Pbs Teachers: Uninsured in America

The culture of baseball in Japan is expressed very differently from baseball in America. Explore sports as an expression of culture and transmitted values by comparing the two. This is a trailer for a documentary on Japanese baseball....

The first part of this article by PBS on the Miss America pageants can be used in a health class when it's time to talk about body image. There are links to related articles. There are some great questions for discussion. There are ideas...

Opioid use has been declared a national health emergency as overdose deaths from abusing opioids such as oxycodone, morphine and heroin, have skyrocketed in recent years. This class of drugs was once used only to treat severe pain...

Examine how vaccines generate immune responses against pathogens in the body by creating six vaccines in this virtual laboratory.

How do you read a nutritional label? Help high schoolers practice reading nutritional labels on foods so they can calculate the calories in different types of foods. They will also examine the effects of fat on the body and the link to...

Simulate the spread of germs and explore current issues in the field of medicine such as the placebo effect, contraception and myths and facts about AIDS. Describe how pandemics have changed history, and discover how x-rays and...

Examine one's values in regard to sex and sexuality. Explore peer pressure as it relates to sexual activity, and learn ways to combate peer pressure to say no to sex.

Examine the facets of fire safety and analyze the fire safety features of public and private buildings in the community.

Examine how physical activity and sports are depicted in movies and on television. Hypothesize how images of physical activity and sports depictions in entertainment can influence young people's attitudes and behaviors.

Investigate medical research in producing (culturing) artificial organs, such as livers, on silicon chips. Test how the surface coating of a substrate affects the success of a biofilm.