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BUS: The Future Begins Yesterday-Making Medicines
Your learners have all been to the drug store to pick up a prescription, but have they considered working on the other side of the counter? Discuss the potential career possibilities available to those interested in the pharmaceutical...
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Drugs
Young scholars investigate drugs by identifying which ones are illegal and potentially harmful. In this medicine lesson, students complete worksheets in which they role play situations where they have found or ingested drugs and decide...
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Life Cycle - Human Biology
For this life cycle worksheet, 9th graders complete 3 different procedures that distinguish viruses and bacteria and inherited characteristics. First, they read the background excerpt given about bacteria and viruses. Then, students cut...
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Sun and Skin
High schoolers 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.
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The Rainforest
Students discuss ways in which the rainforest can be preserved. In groups, they locate a major rainforest and list its benefits to the environment. They develop possible solutions as a class to help governments, industries and...
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Medicine, Technology and Society
High schoolers compare and contrast traditional Chinese and contemporary Western approaches to medicine. They bring a rational and scientific approach to the evaluation of alternative medicines. They study acupuncture from a Chinese and...
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What is Diabetes?
Students examine basic information about diabetes and related vocabulary words. They explore various health websites, complete a worksheet, discuss the worksheet answers and discuss diabetes myths vs. facts.
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Health Styles
Students define and compare health terms. They estimate a person's health status on each dimension of health. They describe the major determinants of health.
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Testing a New Drug 1
Students act as chief research scientists with the responsibility of testing a new drug. Students design a controlled experiment to test a hypothetical experimental drug. Students write a clear, concise, and detailed plan to present to a...
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Taking it to the Community
High schoolers communicate with an audience about a public health issue in multiple manners. They share their outreach materials with their peers and their chosen audience within the community.
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The Best Place in the United States to Live
Learners, working in small groups, analyze information provided in U.S. maps to make a logical determination of the best place to live in the United States in regards to natural and human-made hazards. Then, working individually, they...