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Ideas from Teachers
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Anatomy and Physiology
Brain Eater, The
If you wish to find out how to make your own inexpensive (I bought
my materials at a discount hardware store), easily made, yet highly
effective demonstration model...
Cancer Warrior
I use NOVA's "Cancer Warrior" program as a starting point for a
discussion of how gene expression, mitosis, chemical communication,
and regulation all combine to produce cancer...
Coma
I teach grades K-4 in a gifted program. Next semester we will study
the brain. I plan on using NOVA's "Coma" Web site in several ways...
Cut to the Heart
I used the school's LCD to display the Web site and used the site as
a springboard to teach the objective...
Ebola -- The Plague Fighters
To help your students understand what viruses look like and how they
reproduce, you can make models in the classroom...
Everest -- The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine
Immediately prior to beginning our mini-unit on Everest I located a
man who was a climber and he brought in slides and his climbing
equipment...
Killer's Trail, The
I developed three lessons based on two PBS Web sites. First, my
students studied the relationship between DNA and proteins with the
"A Science Odyssey" Web site's "DNA Workshop" interactive...
Life's Greatest Miracle
Provide students with the Developmental Chart student handout and
then watch the video in class. Then provide students with the Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Fact and Case Studies student handouts...
NOVA scienceNOW: RNAi
While watching the program, or afterward, create a flow chart that
shows the steps scientists have taken that have led to understanding
how RNAi functions in the cell...
NOVA scienceNOW: Stem Cells
This lesson plan utilizes the students as narrators and a cast of
characters as they deal with the upcoming event of birth...
Science Odyssey, A: Matters of Life and Death
I developed three lessons based on two PBS Web sites. First, my
students studied the relationship between DNA and proteins with the
"A Science Odyssey" Web site's "DNA Workshop" interactive...
Special Effects -- Titanic and Beyond
There is no official place in my curriculum for this material, but
I'm going to make room in the schedule for NOVA's "Special Effects
-- Titanic and Beyond" program...
Surviving AIDS
We are studying viruses and bacteria in class. I showed the NOVA
"Surviving AIDS" program today and the kids really stayed focused...
Universe Within, The
I show the immune system section of NOVA's "The Universe Within"
program and have students define the following terms as they watch
the program...
Development
Life's Greatest Miracle
Provide students with the Developmental Chart student handout and
then watch the video in class. Then provide students with the Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Fact and Case Studies student handouts...
NOVA scienceNOW: Stem Cells
This lesson plan utilizes the students as narrators and a cast of
characters as they deal with the upcoming event of birth...
Secret of the Wild Child
I introduce the notion of language acquisition and lead to a
discussion of language and the ways in which we use it in verbal
interaction...
Disease
Bioterror
Right after 9/11 I used NOVA's "Bioterror" program as a springboard
for discussions about the anthrax scare. Now I use it right before
our virus/bacteria unit to begin discussions about anthrax and other
featured viruses and bacteria...
Cancer Warrior
I use NOVA's "Cancer Warrior" program as a starting point for a
discussion of how gene expression, mitosis, chemical communication,
and regulation all combine to produce cancer...
Cracking the Code of Life
Cracking the Code of Life is divided into 16 sections online. If
students are watching online, the divisions are clear on the Web
site. If watching a videotape or DVD, the breaks are easy to
follow...
Life's Greatest Miracle
Provide students with the Developmental Chart student handout and
then watch the video in class. Then provide students with the Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Fact and Case Studies student handouts...
NOVA scienceNOW: RNAi
While watching the program, or afterward, create a flow chart that
shows the steps scientists have taken that have led to understanding
how RNAi functions in the cell...
Search for a Safe Cigarette
We have incorporated NOVA's "Search for a Safe Cigarette" program
into a cross-curricular plan that includes material from the history
of tobacco to the economics involved with the industry...
Surviving AIDS
We are studying viruses and bacteria in class. I showed the NOVA
"Surviving AIDS" program today and the kids really stayed focused...
Medicine
NOVA scienceNOW: RNAi
While watching the program, or afterward, create a flow chart that
shows the steps scientists have taken that have led to understanding
how RNAi functions in the cell...
NOVA scienceNOW: Stem Cells
This lesson plan utilizes the students as narrators and a cast of
characters as they deal with the upcoming event of birth...
Surviving AIDS
We are studying viruses and bacteria in class. I showed the NOVA
"Surviving AIDS" program today and the kids really stayed focused...
Warriors of the Amazon
We're teaching an integrated unit on tropical rain forests...
Nutrition
Terror in Space
I use the following recipe to introduce the idea that space food is
probably something that doesn't need to be cooked or put together
and needs to be simple and nutritious...
Public Health
Life's Greatest Miracle
Provide students with the Developmental Chart student handout and
then watch the video in class. Then provide students with the Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Fact and Case Studies student handouts...
Search for a Safe Cigarette
We have incorporated NOVA's "Search for a Safe Cigarette" program
into a cross-curricular plan that includes material from the history
of tobacco to the economics involved with the industry...
Surviving AIDS
We are studying viruses and bacteria in class. I showed the NOVA
"Surviving AIDS" program today and the kids really stayed focused...
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