combo Kitchen

This interactive game invites players to select which foods are made up of a combination of different foods--it then breaks down those foods into their various food groups.

http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/games/ar

ianna/combo-kitchen.php

Arianna's Quintricious

In this game, you must help Marcus and Arianna select foods to eat that are from each of the five food groups.

http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/games/ar

ianna/quintricious.php

Arianna's Food Force One

Learn more about nutrition as you play Arianna's Food Force One. Be careful, it's a top secret mission!!

http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/games/ar

ianna/food-force-one.php

Danger Rangers - Farm Game

Take a tour of the farm and find all of the potential hazards. While you're there, collect the items for the emergency medical kit. Note: this interactive was created in New Zealand.

http://www.sportzilla-competition.co.nz/dangerrangers/farm/

CFIA: Food Safety Wheel

Take a spin on the food safety wheel and see how many questions you can answer!

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/educ/gamejeu/wheeroue.

shtml

Admongo

This is an interactive game, with many environments to explore, that helps you to spot all of the advertising that is around us during our day.

http://www.admongo.gov/admongo.html

To Tell the Tooth

A very smiley game show host is ready to test your tooth smarts.

http://www.ada.org/380.aspx

American Dental Association: Dental Basics - Interactive Animation

This presentation is complete with movies on good dental health. Learn about teeth, brushing flossing, root canals and special treatments.

http://www.ada.org/3813.aspx

American Dental Association: Dudley and Friends Movies

Choose from a list of Dudley movies.... Brush and Floss, Brotherly Advice, Dental Quiz, Dudley and Gramps Brush and Floss, Smile Scrapbook, Healthy Snacks with Dudley, and Losing Your Baby Teeth with Dudley and Charlie.

http://www.ada.org/3230.aspx

American Dental Association: Visit the Dentist with Marty

"Listen or read along as Marty takes a trip to the dentist with his mom." {site} This interactive story requires Flash.

http://www.ada.org/379.aspx

Calcium Calculator

Here is a list of foods that contain calcium. Check off what you ate yesterday or an average day. Are you getting enough calcium?

http://bestbonesforever.gov/best_foods/calculator.cfm

Dangerous Decibels: Virtual Exhibit

This site has many different activities that let you explore hearing and sound. You can listen to sounds as though you have hearing loss, see how sound waves work and learn what sounds may be dangerous.

http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/virtualexhibit/

NetBasics.org

These animated videos from New Zealand are a great, fun way to get to know the risks we face online. Watch the episode and then review the guidelines to help you avoid the dangers.

http://www.netbasics.org.nz/

Tooth Invaders

Help fight off plaque, gingivitis and tartar in this fast game. Use your toothpaste get all the Tooth Invaders.

http://www.smilecity.ca/games/invader.html

Great Food Pyramid Adventure

What does a Pyramid have to do with French Fries? Learn about the food pyramid and healthy eating.

http://e-learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/S0703/efk_shell.swf

Body Parts

"20 million hairs, 206 bones and a 6 meter tube are only a few of the parts that make up your body...." Learn all the parts of the body and build a robot as you go.

http://e-learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/S0702/efk_shell.swf

Sid the Science Kid: Mystery Lunch Box

Click on the "disgust-o-meter" to see what the sandwich looks like on a differnet day. Use the magnifying glass to take a look close-up.

http://pbskids.org/sid/mysterylunchbox.html

Science in Motion: Circulation and Respiration

Vierw the two videos on the heart and then do the quiz show. Click the next button to move between the videos and the game.

http://activities.macmillanmh.com/science/ca/scienceinmotion/Common

/SIM.html?Module=../Grade5/Chapter3-CirculationAndRespiration/

Halloween Candy Game

"Drag pieces of candy into the pumpkin's mouth to see how quickly the calories climb! We'll tell you when you've fed the pumpkin a day's worth of calories." (site)

http://kidshealth.org/misc/movie/kid/pumpkin.html

Skeletal System Game: Learrn the Bones

"Click and drag the names of major bones to the appropriate box. The game keeps score of how many times you click the mouse - the lower the score the better!" [site]

http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm

The Bodies vs. Boffo

Boffo the Computer Virus infected the Bodies menu planner. Your mission is to collect food fast to wipe out the virus. Click on the question mark at the bottom right side of the screen to find out your objectives and how to move around.

http://www.tvokids.com/games/bodiesvsboffo

The Bod Squad

This Bod Squad site has games to play, videos, extra footage and fun things to print so you can learn all about healthy nutrition.

http://www.tvokids.com/games/bodsquad

3dMouth.org

This site, sponsored by Wrigley Oral Health Care, has wonderful 3D images and interactives about the life of teeth, dental anatomy, mouth conditions and treatments.

http://www.3dmouth.org/0/0_intro.cfm

The Great Escape

This game is about making a home escape plan and practicing it. Help the lobster make the best choices to get out safely.

http://www.stayingalive.ca/game/game_play/game.htm

U.S. Fire Administration for Kids

On this interactive site, you get to learn all about home fire safety and then get tested on what you have learned through a number of fun activities.

