PBS
Pbs: Dorothy Hodgkin
PBS presents a brief overview of her life and contributions to medicine including her 1964 Nobel Prize Award.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Herbert Boyer
A small-town Pennsylvania boy grew up to help create the biotech industry, leading to breakthrough treatments for diseases.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Endocrine Ed
Game on vocabulary and functions of the endocrine system. Covers hormones, feedback loops, adrenaline, melatonin, insulin, glucagon, and growth hormone. Includes multiple-choice quiz at end.
Other
Children With Diabetes: Diabetes Basics
Much useful information about diabetes in children (and adults), important because "successful management of diabetes is as much about information as it is about insulin or oral medications."
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Scientists Say: Insulin
Insulin. This chemical is a lifesaver. It helps our bodies use the sugars from our food, and without it, people develop diabetes.
WebMD
Web Md: Diabetes Health Center
This article from WebMD Health provides a center of information for diabetes. Up to date articles are provided on great topics, and information from The Cleveland Clinic on a guide to diabetes is also given. This is a great site to check...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Frederick Sanger
Find out about the man who was considered to be the greatest and most influential biochemists in history.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Diabetes Center
This resource provides information about Diabetes, and how to live with the disease.
Inner Body
Innerbody: Digestive System
Take a look inside the human body's digestive system. This site features diagrams of the digestive tract and each part is accompanied by labels and descriptions. Just select an organ by moving the mouse over its image.
Read Works
Read Works: Banding Together
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl named Sydney who sold wrist bands to raise money and awareness for diabetes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Diabetes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Diabetes is a non-infectious disease in which the body is unable to control the amount of sugar in the blood. People with diabetes have high blood sugar, either...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Frederick G. Banting Biographical
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about Frederick Grant Banting's work in the medical field, specifically his discovery of insulin, a discovery which earned him the 1923 Nobel Prize, a prize he shared with John James...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: About Diabetes and Insulin
Interactive educational game where the user learns how to manage type-1 diabetes and maintain a healthy blood sugar level in a diabetic dog. Links to information on the discovery of insulin and facts about diabetes.
Read Works
Read Works: A Sweet Sickness
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage traces the first recordings of diabetes to current day treatments for this condition. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
Remedy Health Media
Health Central: Hypoglycemia
In-depth article that discusses the disease hypoglycemia, its causes, risk factors, prevention, symptoms, and treatment.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Measuring Glomerular Filtration Rate of the Kidneys With Insulin
Read this passage and study the graphics; then take the five-question quiz over measuring glomerular filtration rate of the kidneys with insulin.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Effects of Insulin Deficiency
Practice for the MCAT by answering these questions using the given graph showing the effects of insulin deficiency.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cellular Effects of Metformin, a Drug for Diabetes Mellitus
This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT. "Cellular effects of metformin, a drug for diabetes mellitus" questions are provided on this resource. Cellular Effects of Metformin, a drug for Diabetes...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Diabetes and Hyperglycemia
Read a passage about diabetes and hyperglycemia and answer the follow-up questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Young Patient With Type 1 Diabetes
Practice for the MCAT by reading a passage about a young patient with Type 1 diabetes and answer the follow-up questions based on the given chart.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: What Is Type 2 Diabetes?
A brief article that explains how type 2 diabetes develops in the body.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Symptoms and Dangers of High Blood Sugar
Intellihealth looks at what happens in the body of someone with Type II Diabetes when blood sugar levels are elevated.
University of California
University of California: Sir Frederick Grant Banting
This site from the University of California provides a bulleted list biography of his life. This site does not go into detail about the discovery of extracting insulin, but provides some basic information.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Problemas De Regulacion Del Metabolismo De Carbohidratos
In this module you can learn how certain carbohydrate pathways are reciprocally affected by insulin and glucagon. The correct answers for the multiple choices problems are reinforced with a brief explanation and the incorrect answers are...