"Its My Life" - Games, Activities, Advice, & Resources for Teens

Its My Life is a great resource provided by PBS that offers many resources, stategies, games, advice and forums for students to discuss issues relating to being a teenager.  Student can watch videos, share their experiences, take polls, play games and more across 6 different subjects related to today's teenagers.

It's My Life is broken up into resources and activities covering Friends, Family, School, Body, Emotions, and Money.  Just the games alone are a great resources for students who have a few extra time in class and you would like them to do something educational or worthwhile. 

 
It's My Life has contributions by a number of experts, doctors, teachers, conselors and more.  There is no subject off limits, but the subject matter is moderated to remain clean and safe for students and school.  


Check out It's My Life by PBS at:  
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/index.html

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Anatomy Arcade - Interactive Games and Resources About the Human Body!

Anatomy Arcade is a really neat site that has online games and interactive resources to help students learn about the anatomy of the human body.   The games themselves are divided up by body systems.  For example, you can click on games, then choose games about the skeletal system, articular system, muscle system, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, digestive, endocrine, and general. 

The games are pretty simply, including matching, jigsaws, word searches, crosswords, etc. Anatomy Arcade would be a great resource for Elementary Students just starting to learn about the Human Body Systems, or for students needing an extension to your current class curriculum. 

You can check out Anatomy Arcade at: http://www.anatomyarcade.com

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BAM! Body & Mind Ad Decoder - A Fun Game/Activity to help decode the true meaning of advertisements!

BAM!  Body and Mind Ad Decoder is a fun activity that allows students to flip through fictitious boy and girl magazines and analyze different health and body advertisements.   It is a part of the BAM! Body and Mind Site that is operated by the Center for Disease Control & Prevention.  This activity does a good job of showing the true purpose behind advertisements, to persuade the target audience and hopefully make money.  

This would be a great activity to allow your students to participate in while talking about writing persuasively, analyze advertisements in media, or even as an extension to a body and health awareness unit. This activity covers ads for Energy Drinks, Smoking, Body Weight, Nutrition and much more.  I just love this activity and this site.

This interactive activity is very slick and very well laid out.  You can also check out the full BAM! Body and Mind site for more awesome activities and resources for your classroom Health curriculum.  This is one of my students favorite sites when we talk about Healthy Minds & Bodies.  The full BAM!   The site is very kid friendly, easy to read, and written in a familiar language kids can relate to.  The full website can be found at:

http://www.bam.gov/index.html

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