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Topic: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Resource Grade Level Media Type
Build a Steroid  

Build a Steroid
In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the molecular structure of steroids. See the intermediate molecules that are part of the pathway for synthesizing cortisone from diosgenin.

9-12 Flash Interactive
HIV Immunity  

HIV Immunity
Although repeatedly exposed to HIV, Steve Crohn's blood cells were never infected. Dr. David Ho investigates in this video segment from NOVA: "Surviving AIDS."

9-12 QuickTime Video
Making Cortisone From Plants  

Making Cortisone From Plants
This video segment adapted from NOVA is a dramatized story of chemist Percy Julian’s work to synthesize cortisone. Find out how a biological process, not a chemical one, proved the key to producing cortisone in bulk.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Mouse Party  

Mouse Party
In this interactive activity from The University of Utah, examine the molecular mechanisms that affect the brains of mice on drugs. Learn how different drugs create different responses in the brain and alter the natural state of a mouse.

9-12 Flash Interactive
Nature's Pharmacy  

Nature's Pharmacy
In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about chemicals in nature that are used in medicine.

3-12 Flash Interactive
Ringed-Carbon Compounds  

Ringed-Carbon Compounds
In this interactive activity adapted from NOVA, learn about alkaloids and steroids, both examples of compounds with carbon rings. Short videos with interviews, animations, and photographs are featured.

9-12 Flash Interactive
RNAi Therapy  

RNAi Therapy
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about RNAi's potential to treat a wide range of genetic and infectious diseases.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Scientific Processes  

Scientific Processes
In this interactive activity adapted from NOVA, expand your understanding of the scientific process. Watch two videos featuring animations and interviews with scientists, and notice how the processes unfold and vary from one investigation to the other.

9-12 Flash Interactive
Synthesizing an Alkaloid  

Synthesizing an Alkaloid
In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, learn how chemist Percy Julian revolutionized chemistry by synthesizing the alkaloid physostigmine from scratch—the first total synthesis of a chemical compound.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Synthesizing a Steroid  

Synthesizing a Steroid
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, tells the story of chemist Percy Julian's quest to make progesterone from a plant steroid, an important medical advancement of the 1940s.

9-12 QuickTime Video