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Topic: Personal Health

Resource Grade Level Media Type
Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population  

Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population
In this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, learn how human populations in the Arctic are affected by industrial contaminants in the food chain.

5-12 QuickTime Video
DNA Databases  

DNA Databases
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" investigates the promises and concerns surrounding the use of DNA databases.

9-12 QuickTime Video
DNA Evidence  

DNA Evidence
This audio segment is a National Public Radio story on New York State's DNA profiling of criminals.

9-12 QuickTime Audio
DNA on the Witness Stand  

DNA on the Witness Stand
In this article, Dr. Eric Lander of the Human Genome Project comments on the use of DNA as an identification tool -- the theoretical versus the practical results.

9-12 PDF Document
Everyday Radiation  

Everyday Radiation
How much radiation are we exposed to every day? Find out in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Evolving Ideas: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?  

Evolving Ideas: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?
In this video from Evolution, an exploration of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the Russian prison system highlights one reason it is important to understand evolution.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Facts About Radiation  

Facts About Radiation
This document from the FRONTLINE Web site offers examples of everyday exposure to radiation.

6-12 HTML Document
A Family Disease  

A Family Disease
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explores the implications of genetic testing for breast cancer.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Finding Cures Is Hard  

Finding Cures Is Hard
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explains the difficulty of curing genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Finding Disease Genes  

Finding Disease Genes
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explains the process of finding genes that cause disease.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Function of Fever  

Function of Fever
Fevers are a sign of infection, but they may also be part of the cure. This drawing illustrates Matthew Kluger's lizard study, which supports the notion that fever can be beneficial.

6-12 JPEG Image
Genetic Modification  

Genetic Modification
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at the potential created by understanding the human genome.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Genetics: Tour of the Basics  

Genetics: Tour of the Basics
In this interactive activity from the University of Utah, identify different kinds of genetic traits and how they are passed on from generation to generation. View examples of simple and complex trait inheritance.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Genetic Therapy and Breast Tumors  

Genetic Therapy and Breast Tumors
This video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "On the Brink: Portraits of Modern Science" explores the genetics of breast cancer.

9-12 QuickTime Video
The Science Behind Appetite  

The Science Behind Appetite
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, tells the story of a ballerina battling anorexia. It explains how serotonin regulates appetite, and presents some of the health risks that accompany the eating disorder.

5-12 QuickTime Video
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
How Cancer Grows  

How Cancer Grows
Follow the growth of a carcinoma from initial mutation to widespread metastasis in this feature from the NOVA: "Cancer Warrior" Web site.

6-12 Flash Interactive
How Genetic Disorders Are Inherited  

How Genetic Disorders Are Inherited
Learn how genetic disorders are passed from parents to children as explained in this excerpt from Blazing a Genetic Trail, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

9-12 PDF Document
How to Conquer a Genetic Disease  

How to Conquer a Genetic Disease
In Blazing a Genetic Trail, by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, follow this three-step approach to treating genetic diseases.

9-12 PDF Document
Immune Cells in Action  

Immune Cells in Action
In this video segment from The Secret of Life Teaching Modules: "Nothing to Sneeze At: Viruses," watch as a virus attacks a cell, and learn how the immune system reacts to this onslaught.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Is Lactic Acid a Four Letter Word?  

Is Lactic Acid a Four Letter Word?
This essay by Patti and Warren Finke describes the process by which our bodies transform food energy into energy that our cells can use.

9-12 PDF Document
Is Love in Our DNA?  

Is Love in Our DNA?
Did evolution shape your taste in a mate? Take our interactive poll from Evolution.

9-12 HTML Interactive
Microbe Clock  

Microbe Clock
In this Evolution Web feature, learn how mutation and fast reproductive rates can allow deadly microbes to outpace medical breakthroughs.

9-12 Flash Interactive
Mirror Neurons  

Mirror Neurons
This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNow, introduces the latest research on a system of neurons that plays a part in how people relate to each other.

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
A Mutation Story  

A Mutation Story
This video segment describes the role of the sickle cell gene in natural selection. Footage courtesy of the PBS series Secret of Life: "Accidents of Creation."

6-12 QuickTime Video
One Wrong Letter  

One Wrong Letter
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" describes the genetics of Tay-Sachs disease.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Ozone Hole  

Ozone Hole
This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center gives a detailed explanation of the catalytic chemical process that has led to the creation of the ozone hole.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis  

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
This video segment from NOVA: "18 Ways to Make a Baby" describes a technique used to determine the health of a developing embryo.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Radon Radiation  

Radon Radiation
The biggest source of environmental radiation might be in your home. Find out more in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE.

6-12 QuickTime Video
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
Should We Create Babies by Design?  

Should We Create Babies by Design?
Should we attempt to control our heredity? Take our poll, developed for the Evolution Web site.

9-12 HTML Interactive
Sources of Radiation  

Sources of Radiation
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site explores sources of radiation, both harmful and beneficial, natural and manmade.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Stem Cell Debate  

Stem Cell Debate
This essay from the NOVA "Life's Greatest Miracle" Web site explores the debate over the use of embryonic stem cells in scientific research.

9-12 HTML Document
Stem Cells: Seeds of Hope?  

Stem Cells: Seeds of Hope?
This video explores the basic scientific and ethical questions surrounding the use of stem cells in medical research.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Sweaty T-shirts and Human Mate Choice  

Sweaty T-shirts and Human Mate Choice
This video segment from Evolution: "Why Sex?" explores the "sweaty T-shirt experiment," which showed that humans may unconsciously be drawn toward a specific kind of genetic variation in a mate.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Three Ways to Check a Fetus's Chromosomes  

Three Ways to Check a Fetus's Chromosomes
This figure from Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications by Ricki Lewis identifies techniques used to collect cells from fetuses for genetic testing.

9-12 JPEG Image
Understanding Gene Testing  

Understanding Gene Testing
In this article by the National Cancer Institute and the National Center for Human Genome Research, find answers to your questions about genetic testing.

9-12 PDF Document
Viewpoints: Harvest of Fear  

Viewpoints: Harvest of Fear
What do the experts say about genetically modified (GM) foods? Read these interview excerpts from the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site to find out.

9-12 HTML Document