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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Stress Affects Your Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Our hard-wired stress response is designed to give us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn't all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Mental Health and Disasters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During and after large disasters such as devastating hurricanes, floods, oil spills that have changed lives, fires, war and other natural and man-made disasters, how does a person cope? How do people deal with severe loss? How do they...
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Handout
WebMD

Web Md: Cushing's Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details the causes, symptoms, treatments and supports for Cushing's Syndrome, a rare disorder in which the body has high levels of cortisol.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stress Responses and the Endocrine System

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT by answering these questions using the given graph about corticosterone levels in rats.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cushing's Syndrome and the Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions related to the functions of the endocrine systems and ways in which hormones coordinate the organ systems.