Health Career Exploration Resources for Teachers

Items for Loan

• All Educational Items for Loan
  • In-A-Box – The In-A-Box program provides current health and science activities to students in grades 4-12, to inspire them about the possibilities of a career in healthcare.

Center for Rural Health Resources

• Book list for elementary students
• Career Booklet
  • Career Booklet Flyer
• COOL Ideas
• Dental Profession Careers – Assistants and Hygienists
• Dental Profession Careers – Assistants, Hygienists, Office Managers, and Lab Technicians
• Dental Program Contacts in ND – Student Handout
• Educational PowerPoint Presentations for Dental Professionals
  • Dental Hygienist
  • Dental Assistant
  • Dentist
• Health Careers Coloring Book (Grades K-2)
• Health Science Career Cluster Chart
• Healthy Snack Recipes
• Interactive Activity Ideas by Department
• Personal Learning Plan
• Table Tents
  • Grades K-2 Table Tents
  • Grades 3-5 Table Tents
  • Grades 6-12 Table Tents

Websites

• BrainPOP – Elevate instruction with fun, curriculum-aligned movies and learning activities.
• Flesh-toned Brain Jell-O Recipe
• Home Demos for Kids and Teachers – Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Nasco
  • Teacher Supplies for Health Education and Health Issues
  • Teaching Nutrition Facts and Health Eating Programs
  • Health Education, Nursing Skills and Training Supplies
• Neuroscience for Kids
• Oral Health Resources for Teachers – North Dakota Health and Human Services
• Science Activities and Experiments
• Science Fair Projects website
• STEM Teaching Resources – National Institutes of Health

Center for Rural Health Workforce Initiatives

• HIPAA Training
• North Dakota Area Health Education Center – Coordinates health career awareness activities with school systems and rural hospitals in North Dakota.
• Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) – A rural health and human services "information portal" that helps rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.
• Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program
• State Office of Rural Health – A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their healthcare services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.

Other Links and Resources

• Career Resource Network – Career exploration resources specifically designed for students, educators, and parents.
• Career Outlook – Comprehensive career exploration and planning publication for North Dakota students.
• ExploreHealthCareers.org – Resource offering information on health careers, enrichment programs, and educational funding for minority and low income students.
• Job Service North Dakota – Provides an array of services to help workers find suitable employment, administers the Unemployment Insurance program for North Dakota, assists businesses acquire qualified workers, and produces the best and most up-to-date labor market information in the state.
• North Dakota Career and Technical Education – Offers career awareness, work readiness skills, occupational preparation, and retraining of workers throughout the state for all educational levels.
• North Dakota Health and Human Services – Protects and enhances the health and safety of all North Dakotans.
• North Dakota University System (NDUS) – Made up of 11 public colleges and universities governed by the State Board of Higher Education, the NDUS is composed of two doctoral degree-granting institutions, two master’s degree-granting institutions, two universities that offer baccalaureate degrees and five campuses that offer associate and trade or technical degrees.
• States Career Clusters (Health Science) – Career Clusters that identify the knowledge and skills learners need as they follow a path towards their career goals.
• University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences – Educates and prepares North Dakota residents as physicians, medical scientists, and other health professionals for service to the people of North Dakota and the nation, and advances medical and biomedical knowledge through research.

For more information, contact:
Nicole Threadgold, Grant Program Director
(701) 330-3264
nicole.threadgold@UND.edu