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View video on head lice from Mayo Clinic.

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Resources of interest to teachers, parents, and homeschoolers including:

Lesson Plans
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Articles

High School Students Invent for School and Community
Tips for Parents:The Truth About Club Drugs
Jeopardy: For Entertainment and Education

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Educational Solutions By School Finders
hosted by Judith Greenberg

Edutopia The George Lucas Educational Foundation
hosted by Milton Chen

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Learning

This section is for students, teachers, and parents who are interested in learning about how we learn, our thinking brains, critical thinking, learning styles, and special needs.

Learning Styles

Learning Styles and Strategies
An article by Richard M. Felder, North Carolina State University, on learner types:

Active and reflective
Sensing and intuitive
Visual and verbal
Sequential and global

The Brain

Neuroscience for Kids from Washington University is a comprehensive collection of articles and resources on the topics, such as brain basics, drug effects, and mental disorder. . Also see synesthesia, which is "a condition in which stimulation of one sense (for example, hearing) causes perception in a different sense (for example, vision)." Appropriate for adults, too. A must see. For more information, contact "Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D. Email -- chudler@u.washington.edu

Online Teacher Training

Many colleges offer faculty courses to learn how to teach online. Often times, anyone can take the courses. For instance, Cerro Coso College offers individual courses and a certificate program in Online Teaching.

Another college offering a program is California State University Hayward. A certificate and Master's program is available. However, applicants need to have a bachelor degree and have passed the graduate writing test or completed the writing course requirement.