Watch a Short Video And Learn About Buster's Asthma!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3MhtfLB4Gk
(video clip)
When Buster has trouble breathing while playing with Arthur he learns he has asthma. When his friends start treating him differently Buster finally decides to tell a story about having asthma and what he does to stop it. His friends understand and start treating him the same as before.
Lungtropolis
Become an Asthma Control Agent!
http://www.lungtropolis.com/lungtropolis/accounts/login/
Lungtropolis is a new, interactive web-based learning game to help teach children ages 5-10 how to manage their asthma effectively—is now available online. In the Lungtropolis Kids game, developed by the American Lung Association in partnership with ORCAS (Oregon Center of Applied Science), children become "Asthma Control Agents" as they fight to defeat the Mucus Mob. Lungtropolis Parents offers caregivers comprehensive information and resources to understand and help manage a child's asthma.
Environmental Protection Agency: Air Quality Index for KIDS!
English: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids.index
Spanish/En Español:
http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids_spanish.main
Play games that teach you about how the air you breath makes a difference
how you feel! Lots of information describing what "AQI"
is and how you can help protect the air we all breathe! Follow the
links to find out what the air quality is in your own state!
A Is for Asthma!
In English: http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topics/asthma
En Español: A es para asma!
http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topics/asthma/spa
Hey kids! Watch this fun video as Elmo and Rosita learn and understand how to help their friends who have trouble breathing from asthma. Learn about what triggers asthma, what you can do to prevent asthma, and how to coordinate an action plan with your doctor, school, caregivers, family and friends.
KidsHealth-Asthma Center
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/allergy/asthma_center.html
The KidsHealth Asthma Center has a video to show you how asthma affects your lungs and what you can do to live healthy with asthma. Click on the “ear” logo to hear what an asthma cough or wheeze sounds like.
Check out the asthma “dictionary” and see what a “daily asthma diary” looks like. There's a lot of great asthma information on this website made just for you! Link to: http://kidshealth.org/misc/movie/cc/how-asthma-affects.html and go straight to the asthma video!
KidsHealth in Spanish!
http://kidshealth.org/kid/asthma_basics/espanol/smoking_asthma_esp.html
QUEST FOR THE CODE
Access this FREE interactive computer game online!
http://asthma.starlight.org/
Perfuma, Smokita and General Robo-Roach are pesky villains on
a mission…to trick kids into thinking they can’t manage
their asthma. It’s up to YOU to put a stop to their master plan.
Featuring the voices of eleven top celebrities and designed in
stunning 3-D animation, Quest for the Code was created to help kids
ages 7 to 15 learn how to manage their asthma.
Canadian Asthma Society
AsthmaKids.ca
http://www.asthmakids.ca/
This link to our CANADIAN friends to the north has fun, interactive games to play. YOU become an “Asthma Agent”, searching for clues about asthma. “You're about to be handed your very own Asthma Agent case file. This file contains the four cases you'll need to solve in order to unravel the mysteries of asthma. Sounds simple, huh? Well, be careful agent, because it's not quite as simple as it may sound. Some of these cases are tough ones to crack. And trickier still: Some of these cases have case files of their own! Open one case, and you'll find a whole new batch of cases to solve”.
BAM: FIT for LIFE: MOTION COMMOTION
http://www.bam.gov/sub_physicalactivity/physicalactivity_meetchallenge.html
http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/diseases_detectives_1.html
Kid friendly site helping kids understand asthma and how to get fit, stay active and feel good.
Spotlight
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Sign-up for email air pollution alerts from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 
Respiratory Disease Newsletter
Asthma in Minnesota: 2012 Epidemiology Report (PDF: 2.29MB/90 pages)
Online Training for Home Environmental Triggers of Asthma www.retahome.org
Minnesota Public Health Data Access Portal
