CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most B and T cells die after an infection has been brought under control. But some of them survive for many years. These long-lasting B and T cells are called memory...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines: Lesson 4
This lesson will explain how vaccines can be used to assist the body in producing antibodies towards certain diseases. It is 4 of 10 in the series titled "Vaccines."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how vaccines can be used to assist the body in producing antibodies towards certain diseases. It is 3 of 10 in the series titled "Vaccines."
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Mumps
Site about mumps: who is affected, when the most cases occur, treatment, and vaccines.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library: Benjamin Waterhouse, 1754 1846
Brief biographical facts on the medical career of Benjamin Waterhouse, the first doctor to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: Types of Vaccines
A three-part animation that explains the three types of vaccines - live attenuated vaccine, inactivated vaccine, and subunit vaccine.
National Health Museum
Vaccines: How and Why?
This article describes the history of vaccines, how they work, and how they are made. Includes a list of references, a glossary, and links to activities.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Vaccines: Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children?
Website dedicated to exploring controversial social issues presents research, video and commentary on the arguments for and against vaccinating children in the U.S.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Making Vaccines
Here's some virtual hands on experience for students. There are many types of vaccines and students may have a hard time understanding the processes. This interactive site requires the student to go through each procedure to make a type...
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: Using the History of Vaccines in the Classroom [Pdf]
The purpose of this lesson is to offer suggestions on how to use the History of Vaccines website in a high school biology or health class. This lesson plan provides students with a broad overview of the website, while other lesson plans...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Shots
Ouch! Shots hurt! Test knowledge of how shots keep us from getting sick.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.63 Immunity
Learn how vaccines create immunity against pathogenic infections.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Let's Stop Playing Politics With Vaccines
Let's stop playing politics with vaccines.
PBS
A Science Odyssey: Alexander Fleming 1881 1955
This site details the life and scientific contributions of Alexander Fleming. Fleming is noted for his work with "Salvarsan," and penicillin for which he was knighted in 1944 and awarded a Nobel Prize in 1945. Link available to simulated...
Read Works
Read Works: Healing Power
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who helped create a vaccination for small pox. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: How Vaccines Are Made
An animation showing the steps in creating a vaccine and preparing it for distribution.
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Influenza Virus Vaccine Safety & Availability
The FDA provides a brief description of flu symptoms, an overview of the high-risk groups that ought to get yearly flu vaccines, and links to articles and statistics on flu vaccines from the year 2000 to now.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Control of Viruses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how viruses can be controlled by vaccines and antiviral drugs.
Curated OER
Npr: Preparing for a Smallpox Outbreak
National Public Radio offers information on smallpox vaccinations, the "best chance to offset bioterror threat." Includes a brief description of the disease and its history.
Curated OER
Child With Smallpox
National Public Radio offers information on smallpox vaccinations, the "best chance to offset bioterror threat." Includes a brief description of the disease and its history.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Louis Pasteur
A chemist and biologist, born in dole, department of Jura, France, Dec. 27, 1822; died Sept. 28, 1895. He is known most famously for his demonstrations supporting the germ theory of disease and his vaccinations, most notably the first...