The EHP Science Education Program comprises an EHP Student Edition of news articles published in EHP and environmental health science lessons based on selected articles. Lessons are aligned with National Science Education Standards in biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, and physical science, and are targeted at students in grades 9-12. The EHP Student Edition and corresponding lessons (as well as individual news articles) can be downloaded for FREE from this website. We invite all educators to use this resource and provide us with your feedback.
Population Growth: Get the Word Out Students design their own health communication campaigns to fight poverty, encourage the use of health services, reduce consumption, and protect environmental resources.
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Word Up: Empowering Your Vocabulary Students read a news article about the struggle of indigenous peoples to maintain their autonomy way of life and complete a crossword with challenging words from the article.
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Mapping Solutions for Obesity Students brainstorm solutions to the childhood obesity problem and develop exercise routes of various distances on a local community map.
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GM Foods: Are the Risks Real? Students rank various health risks and look at one of these risks, genetically modified foods, in terms of health consequences and the need for consumer labeling.
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October 2005
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Protein Puzzles Students build a 3-D model of an insulin protein and investigate how protein structure relates to allergens, insulin resistance, and mad cow disease.
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Consider the Source Students learn how to critically analyze information sources to make educated decisions about an environmental health issue.
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On Hens and Needles Construct a PMI (Plus/Minus/Implications) table to help guide the decisions health officials must make as they combat the spread of the H5N1 Avian Flu virus.
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Unequal Housing, Unequal Health Students identify environmental health/built environment issues within their own community and generate real solutions that could be implemented individually or as a class.
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Risk Factor Roulette Identify risk factors which impact whether or not we get sick from our environment--our genes are just part of the picture.
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Streamside Schematic Students complete a diagram illustrating the elements of streamside ecology that help protect water quality.
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May 2005
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What's Your Hypothesis? Students develop a hypothesis about the connection between air pollution and cardiovascular disease and then test this hypothesis using statistical analysis (Pearson's r).
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Water Alchemy Students conduct an experiment to simulate how alum and hydrated lime remove suspended particles to help to purify drinking water.
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Coco Locomotion Students practice computation and unit conversions using fuel efficiency and type as topics of interest.
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Decibel Dilemma Students collect personal noise exposure data and then use their data and information from the article to determine their risk for hearing loss.
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A Whiff of Danger Common chemistry and biochemistry concepts are explored through research published on the potential cellular effects of synthetic musks.
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Coral Reef Web Students design a “web” or visual diagram to show the interdependence of plants, animals, and microorganisms in the coral reefs of the world.
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Echinachea No Cure-all for Kids In this warm-up exercise, students look at real data presented in a table and answer the question “If you were a doctor would you recommend taking Echinacea to cure a cold?”
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RoboLobsters Students read the article and create an advertisement for the completed RoboLobster.
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