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm

BBC: Keeping Healthy

Click the buttons to see Ruby sit, walk, sleep and run. See what effect each has on her heart rate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/keeping_healthy

_fs.shtml

Food Detectives Fight Bac

"We need your help to fight an enemy... Bacteria lives on the food you eat if it isn't cooked and handled properly. It also lives on dirty hands. Eeeww! Come with us, and we'll show you how to fight this disgusting enemy."

http://www.fooddetectives.com/trailer.html

Canada's Food Guides

This CBC Interactive has a look at Canada's Food Guide as it has changed from the time it was created in 1949 to its last update in 2007.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/tl-foodguide/

My Very Own Pizza

Junior Chefs, get ready to create your own specialty pizza. Choose your favourite crust, sauce and toppings.

http://www.mealsmatter.org/CookingForFamily/Activities/pizzaflash.a

spx

BBC: Bones: Put Annie Back Together

With this flash interactive, you can rebuild Annie's skeleton by dragging the bones back into her body.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/bones/

The Right to Food: A Window on the World

This is a great interactive to explore different areas of the world and the challenges of eating the right quantity and quality of healthy food. Read the background and then the comic strips.

http://www.feedingminds.org/cartoon/rtf_en.htm

Best Bones Forever

This US site is a bone health campaign for girls, promoting activity, healthy eating and getting strong. Check out the quizzes, recipes and other special features.

http://www.bestbonesforever.gov/index.cfm

Pillow Pitch

"Why do we sleep anyway? That's 9 hours I could be playing video games, practicing my free-throw, or even studying -what a waste!" So, get the zzz's on sleep...

http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourbody/yourbody_equation_sleep_game.html

Got Butterflies?

Got Butterflies? Tongue-Tied? Pounding Headache? Learn what short-term and long-term stress does to your body and how to cope with it through this interactive feature! (Click on "Click here to launch the feature!")

http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourlife/yourlife_gotbutterflies_game.html

The Scrub Club

This kid-friendly site entertains and informs on the topic of keeping food safe from harmful bacteria.

http://www.scrubclub.org/home.aspx

Packetville Episode II: Penny's Search

"Penny is searching for cool careers in technology and needs your help to dodge hackers in space, hop through multiple networks, and swim in a data stream full of electro-magnetic eels." (site) Enjoy this fun, action-packed adventure with Peter Packet.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/edu/peterpacket2/NewBuild_forw

eb/penny/index.html

You've Got to Be Kidding (Arthur)

Climb the tree and have fun solving real life problems by choosing the best advice.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/yougottobekidding/index.html

Blackbeard Galley Chef

Create your own tasty, healthy and easy to make recipes with the help of the Blackbeard Galley Chef. Just choose your ingredients and get cooking!

http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=122

National Geographic: Nanosurgeon

You can be the nanosurgeon; fire your antibodies and destroy the virus.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/ActionGames/Nanosurgeon

Up and Down

"Ride the rollercoaster to better health with Digger!" (site)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/7_9entry/9.shtml

Time for Bed

"Most kids between the ages of 5 and 12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night. We'll show you some animals and you choose which one needs more sleep - the kid or the animal. We'll keep score so you'll know if you're a sleep star or a snore loser!

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/closet/games/bed_game.html

The 6 Steps Game

Play the 6 Steps Game to see what you know about the six steps of hand-washing.

http://www.scrubclub.org/site/meet_6steps.aspx

You Make Me Sick!

Meet Mr. Pukey-Guts and find out why he wants to puke. This rather "gross" game helps you understand the harmful effects of many foods and addictions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_3940000/newsid_3945000/394

5011.stm

You're In Charge

Play this fun game to see how good you are at taking care of the house while your parents are out.

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/in_charge_flash.html

Science, Tobacco and You

This student site has lots of information about tobacco including what tobacco is, how it affects your body, the economy and the environment. Click on all the highlighted sections and text to get the full picture!

http://scienceu.fsu.edu/content/tobaccoyou/index.html

Plaque Attack

Select the weapon to defend your teeth from the attacking plaque.

http://www.adveract.com/games/plak/plak.htm

Picnic Pickup

"Test your smarts in the Picnic Pickup Game! In 60 seconds, try avoiding junk foods and click on the healthy, nutritious foods instead to win points and maintain your energy level." (site)

http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourbody/yourbody_equation_food_game.html

PBS: Morphing Embryos

Choose from these videos of a human, pig, chicken, and fish embryo. See them develop. These videos require QuickTime.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey/clips/

Our bodies play killer defense

Take a tour of the human body, learning how different parts of our body fight against invisible invaders.

http://www.diseasedetectives.org/body_defense

Nature History Museum: NitFit

Race your louse through a head of hair, and answer questions as you go. See if you can stay alive!

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/fun-games/nitfit/index.html

Join the S-Team

Join the S-Team and help stop bullying! This interactive adventure will give you great ideas on how to deal with bullying.

http://www.teamheroes.ca/website/intro.html