Health/Phys. Ed.

Health/Phys. Ed. (X) - High (X)

Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

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Using the power of video to its best advantage this program teaches teens how to choose the right food portions for their body type and metabolism and to visualize these portions in memorable ways. Nationwide, teenagers have become accustomed to eating “supersized.” This is a major factor in the obesity epidemic affecting teens today.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:22
Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

Understanding HIV and Aids (2006)

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What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? How do you get it? Can I touch a person with AIDS? Is there a cure for HIV?· Based on national health curriculum standards for middle school plus the latest science, this program arms students with the facts about HIV and AIDS.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:17
Understanding HIV and Aids

The Danger Zone: Steering Clear of Drugs (2004)

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Includes 3 15-minute programs. Part 1: "Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana," Using animation as well as dramatic vignettes, this program focuses on the damage these these substances cause damage to the body and the brain.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:45
The Danger Zone: Steering Clear of Drugs

Go Ask Alice (Unabridged)

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Life at 15 isn't easy for a girl if she's shy and hates the way she looks. Each day is heaven or hell, depending on who talks to her, or who doesn't. So when she's finally accepted by a group, she doesn't refuse their party games, even if it means taking LSD. Soon she's taking little pills to wake up and others to go to sleep, and the days begin to blur.

Author: 
Anonymous
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
1010L
Length: 
10:15
Go Ask Alice (Unabridged)

Glass (Unabridged)

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Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.

Author: 
Ellen Hopkins
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
600L
Length: 
07:18
Glass (Unabridged)

Thirteen Reasons Why (Unabridged) [Unabridged Fiction]

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Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice explains that there are 13 reasons she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why.

Author: 
Jay Asher
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
550L
Length: 
12:50
Thirteen Reasons Why (Unabridged) [Unabridged Fiction]

In Organic We Trust

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We can no longer stomach our food system. 78% of Americans eat some organic food, mostly because they think it's healthier. But is it everything it's cracked up to be?

This film examines the shortcomings of the certified organic industry. What does "certified organic" mean? Is organic food really better for us?

Our broken food system is harming human health, the environment, and our communities. "In Organic We Trust" looks beyond organic for real solutions.

Director: 
R. Kiplin Pastor
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:21
In Organic We Trust

Vegucated (2010)

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Three People. Six Weeks. One Challenge.

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Middle
High
Length: 
01:17
Vegucated

Digital Commons Network

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The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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The best-selling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the 21st century. "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma.

Author: 
Michael Pollan
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
15:54

Fed Up (2014)

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Narrated by Katie Couric, Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry-aided by the U.S. government-to mislead and confuse the American public.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
99
Fed Up

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Unabridged)

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Fire, water, air, earth - our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education.

Author: 
Michael Pollan
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
13:26
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Unabridged)

Forks Over Knives

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Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.

Director: 
Lee Fulkerson
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:36
Forks Over Knives

Farmageddon

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Americans' right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.

Director: 
Kristin Canty
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:30
Farmageddon

Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014)

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Alive Inside is a joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennet chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized and awakened by the simple act of listening to the music of their youth.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:18
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory

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