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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore issues surrounding DNA microarray technology. They focus on a single area of biomedical research to help them explain how science, people, ethics, and history all fit together. They analyze gene-expression data. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the ethical issues behind stem cell research and cloning. They make their own ethical decisions on both subjects. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the positive and negative aspects of human involvement on an estuary system. They discover what they can do to have a positive impact on the environment. They research information based on a scenario. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete an observational or natural science experiment. They do systematic and experimental work using experiments that have been done by others. They research their hypothesis and gather information from several sources. They investigate an illness or disease of interest to them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the effect of a chemical (they choose) on the germination of seeds. They calculate % chemical concentrations in water, form a hypothesis, and discuss the ethics of using animals in biomedical research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are able to identify a clinical trial. They are able to explain the importance of clinical trials. Students are able to describe the role of citizens in clinical trials. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify basic components of skin on a cross sectional diagram. They provide a basic description of cancer in terms of cell biology. Students explore the ABCD of skin cancer/mole evaluation and perform their own evaluation of "test moles." They name the three kinds of skin cancer and describe where in the skin they originate. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research history of biomedical research and development of ethics in clinical trials, define informed consent, describe primary components of informed consent decision, and discuss government's role in protecting rights of citizens. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are able to explain the role of government in protecting the rights of citizens. They participate in a lesson where they attempt to correct the ethical violations that were made in previous clinical trials such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use guided questions and research to compare two biomedical imaging methods. they effectively present their findings to the class. Students use new technical knowledge to summarize and compare new techniques with those they researched. Full Review »
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