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    Science, Society, and Health

    Module
      Page
      Type

    Aspirin Adventures
      Aspirin Detectives
      paper activity
      Aspirin Intrigue
      reading
      Aspirin Label
      paper activity
      Before Aspirin
      reading
      Compare the Painkillers
      paper activity
      Digging for a Cure
      reading
      Drug Source Challenge
      paper activity
      Due Credit for Arthur Eichengrün
      reading
      Felix Hoffmann
      reading
      A Festival of Analgesics
      reading
      Hoffmann, We Have a Problem
      reading
      Medicine: What is Safe?
      paper activity
      Real or Phony?
      lab activity
      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
      simulation activity
      Cyber Scavenger Hunt
      internet activity
      The Gene Factor: Family History
      readings and activities
      George Hitchings: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Gertrude Belle Elion: a Lifeline
      reading
      In a Puff of Smoke: Preventing Lung Cancer
      readings and activities
      Methods of Treatment: Choosing a Weapon
      reading
      Michael B. Sporn: Prevention Pioneer
      reading
      Paul Ehrlich: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      See It Now Part 1: Interpreting a Graph
      paper activity
      See It Now Part 2: Interpreting Pie Charts
      paper activity
      See It Now Part 3: Making a Bar Graph
      paper activity
      Sun and Clouds: Preventing Skin Cancer
      readings and activities
      Taxol and Yew: A WebQuest Senate Debate
      internet activity
      You Become What You Eat: The Nutrition Factor
      readings and activities

    Antibiotics in Action
      Alexander Fleming: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Bugs Fighting Back: Basics of Bacterial Resistance
      reading
      Digging for a Cure
      reading
      Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Pharmaceutical Achiever
      reading
      Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown:
      Pharmaceutical Achievers
      reading
      Evolution and Disease
      reading
      Gallons of Prevention: Worth 300 Milligrams of Cure
      reading
      Howard Florey and Ernst Chain: Pharmaceutical Achievers
      readings
      Honey—Yes, UFOs—No
      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
      Resistance in Bacteria
      lab activity
      Salt: The First Antibiotic
      reading


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