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FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

11.1. Financial and Resource Management

The AIE Savings Calculator
http://www.investoreducation.org/cindex2.cfm

Hands on Banking
http://www.handsonbanking.org/

Sense and Dollars
http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org/

Young Investor
http://www.younginvestor.com/

Zillions
http://www.zillions.org/

11.2. Balancing Family, Work and Community Responsibility

KidsHealth: Positive Parenting
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/index.html

11.3. Food Science and Nutrition

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

Dole 5 a Day
http://www.dole5aday.com/

The Food Label
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/foodlabel/newlabel.html

Food Safety Lessons
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/Lesson/

Figuring Out Food Labels
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/labels.html

How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

Nutrition Cafe
http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/

Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/

11.4. Child Development

KidsHealth: Growth and Development
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/index.html