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“You’ve got cooties!” is a traditional taunt between children on the playground. Although children’s avoidance of “boy or girl” germs is not scientifically based, students have an innate understanding that transmission…
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Making Sense of Sickle Cell Disease
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Medical Metaphor Mixer: Modeling Infectious Diseases
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This model-building activity helps learners visualize SI’s base-ten relationships; the connections between the meter, liter, and gram; the real-world relevance of mathematics to science; and the somewhat abstract…
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Communic–Able: Writing to Learn About Emerging Diseases
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High school students in a seven-week writing-intensive project at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health serve as research apprentices. This project focuses on students in need of additional…
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This article discusses an innovative approach to science education focused on engaging students through authentic learning experiences and hands-on activities. It emphasizes the importance of linking classroom…
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Faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS University) recognized the potential benefits for collaborative teaching and learning across disciplines. Research and development of an “…
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What Makes Them Tick? Middle School Data Science Explorations of Ticks and Lyme Disease
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Exploring cause and effect through a disease model.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Under Scrutiny
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After reading a newspaper article on Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable medical problem involving gradual and debilitating loss of memory, students examine the key elements of the scientific method as conveyed in the…
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The Surprising Patterns of Health and Disease
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Learn how connecting seemingly unrelated patterns can lead to unexpected scientific discoveries.
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Outbreak! Cells, Pathogens, and Disease
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Explore pandemics with this series of mini–learning cycle activities.
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