Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Medmyst: Malady in Mabuufo
This is the fourth in a series of five missions that deal with how infectious diseases are spread. In this interactive adventure game, students are part of a team of investigators conducting field and laboratory investigations to learn...
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Malaria
An extensive overview of the Plasmodium parasite that cause malaria. Topics include distribution, causative agent, transmission and symptoms.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Microbes and Disease
Students learn about six diseases caused by microorganisms. A video that looks at the impact disease has had on human history and society is provided. Students work in groups to read information about one disease, then share what they...
Other
Information on Malaria
This site talks about how malaria can affect young children, infant's that are breast-fed, and pregnant ladies. The site also talks about who should and shouldn't take the different medicines that protect against malaria.
Other
Malaria Foundation International: What Is Malaria?
A physician answers frequently asked questions, a World Health Organization Fact Sheet is available and other resources are presented on this handy page.
Other
Nothing but Nets: Campaign to Save Lives by Preventing Malaria
Learn about malaria from a charitable organization that fights the spread of the disease through donations of anti-malaria bed netting.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Mosquitoes That Won't Carry Malaria
Read about the development of genetically modified mosquitoes that will not spread malaria.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Travelers' Health: Disease Directory
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Mosquito Bytes
The Why Files have provided an informative site regarding mosquitos. Included in this resource is information pertaining to reproduction, life cycle, disease caused, and repellent advice.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Mosquito Bytes
Everything you might need to know about mosquitos can be found here. The lesson plan includes a lab that investigates the effect of temperature on mosquito egg development.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England
Detailed analysis of the spread of malaria in England owing to changes in climate during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
WebMD
Web Md: Malaria
Information on malaria is found at WebMD. The article gives an overview of how it is transmitted, symptoms, prevention, and treatment while links are provided for more in-depth information on the disease. This is a great site to get...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?
Good basic explanation of what this disease is, how it affects people who have it, and what treatments doctors and nurses use to help.
US National Library of Medicine
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...
Other
What a Mosquito's Immune System Can Tell Us About Fighting Malaria
Scientists are studying how mosquitos are able to fight off the parasites that humans seem to be unable to battle. Research is being done to help understand what slows or stops these parasites in the mosquito to protect them in an effort...
PBS
Pbs: Guns Germs, & Steel
Although the video of the PBS offering of Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, is no longer available on line, the transcripts of all three episodes are. Diamond addresses the question of global inequality...
BBC
Bbc: Malaria Global Menace
A brief examination by the BBC of the cause, spread, treatment, and increasing incidence of malaria.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Protists
A brief, but informative paragraph describing the parasitic nature of sporozoans, part of a larger page about single-celled organisms.
Harvard University
Harvard Medical School: History of Sickle Cell Disease
This site is put out by a professor of the Harvard Medical School. It contains factual information on Sickle Cell Disease and the information is set up by links under different subject headings. This is a great site to check out on the...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The E Xperiment Files
Discussion of the scientific method and the use of X-ray microscopy as an experimental technique. Explains the use of X-ray microscopy in the study of malaria.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Malaria
Describes what malaria is, the cause, how it is transmitted, the signs and symptoms of malaria, how it can be prevented, and how to protect oneself while traveling.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: The Buzz About Mosquitoes
As annoying as mosquitoes are, they are an essential part of the web of life. However, they also carry and spread diseases that can kill people. See how scientists are researching mosquitoes to help control the spread of these diseases.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Loathsome, Lethal Mosquito
Rose Eveleth shares why scientists are not sure about the benefits of mosquitos. [2:40]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Cheese, Dogs and a Pill to Kill Mosquitoes and End Malaria
We can use a mosquito's own instincts against her. Bart Knols demos the imaginative solutions his team is developing to fight malaria- including limburger cheese and a deadly pill. [10:20]