Life - Organisms

• The origin of life:
  • a Gowin's V diagram [pdf document - 2 MB]
  • A clue to build the knowledge claim [pdf document]
• Microbiology [pdf document]
• Bacteria [pdf document]
• Beneficial bacteria [pdf document]
• Harmful bacteria [pdf document]
• Viruses [pdf document]
• Viruses: mutation [pdf document]
• Article #01
  • Information [pdf document]
  • Proposed solution [pdf document]
• Article #01
  • Information [pdf document]
  • Proposed solution [pdf document]

Immunolgy

• The immune system [pdf document]
• Immunity and vaccination [pdf document]
• Body defense [pdf document]
• Immunology [pdf document]

Diseases - Drugs

• Antibiotics [pdf document]
• Article: Is plague still a killer?
  • Article [pdf document]
  • Answer [pdf document]

Habits

• The food pyramid [pdf document]

Genetics

• Introduction to DNA [pdf document]
• Chromosomes, Genes and DNA [pdf document]
• The human genome
  • Part 1 [pdf document]
  • Part 2 [pdf document]
• Cloning [pdf document]
• Stem Cells
  • Theory [pdf document]
  • Video [web]
  • Transcription [pdf document]
• The moral status of human embryos [pdf document]

Websites

• A Stem Cell Story [EuroStemCell]
  • web page & video [here]
  • transcription [pdf document]
• Cell culture [video]
• Conversations: Science, ethics and stem cells [video]
• Understanding Embryonic Stem Cells [here]
• HHMI Interactive [here]

Bacteria

• Bacteria: the simplest organisms [video]
• Bacteria: three types [video]
• Bacteria are everywhere [video]
• Bacteria: beneficial bacteria [video]
• Bacteria: harmful bacteria [video]
• Bacteria & Blue Green Algae [video]

Viruses

• The microscopic world: viruses [video]
• Introduction to viruses [video]
• The electron microscope and viruses [video]
• Defining viruses [video]
• How viruses work [video]
• Vaccines [video]
• Antibodies [video]
• Mutations in viruses [video]
• The polio panic [video]
• HIV and AIDS [video]
• An inside look at the flu:
  • catching the flu virus [video]
  • the flu vaccine [video]
  • losing the war [video]
  • pain with a purpose [video]
• the fever front [video]
• the role of antibodies [video]
• B cells are winning [video]
• Ravages of rotavirus [video]
• The influenza pandemic of 1918 [video]
• Smallpox and the age of exploration [video]
• Efforts to eradicate smallpox [video]
• Discovering and treating new diseases [video]

Fungi

• Fungi: introduction[video]
• Fungi: structure [video]

Immunity - Vaccination

• Immunity and vaccination [video]
• The immunity system [video]
• Phagocytosis and Bacterial Pathogens [external flash document]

Genetics

• The importance of DNA [video]
• Introduction to DNA [video]
• Chromosomes, genes and DNA [video]
• Replication of DNA [video]
• The genetic code [video]
• RNA and protein synthesis [video]
• Mutations and genetic code [video]
• Genetic engineering and gene therapy [video]