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Genetics

Eye color, hair color, height, and other traits as well as predisposition to certain diseases are all determined by genes. This sampling of resources take you into the world of heredity and genetics and the cutting edge technologies of cloning, gene therapy, and DNA forensics.

Format: bibliography/help

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.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Reading newspapers: Reader contributions

A learner's guide to reading letters to the editor and other reader contributions in historical newspapers.

Format: article/learner's guide

By Kathryn Walbert.

Poor Richard's Almanack

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.12

Excerpts from the alamanc published by Benjamin Franklin show what colonial Americans read and what topics interested them, including weather predictions, religion, history, astrology, and schedules of court dates. Includes both images of the original almanacs and transcriptions as well as historical commentary.

Format: magazine

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

The growth of tourism: Warm Springs

In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.9

Advertisement for Warm Springs (now Hot Springs) in Madison County, North Carolina, from the late nineteenth century. Includes historical commentary about the region, tourism, and nineteenth-century medicine.

Format: pamphlet

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A case study of "A Civil Action"

In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 3

This is a short, culminating activity that can be used to assess your students' understanding of the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and how it got that way, and to suggest possible methods of cleanup or remediation. Students review a portion of the film "A Civil Action" and identify the problem and the people involved. Students then take the role of environmental scientist and apply their knowledge of water and hazardous waste contamination to create a plan to help lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, try the case.

Format: (grade 9–12 Science)

By Michele Kloda.

Midwives and herbal medicine

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.3

Excerpts from the medicine recipe book of Rachel Allen, who lived near Snow Camp, North Carolina, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, show how residents of the backcountry treated wounds, illness, and disease.

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Resources on the web

Cancer risks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students describe environmental and hereditary factors that increase the chance of developing cancer. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Did You Ever Wonder?

Questions (and answers) from laboratory scientists on a variety of issues from dark energy to cells and cancer to toxic waste. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: U.S. Department of Energy and University of California

Night lights

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear why bright nighttime lights could be bad for women's health. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

NIH Curriculum Supplements - High School

This site provides additional resources for health science studies at the high school level, complete with: teacher resources and student activities. There is also a section that helps connect the supplements with chapters of popular high school texts. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: National Institue of Health

CELLS alive!

Using a variety of interactive features and neat graphics to illustrate the informative text, this website looks at Cell Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Microscopy. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: James A. Sullivan

BioInteractive

A collection of biology-focused teaching materials and activities that include virtual labs, videos, animations, and research articles. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Howard Hughes Medical Institute

National Institutes of Health Curriculum Supplements

Interactive teaching units in biology and health for students in 1st through 12th grades. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: National Institutes of Health office of Science Education