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Disease Detective
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  This activity (on pages 35-43) lets learners analyze a "herd of elk" to detect the spread of a bacterial disease called brucellosis.
  
Wash This Way
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  In this activity on page 4 of the PDF, learners investigate the importance of washing their hands.
  
Mapping the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Trailing the Pandemic
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  In this activity, learners act as epidemiologists by mapping the prevalence of HIV/AIDS worldwide.
  
Biobarcodes: Antibodies and Nanosensors
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  In this activity/demo, learners investigate biobarcodes, a nanomedical technology that allows for massively parallel testing that can assist with disease diagnosis.
  
Population Study Game: Oh, Deer!
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  In this activity, learners model a population of deer and see how the number of deer changes over time.
  
Parasite Sleuth
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  In this activity (on pages 26-33), learners play parasitologists, solving several "mysteries" about people who got sick from various parasites. In teams of four, each member solves one mystery.
  
Powdery Mildew Fungi: Classification and Ecology
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  In this laboratory exercise, learners will discover how many different plant hosts they can find that are infected by the same genus of a powdery mildew fungus, or how many different genera of powdery
  
Nano Latch-n-Catch
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  In this activity, learners design a therapeutic agent to image and/or cure various diseases in the respiratory system.
  
Disease Detectives
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  In this activity, learners examine antibodies and antibody recognition using a model.
  
Mosquito Life Cycle
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  In this activity, learners build a plastic emergence chamber (or use purchased "mini mosquito breeder") to observe and analyze the mosquito life cycle.
  
3D-ection: Molecular Shape Recognition
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  In this activity (page 12), learners explore how molecules self-assemble and how molecules must fit together, like a lock and key, in order to identify each other and initiate a new function as a comb
  
Testing Antimicrobials:: Antibacterial Soap? Do They All Work the Same?
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  Many common household cleaners are antimicrobials.
  
Microbes are Everywhere
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  In this four-day activity, learners grow bacteria and/or fungi from a variety of locations and compare the results.
  
Risk Continuum
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  This activity is a whole-group kinesthetic demonstration that shows learners what it means to be in a "risk group" for developing heart disease based on family history and genetics.
  
Life Size: What's in a microbe?
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  In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.
  
Fruity-Glows: Pictures of Health on a Microarray Canvas
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  In this activity (page 12), learners apply the concepts of pixilation and pointillism to the world of biomedical science.
  
Balloon Bugs
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  In this activity, learners make balloon models of disease-causing bacteria.
  
The Variety and Roles of Microbes
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  In this activity, learners use sets of cards to assign microorganisms to different groups.
  
Outbreak!: Investigating Epidemics
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  A group of learners simulates the spread of disease by trading slips of paper, one set of which has been treated with a baking soda solution.