Curated OER
Malaria
In this malaria activity, students answer 8 short answer questions regarding the disease malaria, what causes it and how it can be controlled.
Curated OER
Model Organisms: The Genes We Share
In this genetics activity, students access a website to learn about how human genes mutate to cause heritable disorders such as Huntington disease. Students use the information on this website to complete 12 short answer questions.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Genes, Health, and Society
A web-based course which allows students to explore the fields of genetics and genomics. The three course modules are transmission genetics, the nature of genetic material, and medical genetics and genomics. Use of this resource requires...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Disease Lab
Manipulate characteristics of fictional diseases and see how the changes effect a population. Simulator includes a data table available for download for student records.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Environmental Metabolomics: Disease & Toxicity
Soak in this article featuring ways metabolomics studies will aid in understanding diseases in both humans and animals. Metabolomics is the study of metabolite profiles.