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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ›
Robert Gardner: Teaching Scientific Inquiry ›
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Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust ›
The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America’s Lost Grasslands ›
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Henrietta Lacks
In this lesson, students explore the issue of ethics in medical research and, in particular, the issue of informed consent, in the context of Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells.
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The Frog Scientist
This lesson introduces students to Dr. Tyrone Hayes, a biologist who is using a combination of scientific fieldwork and lab experimentation to understand how a commonly used pesticide is damaging both frogs and their habitats.
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The Wild Trees
This lesson addresses the diversity of scientific research in the context of the story of how researchers learned about the giant redwoods in Northwestern California.
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Magic School Bus
This lesson should help students understand both the physical forces behind climate change, and the social responses to it as a means to preserve the health of people, the state of cities, island nations, and organisms.
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