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Gartner: 6 Trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for the Digital Workplace, 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
The need to improve the digital resiliency of the workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated trends in digital workplace technology. Read about the significant ways the pandemic is changing the world of...
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OpenSciEd

Open Ed Sci: Covid 19 & Health Equity, Grades K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
In this unit, students explore the basics of how Covid-19 affects people, and design investigations to explore how it spreads from person to person, and what we can do to prevent that spread.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity, Middle School Science

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The unit focuses on the question How can people help end pandemics? It is designed to teach students about the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Inside Opioid Addiction

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the nationwide opioid crisis, its devastating impact on communities and families, and how agencies and individuals are pulling together to respond to this overwhelming public health crisis.
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Hofstra University

Hofstra Univ: Why Was Bubonic Plague So Devastating to European Society? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Bubonic Plague or "Black Death" came out of the eastern Mediterranean along shipping routes, reaching Italy in the spring of 1348. By the time the epidemic was abating in 1351, between 25% and 50% of Europe's population had died. The...
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BBC

Bbc News: Aids in Africa: The Orphaned Continent

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC provides a comprehensive look at the AIDS epidemic affecting Africa. Content includes an overview of the disease, a case study of South Africa, and more.
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Carnegie Mellon University

Lyme Disease General Information and Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, in addition to providing information on the deer tick, Lyme disease symptoms, and treatment, includes information on avoiding tick bites and finding ticks on pets. There is also information joining the Lyme Disease...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Sir Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson helps students understand how diseases, epidemics, etc. are tracked by health organizations. Using the SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered) model, students track the number of...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Bubonic Plague

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed information on the Bubonic Plague, an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics throughout history.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Obesity?

For Students 9th - 10th
Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese?...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Addressing Health Mysteries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Describe the networks within the health care systems internationally, explore the impact of the SARS epidemic on world health and examine the effectiveness of the World Health Organization in communicable disease surveillance and response.
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Bill of Rights Institute

Bill of Rights Institute: Benjamin Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
The fourth of seven children born to Quaker parents, Benjamin Rush was the most famous physician of his time. Known and respected by many of the Founding generation, Benjamin Rush treated illnesses such as yellow fever and smallpox,...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Operation: Flame Out!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Tells the story of how, as tobacco became more popular, it changed human health, and what the CDC did to fight the epidemic.
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Nicky Case: The Evolution of Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
Surveys show that over the past 40 years fewer and fewer people trust each other. Why do friends become enemies and enemies become friends? Game theory can help explain our epidemic of distrust and how we can fix it. Play the game of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Polio Epidemiology

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the polio as an epidemic prior to 1900 and how the infectious disease has slowly diminished but for three countries (Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan).
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: High School Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed for high school audiences, this Guide can be used to facilitate dialogue about, and deepen understanding of, the complex issues portrayed in The Providers - a documentary that follows three healthcare providers in northern New...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: Higher Education Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed for high school audiences, this teaching guide can be used to facilitate dialogue about, and deepen understanding of, the complex issues portrayed in The Providers. A documentary that follows three healthcare providers in...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: The Providers

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection features resources to accompany The Providers film. The Providers documentary exposes the physician shortage and opioid epidemic in rural America, The Providers follows three healthcare providers in northern New Mexico.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website about Swine Flu from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Find out general information, an update on the current situation as of the day you are looking at the site, recommendations for vaccine, and what...
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National Health Museum

Vaccines: How and Why?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the history of vaccines, how they work, and how they are made. Includes a list of references, a glossary, and links to activities.
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Florida Virtual School: The Hot Zone [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the best-selling nonfiction thriller The Hot Zone by Richard Preston.
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BBC

Bbc: Bird Flu

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview on the avian flu, its spread, potential for global pandemic, and advice on preventive measures against it. Provides numerous links to related topics.
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the global issues and events that are impacting countries across the world. Disasters, living conditions, crises, diseases, and the humanitarian efforts are all detailed on this site.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Influenza

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers in depth the clinical features of influenza, different types, and the history of influenza.

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