National Institute of Environmental Health

Tour the National institute of Environmental Health campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and learn about environmental health as well as career options for those who are interested in going into the field of biomedical research.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/tours/

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• FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence A vast collection of teaching and learning resources for the arts, educational technology, foreign languages, health and safety, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science, social studies, and vocational education.
• Lesson plan: DNA chips Students conduct activities from a module called “DNA Chips: A Genetics Lab in the Palm of Your Hand.” This module is part of the National Institutes of Health Snapshots series, which focuses on a single area of biomedical research to help students understand how science, people, ethics, and history all fit together.
• Tox Town Learn about environmental health concerns in urban and rural settings.
• NIEHS Environmental Health Science Education Educators, students and scientists will find classroom materials and other resources which will help increase the awareness of the “link between the environment and human health.”

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• Learn more about Durham County, North Carolina, air quality, alcohol, asthma, cancer, chemicals, chromium, dioxin, disease prevention, drinking water, electro-magnetic fields, environmental diseases, environmental science, epidemiology, genomes, genomics, health, lead, nicotine, obesity, organ systems, pesticides, poisons, pollution, radiofrequency radiation, science, state government, tobacco, toxicology, and transgenics.

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The National institute of Environmental Health is a United States Government research facility which works toward “using environmental sciences to help people live longer and healthier lives.” The facility, which is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, offers educational outreach for K-12 teachers and their students through tours at the facility and NIEHS staff visits to the classroom.

Tours which take place on weekdays during normal business hours last from approximately 1 to 3 hours and deal with a wide range of environmental health topics. Students can also learn about career options in biomedical research. Guided tours also include a video, a hands-on demonstration, a brief overview of a specific research initiative from one of their senior scientists, a 30 minute presentation, and a discussion of their K-12 education program resources and classroom activities.

For classes which cannot come to the facility and are within a 50 mile radius of the Institute, a member of the NIEHS staff will come to the classroom. The program consists of “a general overview that includes a discussion of the Institute’s mission and programs, and a more focused presentation package that covers a specific research agenda.”

If you would like to learn more about these classroom opportunities or simply arrange for a visit, contact Dr. Marian Johnson-Thompson, Office of Education and Biomedical Research Development at (919) 541-4265 or e-mail johnso21@niehs.nih.gov, or call Lou Rozier, NIEHS Office of Communications at (919) 541-1993 or e-mail rozier@niehs.nih.gov.

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