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van Rooy, Wilhelmina – Teaching Science, 2013
The fatal effect of the Hendra virus was noticed first in Queensland, Australia in 1994 when several horses died from an "unidentified cause". This was followed by the death of trainers and veterinarians called to assist affected horses. It is now known that the "unidentified cause", is a virus harboured in native Australian…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Animals, Diseases, Scientific Literacy
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Shemetova, E. V.; Shchenikova, N. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2009
In the past ten years, children's health has become qualitatively worse. According to the data from numerous studies in Russia, only 10 percent of the upper-grade students in secondary school can be considered healthy. At the same time, half the students have morphofunctional impairments, and 40 percent suffer from chronic pathology. In the past…
Descriptors: Food Service, Nurses, Pathology, Foreign Countries
Heck, W. H., Comp. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Children spend more time in school than anywhere else with the exception of home. This bulletin provides information to help support healthy and productive school environments for our nation's school children. It contains contributions from American Medical Journals, compiled from the year July, 1914 through July 1915. The following contents are…
Descriptors: Educational History, Child Health, Public Health, Health Promotion