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Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Emerging Diseases: New and Old [Pdf]
Start thinking about how to help make the world a safer place by studying biotechnology, in particular proteomics and genome study.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Graphing the Spread of Disease
Students simulate disease transmission by collecting data based on their proximity to other students. One option for measuring proximity is by having Bluetooth devices "discover" each other. After data is collected, students apply graph...
New York State Dept. of Health
New York State Department of Health: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
From the New York State Department of Health, a communicable disease fact sheet on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Tracking the Health Effects of Natural Disasters
Students examine the impact of natural disasters, such as flooding, on public health, and study diseases and other secondary conditions associated with stagnant water. Lesson includes resources for students to research epidemics and...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Trichinosis
Fact sheet, which is provided for by the Center for Disease Control, concerning trichinosis.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Pathogens
An interactive, self-guided lesson on pathogens and microorganisms. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well as diagrams to help with understanding. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Timeline
An interactive timeline of important events in medical technology history. Click on an event to read more about a notable event or famous person who studied medicine. Includes a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
Other
Frontline: Zika Uncontained
A comprehensive news report about the Zika virus in Brazil. Zika is a serious concern because of how rapidly it is spreading throughout the world and the dangers it brings.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Personas Que No Deben Recibir La Vacuna Contra La Viruel
This site covers what type of people should not get the smallpox vaccine. This information is also available in English.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: How Vaccines Work [Pdf]
The purpose of this lesson is to relate the action of vaccines to the human immune system. In this lesson, students will explore infectious disease and immunity and learn how vaccines help the body defend itself against infectious diseases.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Bubonic Plague
Wikipedia offers detailed information on the Bubonic Plague, an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics throughout history.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Model How Herd Immunity Works
In this activity, you will find out how immunizations can limit the spread of an infectious disease up to a point where the whole population is protected through herd immunity.
Other
Suicide Following Recovery From Brain Injury
This site provides information on addressing the potential for suicide following the recovery from brain injury and other non-communicable diseases, such as Lou Gehrig's disease.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Processes on Complex Networks
Building on their understanding of graphs, students are introduced to random processes on networks. They walk through an illustrative example to see how a random process can be used to represent the spread of an infectious disease, such...
Other
Agius: Arthropods of Medical Significance
An overview of how arthropods play a very important role in influencing human health; they may act as vectors of infectious disease.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: It's a Connected World: The Beauty of Network Science
Students learn about complex networks and how to use graphs to represent them. They also learn that graph theory is a useful part of mathematics for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, including...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Infectious Disease: Bacterial Conjugation
Learn how bacteria can transfer genetic material to other bacteria through conjugation. [0:23]
University of Utah
University of Utah: Pictures of Patients With Scabies
This site, from a medical institution at the University of Utah provides pictures of the mite, as well as people with various infestations of the disease. (Strong stomach advised!)
Rice University
Rice University: Med Myst: Medical Mysteries on the Web
Two problem-solving detective games, each with its own series of missions, involve players in microbiological investigations into the causes and spread of diseases. Concepts covered include disease pathology, Koch's principles, immune...
Utah Education Network
Uen: What Did I Touch Today?
In this lesson, young scholars will assess what items in the classroom are touched the most. Students will investigate germs and distinguish between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Biology: Introductory Biology
College-level introductory biology course focusing on the application of the fundamental principles of human biology. Course topics include genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, disease (infectious agents, inherited diseases and...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Yellow Jackie: Outbreak
Interactive mystery about a disease outbreak. Students investigate an outbreak of a disease on board a ship by interviewing people, consulting medical reference, and observer other clues to determining what disease is causing the outbreak.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?
Good basic explanation of what this disease is, how it affects people who have it, and what treatments doctors and nurses use to help.
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Orientation at o.r.b
In this online learning adventure game, students get an introduction to infectious diseases, pathogens and the immune system. They will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the...