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Handout
Other

Joslin Diabetes Center: Diabetes Beginner's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the basic facts about diabetes from this resource. Includes information about how diabetes is diagnosed, what the treatment involves, who usually gets diabetes, the different types of the disease, and much more.
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Website
Other

Parkinson's Disease Foundation: Primary Symptoms

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, provided by the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, discusses the primary and secondary symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.
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Handout
Other

Univ Calif Riverside: Medically Important Arachnids

For Students 9th - 10th
A web site devoted to describing the numerous venomous arachnids that have a medical importance to humans, as well as a description of how these arachnids aid humans.
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Handout
Other

Parkinson's Disease Foundation: Prescription Medications

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses various treatments including medication and surgery to treat, not cure, Parkinson's Disease. Additional information is located on the left side of this site.
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Interactive
Mariners' Museum and Park

Age of Exploration: The Great Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
A great description and explanation of the exchange that took place between the Old World and New World as a result of European exploration. Find examples of plants, animals, and diseases that were traded as a result of exploration and...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Tips for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use these tips to help kids understand asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless."
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: All About Asthma

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teach children about what causes asthma, how it's treated, and what young scholars can do to help their classmates with asthma with this lesson plan from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless".
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eBook
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Buster's Breathless

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This read-aloud story is based on the Arthur episode "Buster's Breathless." As you read, pause to talk about the characters and what's happening in the story.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Test your children's knowledge of asthma with this quiz from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless."
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Background Information

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the symptoms of asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless."
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Tips for Grown Ups

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use these tips designed for adults to better understand your child's asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless".
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Lesson Plan
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This unit explores how different communities are differentially impacted by the virus through the lens of historical inequities in society. I
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Sharp Rise in Tuberculosis Cases

For Students 9th - 10th
A November 2006 report from The BBC detailing a startling rise in the number of tuberculosis cases in the United Kingdom. Also provides links to related topics. (2 November 2006)
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Significance of 1492

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at what is known as the Columbian Exchange, the exchange of foods, disease, and even ideas between the New World and Old World beginning with Columbus' encounter in 1492.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
As Martin Seligman discusses the state of psychology today, he introduces the eleventh reason to be positive. [23:46]
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Genetic Probably

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Activity Overview Use the SciTools App to simulate a Punnett square. Make predictions about genetic crosses. Learn about the following concepts; genes, alleles, dominant alleles, recessive alleles, homozygous individuals, heterozygous...
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Article
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Evolution From a Virus's View

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page is a brief tutorial on viral evolution which focuses on the evolutionary pressures that balance transmission and virulence. There are additional sections with further recommended reading, resources for teachers, and a brief...
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Handout
University of Hawai'i

Univ. Of Hawaii: Penicillin the Wonder Drug

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Univ. of Hawaii, is a great place to learn info about Alexander Fleming, the guy who discovered Penicillin, as well as info about Penicillin. Also contains info about the two other men, Howard Florey and Ernst B....
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Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Salud Y Enfermedad

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this unit on health and disease you will learn what the disease may be due to what causes and what alterations occur in our bodies. It contains 18 interactive activities.
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Handout
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Inmunologia 2 Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
How do we defend against disease? Why should get vaccinated? Find the answers to these questions and everything about the immune system in this session. It contains 16 interactive activities.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Biological Diversity: Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Through full-color images and concise information, learn about the intracellular parasites, viruses.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: The Buzz About Mosquitoes

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Graphic
University of Utah

University of Utah: Pictures of Patients With Scabies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from a medical institution at the University of Utah provides pictures of the mite, as well as people with various infestations of the disease. (Strong stomach advised!)