Infection Education Websites for Children

http://www.cellsalive.com/
See germs grow in real time. Send an email with a bacteria on it. Great paragraphs on human immunity.

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
Games, pictures, stories about infections and other health hints. Also a link just for teens.

http://www.henrythehand.com/
The story of Henry the Hand and hand hygiene. History of medical pioneers in hand hygiene.

http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/student.asp
Be a Germ detective. The science of epidemiology.

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/
Click on Kids, Click on the right age group. Information about single cells seen through a microcscope.

http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/vsm.htm
The surfaquarium offers 12 links to great science resources, all interactive, for preschool and elementary school kids.

http://www.dana.org/resources/brainykids/default.aspx
Click on Fun , or the Lab to try games and lessons. Frequently updated.

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/glogerm.html
Type Germ in as a key word and discover a science experiment.

http://medmyst.rice.edu/html/overview.html
Interactive game for all ages to solve medical mysteries about infections.

http://www.headlice.org/kids/
Information for kids and activities about this bug, so large, you do not need a microscope to see it.

http://www.glogerm.com/
Click on Children’s Handwashing Video for a great song to sing while handwashing.