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Topic: Public Health

Resource Grade Level Media Type
Bubonic Plague  

Bubonic Plague
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about bubonic plague and how city officials in San Francisco tried to contain its spread in the early 1900s.

K-12 QuickTime Video
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
Dengue Virus Invades a Cell  

Dengue Virus Invades a Cell
In this visualization adapted from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, discover the role that dengue viral proteins play in a human cell as the virus prepares to replicate.

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
Double Immunity  

Double Immunity
Dr. Stephen O'Brien of the National Cancer Institute discovers a 700-year-old mutation that makes a person resistant to HIV infection. From Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race."

9-12 QuickTime Video
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
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
Motorcycles for Health  

Motorcycles for Health
In this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival, health care workers in The Gambia learn to use and maintain motorcycles in order to travel to isolated villages with a uniquely designed ambulance attachment that can mean the difference between life and death.

3-12 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
Nuclear Reaction: Searching for Safety  

Nuclear Reaction: Searching for Safety
This text excerpted from Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology by Robert Pool and reprinted on the FRONTLINE Web site looks at the impact of nuclear power.

6-12 HTML Document
Romiya Glover  

Romiya Glover
In this video from Science City, meet Romiya Glover, a chemist who develops products for HIV/AIDS testing. She describes the multidisciplinary nature of her job, how she decided to go into science, and how her work benefits others.

6-12 MPEG 4 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
Pellagra  

Pellagra
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about pellagra, a mysterious and deadly disease that affected the American South in the early 20th century, and how a scientist experimented to find a cure.

6-12 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
Simple Solutions  

Simple Solutions
Amy Smith is an engineer who designs simple and inexpensive solutions to real-world problems. This video produced for Teachers' Domain features her innovative design for testing the safety of drinking water in the developing world.

3-12 QuickTime Video
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