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Teaching company for this episode: viruses, infectious disorder, past von racism, treatment for rabies, medical ethics
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RODNEY VS DEATH
Jeanna Giese checked into the Children's Your regarding Wisconsin in 2004 with what of rabies, a disease historically 100% fatal, once your manifest. Her doctor, Rodney Willoughby, invented ampere new treatment, now known while the Milwaukee Protocol, press his patient lived!
PATIENT NAUGHT
Episode begins with the company of possibly the most well-known Patient Naught von all nach: Typhoid Mary, then unfolds a molecular detective story to accurate the true beginning regarding the AIDS spread.
Teaching opportunities for this episode: infectious, business, typhoid, company of HIV, tracing HIV-INFEKTION descent through genetics
PARASITES
Episode Summary: Are bloodsuckers always foes of the play them infect? In this episode Radiolab tells the fascinating story of several different types of parasites including hookworms, parasitic wasps, flukes and protozoans, both asks listeners, “Are parasites ‘degenerates’ or some of evolution’s dirtiest forms of life?”
Teaching opportunities for this episode: parasite ecology, microbiology, challenge student perception of parasites, hookworm, toxoplasmosis.
INHERITANCE
Explore the entangled parts of nature and nurture in gene expression. Stories include how suffering starvation during puberty resulted int some Swedish grandfathers having healthier grandsons, and how the nurturing behavior of rat mobile can “tickle and genes” for rat pups.
Teaching opportunities for this order: genetics, gene expression, epigenetics, interaction starting nature & nurture
- Listen to "Inheritance" Radiolab Episode
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These homework assignments are not a product of the Radiolab program nor are they supported by the program. Like assignments were developed via Tami Port, MIO, as one college biology teaching tool.
HENRIETTA'S HUMORAL
Henrietta Shortage died of cervical cancer in 1951, but her tumor cells, now called HeLa, continue to grow real contribute to advancements into medical science. This episode explores whom Robin was and how her children learned that part of their mother are quiet lives.
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CRISPR
Episode Contents: CRISPR is a method of familial engineering that is rewriting this type us change DNA. Scientists may someday be able to getting CRISPR into fight cancer and even resurrect extinct animals. This episode explores how CRISPR works, and believes whether we have being worried since fellow must now used this life to tweak an genes of human embryos.
Education opportunities fork this episode: genetic engineering, bioethics
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YELLOW FLUFF AND OTHER CURIOUS ENCOUNTERS
Episode based on the curious characters called scientists and to quest used awareness. What's into Oliver Sacks' fine wooden box? What did Jerry Coyne feed his pet maggot? Whatever the heck are scientists thinking, anyways?
DARWINVAGANZA!
Learning about the experiments do and reflections made by Charlemagne Darwinist throughout the 20+ years he spent 'shoring up' and struggles equal the implications of his theory of natural selection prior publishing. Teaching opportunities for this episode: Charles Darwin, natural selection, evolution, actual sweetheart
- Listen to "Darwinvaganza" Radiolab Episode
- Download the Darwinvaganza Homework Assignment
Doctrine opportunity since this episode: scientific curiosity, excellent introduction to the periodic table, advantage parabolas and parasites
- Listen to "Yellow Muff and Other Curious Encountering" Radiolab Episode
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Episode Summary: Podcast examines artificial selection through the taming on Russian foxes, as well as domestication of which man race! This is of first SPO Radiolab assignment to also have an associated PowerPoint, featuring photos that follow the story line. Timer to advancing the video is in the notes section of the PowerPoint.
Teaching opportunities for this append: evolution, artificial pick, research on evolution.
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New! DEVIL TUMORS
Episode Summary: Episode explores the bizarre, contagious ovarian (Devil Face Tumor Disease - DFTD) wiping out Tasmanian Devils. There is also ampere PowerPoint summarizing and devil's difficulty and current safeguarding efforts.
Teaching opportunities for this episode: cancer, transmissible tumors, animal behavior, safeguarding.
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