World Food Programme
Wfp: World Food Programme
WFP is a United Nations organization whose mission is to eradicate global hunger and poverty. Their primary beneficiaries are victims of natural disasters, displaced people, the world's hungry poor, and women.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: About Hiv/aids
Learn about how to protect yourself from HIV/AIDS with some scientific facts.
Biology Corner
The Biology Corner: How Hiv Infects Cells Coloring
Here's a chance to learn while coloring! Read about HIV infection of cells and then color the corresponding diagram to help you remember.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (St Ds)
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides a collection of links to a variety of sexually transmitted diseases. Content focuses on bacterial infections (such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and chancroid), STD prevention, and...
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Immunology: Hiv and Aids Tutorial
Read this illustrated tutorial about the relationship between the HIV virus and AIDS. Also contains treatment and diagnosis information.
Sumanas
Sumanas Inc: Microbial Life: Life Cycle of Hiv, a Retrovirus
Use this tutorial to enhance your understanding of how the human immunodeficiency virus invades healthy cells of the immune system. [3:15]
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Hiv Simulation
Provides a web lab which simulates the potential spread of HIV. May be used with whole class instruction, cooperative learning groups or individual instruction.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Where Life Is Too Short
This lesson enhances students' understanding of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and the rest of the world.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Retroviruses
A good description of a particular family of viruses. Of interest due to the fact that AIDS is probably caused by a retrovirus.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Virus
An encyclopedia article on viruses discusses what they are and their different classifications. It also gives several examples of viruses, how they can be treated, and gives speculation on their origins.
Remedy Health Media
A Look at Theories on the Origin of Hiv
This resource presents an article on the theories of the origin of the AIDS virus (HIV). As was thought for many years, another primate may have first introduced us to this virus. Original resource from 2000 AIDS Project Los Angeles.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Structured Treatment Interruption
Determine how studying the evolution of the HIV virus led medical experts to give patients a "holiday" from drugs, weakening the mutated, drug-resistent genes. Discover how this backward evolution works.
Other
Hiv Stories: Aids, Poverty, and Faith: Mamelodi Township, South Africa
Listen to real people discuss their experiences dealing with HIV, AIDS, and death.
Other
Undp: Reversing the Epidemic Aids in Eastern Europe
A UN report on the Aids epidemic in central, eastern Europe and the Russian federation. These areas are undergoing a major increase in aids infections.
John Wiley & Sons
Concepts in Biochemistry: Cutting Edge: Aids Therapies
In this article, read about AIDS therapies. Diagrams and related web links are included.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Medicine and Health Care
Simulate the spread of germs and explore current issues in the field of medicine such as the placebo effect, contraception and myths and facts about AIDS. Describe how pandemics have changed history, and discover how x-rays and...
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Fighting Disease
The United Nations has distributed this list to make school age children aware of the communicable diseases that have most recently had an effect on society. Good descriptions are provided for each of the 11 diseases.
Other
Reuters: Hiv Diagnosis Rate Falls by a Third in u.s. Say Researchers
Learn about the most recent HIV and AIDS statistics for the United States. (Published July 19, 2014)
New York Times
New York Times: Aids and Tradition in Africa
This interactive resource discusses rituals in Africa that could lead to the spread of AIDS. The ritual is a hut cleansing ritual that could spread AIDS very quickly through families.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Hiv
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how HIV causes AIDS.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Immunodeficiency
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of immunodeficiency and causes of immunodeficiency.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Animal & Human Viruses
Learn about viruses of humans and other animals, the Baltimore classification system, and the HIV life cycle.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hepatitis
Use this site to learn about an infectious and highly contagious disease. Find out about the various types of hepatitis, how people get it, how to treat it.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Tracking a Virus
Students simulate the spread of a virus such as HIV through a population by "sharing" (but not drinking) the water in a plastic cup with several classmates. Although invisible, the water in a few of the cups will already be tainted with...