In this lesson, students research stem cells to learn how they function, the distinguishing characteristics of types of stem cells, and how stem cells may be manipulated by scientists to help bodies heal and regenerate unhealthy or damaged cells. In this lesson, students conduct a class-wide survey collecting, compiling, and analyzing data about fitness, weight loss, and body image issues. In this lesson, students will investigate the issues and solutions surrounding prescription drug coverage and America's elderly population. In this lesson, students explore scientific information about the West Nile virus in order to analyze the accuracy of their own background knowledge on the topic. Students investigate the relationship between the source of information and its credibility.
Students then assimilate their knowledge by planning a public health campaign about West Nile.
In this lesson, students create and conduct a community survey to evaluate the demographics of vegetarians in their community. Students compile data, create graphs, calculate percentages, and draw conclusions about their survey data. Students create an informational awareness pamphlet for other young people about the benefits and challenges of a vegetarian diet. In this lesson, students compare herbal and pharmaceutical remedies for common ailments. In this lesson, students explore why Americans failed to meet health goals for the year 2000 and ways in which Americans can shape up to meet the 2010 goals.