About BAM! Body and Mind
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them — such as stress and physical fitness — using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features.
BAM! Body and Mind also serves as an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to the national education standards for science and health.
Some Highlights- KABAM, a comic creator that allows kids to resolve conflicts and stressful situations with the help of the cartoon BAM bunch.
- An exercise personality quiz that results in a custom activity list for each user.
- Teacher's corner with in-school activities linked to the national education standards for science and health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy People in a Healthy World — Through Prevention
CDC is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, at home and abroad, and providing them with credible information to help them make their health decisions. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
See http://www.cdc.gov/aboutcdc.htm for more information.
BAM! is fully compliant with the requirements outlined in the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) which limits the collection of personal information of children under the age of 13, as well as Section 508, which requires Federal agency web sites to be accessible to people with disabilities.
For more information on these requirements please visit:
www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm
www.section508.gov
CDC is grateful to all of the individuals and groups who have contributed their time, expertise and content to BAM!
- Steven W. Edwards, Ph.D., Professor, School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, University of Oklahoma
- Eric J. Pyle, Ph.D., Associate Professor — Science Education, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, West Virginia University
- Rebecca Kittle, M.A., Science Teacher, Taylor County Middle School
- Heather Henderson, M.A., Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, West Virginia University
- Amy Sindler, Graduate Research Assistant, School of Medicine, West Virginia University
- Susan L. Newell, C.C.S., Certified Fitness Consultant
Click here to see the BAM! bibliography.