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Women in medicine: Past and future

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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Advanced Placement Biology and Biology

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Appropriate grades
9–12
Subjects
science (general, biology and life science), thinking skills (critical literacy), diverse learners (gender issues, race and culture)
Provider
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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In this lesson, students explore the scientific enterprise in relation to the role of women in science as it has developed over the last 150 years. This lesson has a focus on social justice in that it extends students’ prior knowledge of the contributions of women and racial minorities. Students compare the careers of two women engaged in medical research in two centuries. Students will also learn about xenotransplanation, the use of animal organs and tissues for transplant into human patients. Science NetLinks provides a links to the “Women in Medicine” student E-Sheet and the stories of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor and Suzanne Ildstad, a researcher in the area of xenotransplants, which are found on the National Institutes of Health website. The lesson plan also suggests questions for class discussion and opportunities for extending research, and provides links to web resources that focus on minority achievement in the field of science.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grades 9–12 — Advanced Placement Biology

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
    • Objective 1.01: Identify questions and create hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
  • Goal 2: The learner will develop an understanding of cells as the structural and functional units of life.
    • Objective 2.05: Examine past and present research on cells, their structure and function.

Grades 9–12 — Biology

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
    • Objective 1.01: Identify biological questions and problems that can be answered through scientific investigations.
  • Goal 3: The learner will develop an understanding of the continuity of life and the changes of organisms over time.
    • Objective 3.04: Assess the impact of advances in genomics on individuals and society.
      • Human genome project.
      • Applications of biotechnology.