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Healing Fallen Warriors

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read ancient Greek texts to explore evidence for healing wounds and compare ancient healing practices to those of modern times.
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How Harmful Is It?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students complete a form that requires them to make decisions about how severely different types of marine debris affect people, animals, vessels, communities. Results are totaled and analyzed to determine which types of marine debris...
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Watch Your Thoughts! Diagnostic Imaging and the Brain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the structure and function of the brain and the diagnostic imaging technologies used in brain research. They complete a worksheet and discuss their findings.
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Open Wide, What's Inside?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the overall environment of the mouth and the structures inside.
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Drug Abuse and Addiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine data from animal experiments. They watch a Web site mini-documentary to explore how drugs cause long-term changes in the brain.
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Genetic Disease Symposium

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research simple and complex inheritance patterns, fetal development and the potential complications of teratogens, fetal and genetic testing, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic counseling.
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Biomechanics of Joints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate range of motion in human joints and the mechanical devices they emulate. They construct a human arm model with three joints which emulate the wrist, elbow and shoulder.
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Chromatography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study about chromatography, a process used to separate mixtures.
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Cold and Flu

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read about colds and influenza while practicing reading techniques.
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The Envelope Please

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Pupils examine and research the importance and functions of the skeletal system in vertebrates. They construct a 10-foot geodesic dome to illustrate the importance of architectural frameworks and create a clay animation movie.
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"How Sweet It Is: Awareness Today Can Defeat Diabetes Tomorrow"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explain the importance of having a healthy body and be inspired to make better choices. They research diabetes to become aware of its symptoms, dangers, and prevention. They identify the relationship between childhood obesity...
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Microarrays: Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Science and Medicine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research microarrays on the internet in cooperative groups. Students write an essay describing the use of microarrays in environmental research and in medicine.
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Inside Information

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners research and write reports about inventions and inventors. They develop graphic organizers to organize their information, and create reports on the impact of inventors and inventions.
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When One Beat Is Better Than Two

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create an individualized wellness plan that addresses these controllable health risk factors:obesity, high cholesterol level, high blood pressure and inactivity.
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Don't Delete Me

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore genetic disorders, which can be caused by a malfunction in a particular chromosome and how these can cause genetic mutation.
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What is a Medicine?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners brainstorm ideas about what makes a substance a "medicine" to determine their preconceptions about medicines. They evaluate whether certain substances should be defined as "medicines' and examine various systems of medicine.

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