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What You Should Know About Polio [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read brief responses to common questions about polio. Use this site to learn how polio is spread, how it is prevented, and how it manifests in the body.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Encyclopedia: American Inventors Jonas Salk

For Students 9th - 10th
Focusing on a captivating photograph of Dr. Jonas Salk, this site gives a brief overview of his work as a noted research scientist and discoverer of the polio vaccine. There are also links to other American inventors' biographies.
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Curated OER

An Infant Receives the Oral Polio Vaccine in Georgia in the 1970s.

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the first polio vaccine by providing a timeline that begins in 1800 with an outbreak of infantile paralysis, photos, facts, and personal interviews.
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Curated OER

Ethiopian Child Receives the Oral Polio Vaccine

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the first polio vaccine by providing a timeline that begins in 1800 with an outbreak of infantile paralysis, photos, facts, and personal interviews.