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resources for teachers and guidance counselors

Borrow health career resources and promote health careers to your students!
It's easy. Fill out a Lending Library Registration form. Send it to Northern NH AHEC (save a copy for your records).
Once you send the Lending Library Registration form, fill out the Order Form. You can mail or fax these forms.

Middle School

Videos

24 Hours in Health Care
The NH Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program has produced a 15 minute video featuring NH health professionals that will stimulate classroom conversation on the life of a health professional.

Faces of Opportunity
21 minute video (produced by Georgia AHEC) that spotlights 20 of the fastest growing health careers.

Health Career Coalition
6 minute video (produced by Wisconsin AHEC) that lists many health careers opportunities.

Games

Picture This!
This game creatively introduces students to the health care "language".

What Do I Do?
This game introduces students to different types of health professionals in a fun way.

What Is It?
This game introduces students to the science of medicine using a format similar to the TV show, Jeopardy.

Curriculum

Health Career Discovery

This curriculum resource provides teachers with current information on health careers. It is designed to catch the attention of the highly visual student learners of today. It includes:

  • 10 lesson plans with goals and objectives
  • Innovative worksheets
  • Lecture materials for every lesson
  • Colored transparencies for each lesson
  • 21 minute Faces of Opportunity health career video
  • Health Career Discovery health career manual

Puppets (can be used in middle or high school)

Create puppet show for younger students by portraying multi-cultural and non-traditional gender roles in health careers.

  • The Great Hospital Adventure Starter Kit
  • 8 Health Professional Puppets known as the Health Careers Puppet Bunch
  • The Great Hospital Adventure Video Program

High School Resource Materials

NH Health Careers
Catalog of various opportunities in health care

Guided Internet Study of Health Careers
90 minute classroom facilitation with NNH AHEC staff

Health care professional speaker
NNH AHEC will help you find one within your community to visit your class.

Books

  • 300 Ways to Put Your Talent to Work in the Health Field
  • Cool Careers for Girls in Health
  • Exploring Health Care Careers: real people tell you what you need to know
  • Cool Careers Without College for Math & Science Wizards
Northern New Hampshire AHEC staff are available for the following Health Career Promotion activities:

  • Presentations on health careers
  • Displays at health fairs or career fairs


Contact Ahec Info for more information about these services.



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