Students are asked to investigate current and sometimes controversial medical research in order to address what medical breakthroughs potentially exist in their futures. They create small posters on sheets detailing their support or...

Young scholars identify on a time line and a world map where medical innovation/inventions line-up and originated. They collect information on various medical innovations/inventions using encyclopedias and medical research texts....

Students discover the medical breakthroughs provided by profit and non-profit organizations. In this nonprofit and profit organizations lesson plan, students learn philanthropic terms, research recent medical breakthroughs, then...

One of the first biotechnology breakthroughs occurred in 1982 with the creation of synthetic insulin. Young scientists learn about DNA technology with a presentation and accompanying worksheet. It focuses on DNA extraction and...

Physical therapists state that relearning how to walk often motivates stroke and brain injury patients. Researchers spend a great deal of time focused on understanding the neural control required for walking. They pass along that...

Students practice using vocabulary associated with philantrophy. They identify scientific breakthroughs and the funding that made it possible. They create and explain timelines of scientific and medical breakthroughs.

Get your class to take a closer look at DNA. Pupils conduct research to determine the methods used by scientists to analyze the molecular structure of DNA. The class members investigate different types of molecular imaging along with gel...

Young scholars examine the pros and cons of 'embedded computing' in the field of medicine. They invent and describe a computer that would be embedded in an individual to improve their education or school and write essays critiquing their...

Animal testing: cruel and inhumane, or innovative and life-saving? Scholars explore the topic and form their own opinions with help from the highly informative website. Pupils read a comprehensive overview of the topic, including...

Go get the American Dream lifestyle! The 19th lesson in a 22-part series exploring American history shows learners the post-WWII economic boom. Using primary sources, photographs, and cartoons, groups discuss their findings and present...

Students complete ESL/EFL reading comprehension and vocabulary building activities. In this ESL/EFL current events lesson, students read or listen to the article "Paralysed Man Takes Hopeful First Steps," (22nd May, 2011). They work on...

Students examine the impact of pollution. In this pollution instructional activity, students watch Protecting Our Planet, then participate in a simulation of the effect of pollution on a variety of organisms.

A poignant 20-slide show introduces high schoolers to the amazing accomplishments of genomics and raises the question of eugenics. This lesson is only for mature audiences, as it deals with rape and other sensitive topics, but it is...

Ethical concerns are not always black and white. A well-designed lesson presents learners with scenarios for which ethics may come into question. Scholars learn to consider the different sides of a situation and make an unbiased...

Junior high and high school learners study infrastructure and its relationship to the current economy. They review handouts, watch a PBS clip, and review case studies in order to answer provided questions and role play over...

In this Parkinson disease worksheet, learners read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...

In this tense worksheet, students read the sentences or phrases and choose which tense they are written in. Students complete 10 problems total.

Twelfth graders study the concept of nanotechnology. For this Modern Technology lesson, 12th graders read an article about the upcoming Nanotechnology. Students create an enhanced sports product.

Scroll down to read about Dr. Albert Sabin's research on polio and the discovery of the oral polio vaccine.

Explore medical breakthroughs in treating epilepsy. Discover how negative and positive particles behave in an electrically neutral environment, and perform an experiment to demonstrate how the human body can conduct electricity.

This encyclopedia article tells about Louis T. Wright, a black doctor and medical researcher.

This essay serves as a guide to prenatal testing for Down Syndrome and describes breakthroughs in ultrasound techniques which allow doctors to detect Down Syndrome without the need for an amniocentesis procedure.

Complete medical education project explores the role and uses of vaccines now and in the past. Find information and analysis about vaccination controversies; answers to frequent questions about vaccinations; timelines of diseases,...

Find award-winning science, math and technology videos and interactives for grades K-12 produced by NASA and provided for distribution to South Carolina ETV's Knowitall.