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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer

For Students 6th - 8th
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Blood Oxygen Levels May Determine Cardiac Muscle Regeneration

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions based on the given bar graphs showing apoptosis and cytokinesis rates.
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Other

Adrenal Gland Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
The body has two adrenal glands, one near the top of each kidney. The inner part (medulla) of the adrenal glands secretes hormones such as adrenaline (epinephrine) that affect blood pressure, heart rate, sweating, and other activities...
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Handout
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Langer: Mplantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Alois A. Langer, a member of "the medical team that invented the first automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Also, learn how this invention impacts the medical world.