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Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
Just because you can, should you? Reflections on the ethics and limits of medical research are prompted by a reading of excerpts of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, viewing of clips from the 1931 film, and examining sections of the online...
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Drug Use and Abuse: Past and Present
Pick your poison: tobacco, alcohol, opiates, cocaine, or marijuana. An online exhibition launches a research project that asks groups to select one of the five drugs and gather information on how the use of the drug and the regulations...
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Genetic Traits in Harry Potter
Explore human genetics through the world of Harry Potter. A thorough lesson develops the introductory concepts of genetics using characters of the popular book series. Learners study topics from DNA and chromosomes to Punnett Squares and...
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Science and Society: Preventing the Spread of Disease
Looking for a valuable resource on the spread of infectious diseases? Here is a lesson in which pupils simulate the spread of diseases and learn about how to prevent them from spreading. Class members read case studies about diseases,...
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Genetics in Harry Potter’s World Lesson 2
Can we find the phenotypes and genotypes of magical ability for the characters in Harry Potter? Of course, but first we need to understand incomplete or blended dominance, co-dominance, multiple alleles, and regulatory genes. This...
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Genetics in Harry Potter’s World Lesson 1
By the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we know Harry and Ginny get married, but what will their kids look like? This presentation introduces viewers to Punnett Squares and how to use them to determine both dominant and...
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Monster Genetics Lab
Harness young scientists' knowledge of genetics with an engaging science activity. Students start by flipping a coin to determine the genotypes and phenotypes of two parent monsters, before using Punnett squares to determine the...
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Mental Health Awareness Project
Here is a thoughtful group assignment for researching mental health disorders. Team members focus on a different aspect of a chosen disorder: symptoms, treatments, and community resources.
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Basic Genetic Concepts and Terms
Have you ever wondered why you aren't taller or invisible? It all comes down to your dominant and recessive genes. Introduce your class members to genetics with a presentation that includes worksheets for young geneticists to complete...
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Medline Plus: Juvenile Arthritis
This page contains an overview of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, as well as links to the latest research news, organizations and resources.
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Medline Plus: Videos Y Multimedia
Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...
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Medline Plus: Cardiac Rehabilitation
This tutorial presents information about cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is necessary to maintain heart health. The heart, angina, exercise, prevention, obesity and other risk factors are covered.
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Medline Plus: Cartilage Disorders
This Medline Plus site explains what cartilage is, and then discusses different disorders and their treatments. Also includes links to organizations and directories for related information.
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Medline Plus: Children's Health
Medline Plus, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides great resources on children's health. Choose from the latest news articles, treatments for common conditions, preventions for...
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Medline Plus: Cirrhosis Links
This site offers links to a variety of websites posted by multiple organizations concerning cirrhosis. Excellent source for specific links.
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Medline Plus: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
This site provides a list of links to information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Content includes links to the latest news, information about the diesase, pictures and diagrams, prevention and screening information,...
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Medline Plus: Pseudoephedrine
Here, you can read detailed notes on pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient in many over-the-counter and prescription decongestants. This website provides responses to several questions concerning this medication including: "How should this...
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Medline Plus: Triazolam
Here, read about the prescription drug triazolam, also known as Halcion, which is taken for short term treatment of insomnia. This article answers several questions about this drug, including: "Why is this medication prescribed?" and...
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Medline Plus: Poison Ivy, Oak, Sumac
This encyclopedia article explores what an allergy to poison ivy, oak and sumac is. Content address precautions, symptoms, and first aid. Pictures are also provided.
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Medline Plus: Snake Bites
Comprehensive first aid information for treating snake bites. Topics covered include symptoms for the various types of poisonous snakes, treatment, and prevention.
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Medline Plus: Tennis Elbow
This tutorial explains tennis elbow and the possible treatments for the condition. It covers symptoms and causes as well.
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Medline Plus: Pernicious Anemia
This site contains details of pernicious anemia, alternative names, definition, causes and risks, prevention, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, and complications. It also includes a picture of pernicious anemic red blood cells.
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Medline Plus: Albinism
Here's a very informative article from Medline about albinism. It contains a lot of technical information like: symptoms, causes, tests, and treatment.
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Medline Plus: Wbc Count
An overview of a white blood cell test. How the test is performed, how to prepare for the test, risks involved, and the results of the tests are discussed.