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Why did you send me a virus?

A primer on viruses, worms, and how to protect yourself on the Internet.

Format: article

By Ross White.

Acceptable use policy for online courses

Policies governing the acceptable and unacceptable use of email, messaging clients, and online dicussion areas by students taking online courses through LEARN NC.

Format: article/help

Advantages and concerns of handheld technologies for school use

Handheld computers offer advanatages over full-sized, varied-functioning computers, but they also raise concerns. Here are some issues to consider before deciding that they are right for your school.

Diseases throughout human history

Students will trace the historical impact of disease on humankind and research key events in the history of disease.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Greg Mitchell.

Health and the Human Body

How do the cells in different systems of the human body differ in form and function? Explore human body systems, their cellular components, and biological hazards that affect your body's health.

Format: bibliography/help

Understanding stress

Students will learn about short term and long term effects of stress, and play "Stress Attack" to observe physiological responses to stress. Three stress-relieving exercises will be practiced. A simple activity before and after the exercises will demonstrate the effectiveness of the exercises.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)

By Pat Nystrom.

Microbiology: Bacteria in our environment

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.5

In this lesson, students will learn about bacterial cells and will participate in a lab measuring the growth of bacterial colonies.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Disease and catastrophe

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.3

Of all the kinds of life exchanged when the Old and New Worlds met, lowly germs had the greatest impact. Europeans and later Africans brought smallpox and a host of other diseases with them to America, where those diseases killed as much as 90 percent of the native population of two continents. Europeans came away lucky -- with only a few tropical diseases from Africa and, probably, syphilis from the New World. In America, disease destoyed civilizations.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

Estuaries in North Carolina: A primer

Estuaries are places near the coast where freshwater and saltwater mix. Influenced by ocean forces yet partly sheltered from them, estuaries have unique and fascinating ecologies. This article explains what estuaries are, their geology and role in the larger...

By Waverly Harrell and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.

Good medicine

Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)

By Leslie Ramsey.

Resources on the web

Germy surfaces

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear Dr. Don Goldmann, an infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital in Boston, discuss the transmission of cold and flu viruses. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 4 )

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Smallest thing

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about the challenge of selecting the smallest living creature, based on how we define such an organism. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Infection Detection Protection

Microbes, bacteria, infection and the flu... how biological hazards can make you sick and what you can do to prevent it. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: American Museum of Natural History

Antibacterial pollution

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about the potential environmental effects of common household products. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

DNA from the Beginning

A textbook-like resource organized around key concepts: classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control. The science behind each concept is explained with animation, image galleries, video interviews, problems, biographies,... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: DNA Learning Center at Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory

Phage comeback

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how the overprescription and misuse of antibiotics has fueled the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

NetSmartz

This website is devoted to online safety for children and teens. Provides information, games, and activites for students, as well as educational materials for teachers and parents. Educational materials include videos, activity cards, presentations, and true... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Boys & Girls Clubs of America

LIFE: From diversity to DNA

A collection of four units for seventh and eighth grade science covering human body systems, genetics, cells, and microbes and disease. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science)

Provided by: Kenan Fellows for Curriculum and Leadership Development

Newton BBS

Ask a scientist a question or browse the answers to previously answered questions in categories such as astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, mathematics, and zoology. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Argonne National Laboratory