Remember: Choose your topic carefully. Make sure it will keep you interested and curious! Make sure it is an important teen health issue that warrants your attention. There are several ways to choose a topic.

INTRODUCTION

This activity is called a Subject Sampler. The idea of a sampler is that people who are given the choice will choose things they like or are curious about trying. Boxes of chocolates, compilation CD's and buffets all work on this principle.

This Sampler is designed to get you to think about Which health topics are important to you? Which health topics are important to all teens? Print the Organizer and record choices and answers to prompts there!

There are two ways to proceed (when you complete one, go on to the next),
start with:

• Access the TOPIC IDEAS list. Review the suggestions. Use the websites in the sampler below to learn more about topics that interest you or search the OPAC or visit the Health Hotlist and the Substance Abuse Hotlist.

or:

• Link to the Websites below related to teen health, nutrition and fitness. After each link there are three prompts designed to get you to think and learn more about topics.

So, get stated. Visit the list and the websites. Record the answers to the prompts on the organizer. Don't fake it, look for what really interests you! Remember...TEEN HEALTH ISSUES ARE THE ONES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!!!

WEB ACTIVITIES

MEDLINE Plus-Health Topics

1. Check out the links, particularly the link to Child and Teen Health. What 5 topics catch your attention?

   2. Which one would you most like to learn more about?

   3. Why?

 

NOAH Online Access to Health

1. Search away. Make sure to look at the link to Child Health under Groups. Which 5 topics interest you here?
   
2. Which one of those do you think is the most critical to teens?
   
3. What is one question you might ask to learn more about this critical topic?

 

Teen Health Website

1. Click on the links to find ones related to health issues. What are 5 that you might want to investigate further?
   
2. Which one would you choose to pursue?
   
3. What is one thing you learned about this topic?

HealthStar

1. Go to "Are you fit?" Check the links to health websites. Which 3 diseases would you choose to investigate further?
   
2. If you have time, take a star quiz. Which one did you choose?
   
3. What more might you need to knokw to improve your score?

World Book Online

1. Search for Health, Nutrition or Fitness. What are 5 subtopics that caught your eye?
   
2. What is one website you linked to?
   
3. What is the name of an article you found?