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- 9th - 12th
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Students work in small groups researching different aspects of the sun and skin. The groups summarize and answer questions about the material in a presentation to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the factors that control variation in human skin color. They discuss how natural selection and adaptation contribute to changing skin colors. They identify the effect of skin color on society as well. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study bone size, structure and shape. They use various geometrical shapes to make a skeleton and produce a poster depicting the skeletal system and its functions. They arrange the pictures into the five sections, glue on poster paper and color and use magic markers to write facts next to each section. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are introduced to the concept of human embryology. Individually, they complete an exercise in which they determine which trait they got from which family member. In groups, they identify and label the reproductive organs of males and females. As a class, they discuss the moral and ethic issues involved with test tube babies to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore factors that control variation in human skin color and the implications of this information for human society. They understand that skin color is no longer considered a credible scientific standard by which to classify people into different races. Full Review »
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- 7th - 11th
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Students explore the importance of sun safety in relationship to skin cancer prevention. They test the effectiveness of various sunscreens and administer and analyze a simple survey to their peers. In adddition, they implement a public service campaign designed to increase student use of sunscreen and sun safety awareness. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the major steps in clinical trials, and articulate why clinical trials are conducted. They develop questions based on a reading about skin cancer and clinical studies. 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 use background knowledge to summarize articles about skin cancer research and present them to the class and place their studies along a clinical study timeline. They are introduced to clincal trails and to various aspects of the biology of skin, cancer and the relationship between UV radiation and skin cancer. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students design and conduct an experiment to test a hypothesis. They create a question/objective based on the results of their experiment that can be answered by performing a human clinical trial. Students write inclusion and exclusion criteria and apply these criteria to a pool of subjects. They predict results of the study. Full Review »
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