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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Attacking Aids

For Students 9th - 10th
The Why Files have provided a wonderful site examining the possible AIDS vaccines being developed. Several topics are discussed, including topics about the chemical makeup of the virus itself.
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Handout
Remedy Health Media

The Body: What Is Hiv?

For Students 9th - 10th
A good article on the basics of HIV biology and transmission. The site also tackles the implications of a positive HIV test. Original resource from 2009 HIV Coalition.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: Sports for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students explore how participation in team sports can help empower youth in other areas of their lives. Students identify principles of how young people learn and discuss the ties between sports, civic engagement,...
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Other

Population Reference Bureau: The World at 7 Billion

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map offers statistical data on population, birth and deaths, life expectancy, HIV/AIDS, family planning, and poverty across the world in 2011. The information is also available as a table for all topics. A fascinating...
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Immune System Disorders and Hiv/aids

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will examine several immune system disorders.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Hiv and Aids

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, causes AIDS. AIDS stands for "acquired immune deficiency syndrome." It is a condition that causes death and does not have a...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Hiv and Aids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how HIV is transmitted and how it causes AIDS.
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Article
Other

Reuters: Hiv Diagnosis Rate Falls by a Third in u.s. Say Researchers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the most recent HIV and AIDS statistics for the United States. (Published July 19, 2014)
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Handout
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Immunology: Hiv and Aids Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this illustrated tutorial about the relationship between the HIV virus and AIDS. Also contains treatment and diagnosis information.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Hiv

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how HIV causes AIDS.
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Article
Remedy Health Media

The Body: Survival of Hiv in the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site which explains the effect of the outside the body environment on the HIV virus. This addresses the common fear of airborne transmission. Original resource from 1999 U. S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Hiv and Flu the Vaccine Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th
Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. [21:06]
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Drug Adherence and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This series of video lectures (in brief clips) and personal accounts stress the importance of drug adherence for patients on drug regimens for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Romiya Glover

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Science City, meet Romiya Glover, a chemist who develops products for HIV/AIDS testing. She describes the multidisciplinary nature of her job, how she decided to go into science, and how her work benefits others.
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National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the latest government information on HIV-AIDS, allergies, the development of vaccines, and other health-related research topics.
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Activity
Other

Global Citizen Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
This youth organization is committed to fighting global poverty. The site requires registration in order to access the tools it provides for young people wanting to make a difference. But there is plenty of information on issues such as...
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US Census Bureau

Us Census Bureau: International Data Base

For Students 9th - 10th
Statistical data on the population and demographics of 228 countries, including change, sex ratios, life expectancy, and percent with HIV/AIDS. There are also detailed explanations of the means of producing these statistics. It is...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Mary Fisher: 1992 Rnc Address: "A Whisper of Aids"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Mary Fisher's speech "A Whisper of Aids" presented at the 1992 Republican Convention on August 19, 1992, in Houston, Texas. She discusses the issue of HIV and AIDS and the need to remove the silence about it.
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Article
John Wiley & Sons

Concepts in Biochemistry: Cutting Edge: Aids Therapies

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, read about AIDS therapies. Diagrams and related web links are included.
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Article
Remedy Health Media

The Body: Rumors, Myths and Hoaxes About Hiv and Its Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
Very good debunking of a variety of misconceptions and myths about the HIV virus. Original resource from 2007 U. S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Handout
Cells Alive

Hiv Infection and Aids

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows the step by step process by which the HIV virus takes over a cell and makes copies of itself. Each explanation is animated.
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Article
Remedy Health Media

The Challenges of Being a Woman With a "Male Disease"

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the challenges of being a woman with a disease considered by many to be a "man's disease", hemophilia and HIV/Aids. Excellent information on how the disease affects women and the issues around having the disease. Original...
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Curated OER

Global Hiv/aids Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC provides a comprehensive look at the AIDS epidemic affecting Africa. Content includes an overview of the disease, a case study of South Africa, and more.

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