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Introduction to Biomedical Science/Medical Interventions

Health Career Exploration
 
 
Unit 3: Cancer
 
Please read pages 1 - 7 of this packet (to "what Causes Cancer?") - Cell Biology and Cancer
 
 
 

Unit 2: Bacteria, Viruses and Infectious Disease
 
Rx for Survival - Rise of the Superbug -Video  
   Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxhlQZvPzs0
 
 
    Questions to be turned in on Wednesday, November 1st 
 
 
Project - Defending a Claim - Bacteria Friend or Foe? 
 
 
 
Flu Comic - No Ordinary Flu
 
 
 
 
Unit 1:  Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences
 
Power Point - Medical Terminology 
  
Unit 1 - Introduction to Disease and Body Systems 
Power Point -  Introduction to Pathology 
 
Medical Imaging Lesson Resources
 
 
 
 
 
 
Power point Notes - Diagnostic Processes  -   Diagnostic Resources  
 
Medicine Advertising -  
 
 
Basics of Drug Ads
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/PrescriptionDrugAdvertising/ucm072077.htm
 
• Product Claim Ad
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/PrescriptionDrugAdvertising/ucm082284.htm
 
• Persuasive Techniques in Advertising (page 2 only)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1166/PersuasiveTechniques.pdf
 
 
 CRISPR
 
 
 Questions to Answer:
     In one sentence, what is your understanding of CRISPR (what is it?)
 
     What are the arguments for proceeding with CRISPR technology?  What are the arguments expressed concerning the limitations of this technology?
 
     What are your opinions about how this technology should be used? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kidney - Anatomical Structure Video (Khan Academy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctGkLYuUCvU 
 
How the Kidney Functions Resources:
     Why are kidneys important? - https://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/howkidneyswrk 
 
 
      Parts of a Nephron - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vBJkK4eocA 
 
 
 
 
 
        
Urinalysis Reading Resources:
 
       Video Clip - How Urine is Formed by the Kidneys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlCnFUSWmLQ 
 
 
       Urinalysis Test Results Interpretation - Results Document 
 
       Urinalysis Worksheet - Introduction to Urinalysis Worksheet  
 
 
Lab: Simulating Urinalysis - Microscopic Images for Patients 
 
Complete Blood Count Lab Activity - Patient Microscopic Smears
    - Patient Normal Normal
    - Patient BT - BT 
    - Patient AL - AL
 
Video: How Stuff Works - How Blood is Processed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpf2sJJfW3M 
 
 
 
 
 
Unit 2: Bacteria, Viruses and Infectious Disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Career Research Project - Cover Letters and Resumes
 
 
 
 
Teenage Brain in Search of Itself Webquest Links:
 
Part A:  The Big Picture
 
 
 
Part B: A Close Up Picture 
 
 
 
   Neurotransmitters 
 
 
Part C: Getting the Picture
 
 
 
 
Notes -  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unit 2 - Cardiovascular System
 
Blood Pressure - Virtual Lab 
 
 
 
 
Unit 3 - Cancer
 
Video - Cancer: The Emperor of Maladies  http://video.pbs.org/video/2365450686/ 
 
Cancer Research Project - Cancer Research Project 
 
Video - Cancer: The Emperor of Maladies - Achilles Heel  http://video.pbs.org/video/2365450734/
 
Notes: Cancer 
 
 
 
EKG Webquest Links:
 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZ4daFwMa8

 
 
Then do the following:
 
 
Notes:  Heart Conduction 
 
Notes:   
 
Unit 4 - Infectious Disease 
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                
          Resource:  Video Link - Hemorrhagic Fever and the CDC
                http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda901/marburg.html
 
 
   
 
            Notes - Unit 1: Introduction to Disease 
 
            Bacteria, Viruses and Immunology Web Lesson
               Links:
                     Part 1 http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/virus-human.htm 
                                 http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter18/animation_quiz_2.html
                                 http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter18/animation_quiz_3.html 
                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1GODinO8w 
                     Part 3: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/AIDS/response.html
                     Part 5: http://www.cellsalive.com/phage.htm 
                     Part 6: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/vacc_smallpox.html 
                     Conclusion: http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html 
 
Skin Cancer Webquest Links
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scenario 1 - Suggested Links
 
 
 
 
 
Scenario 2 - Suggested Links