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    Module
      Page
      Type

    Aspirin Adventures
      Aspirin Detectives
      paper activity
      Aspirin Intrigue
      reading
      Drug Source Challenge
      paper activity
      A Festival of Analgesics
      reading
      Hoffmann, We Have a Problem
      reading
      Painkilling Candy
      lab activity
      Polymers vs. Pain
      reading
      Real or Phony?
      lab activity
      Salsa Analgesica
      reading
      Timeline of Discovery
      reading

    Magic Bullets: Chemistry vs. Cancer
      Cancer Chemotherapy:
      A Chemical Needle in a Haystack
      reading
      Cancer Chemotherapy: A Timeline
      reading
      Cancer Detectives: A Class Simulation
      lab activity
      Cyber Scavenger Hunt
      internet activity
      The Gene Factor—Genetics: A Timeline
      reading
      The Gene Factor—Mary-Claire King: Prevention Pioneer
      reading
      George Hitchings: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Gertrude Belle Elion: a Lifeline
      reading
      Methods of Treatment: Choosing a Weapon
      reading
      Paul Ehrlich: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Separating Cherry Cola: A Simulation
      lab activity

    Antibiotics in Action
      Alexander Fleming: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Brewing for Millennia: Fermentation in History
      reading
      Culturing Bacteria: Isolation and Identification
      lab activity
      Digging for a Cure
      reading
      Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown:
      Pharmaceutical Achievers
      reading
      Gallons of Prevention Are Worth 300 mg of Cure
      reading
      Honey—Yes, UFOs—No
      reading
      Howard Florey and Ernst Chain: Pharmaceutical Achievers
      reading
      Medicine from Dirt: Isolating Actinomycetes
      lab activity
      Mold is for Wimps: Antibiotics from Big Scary Reptiles
      reading
      Name That Actinomycete: Isolating Soil Organisms
      lab activity
      Salt: The First Antibiotic
      reading


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