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Every month, students can learn about a new biomedical breakthrough at What A Year! It's a free project from MSMR that you can find at www.WhatAYear.org. We also offer a Student Worksheet and a Teacher Worksheet each month. Check it out: click here. |
That Has Got To Hurt!
MSMR is a Partner in the APS Archive of Teaching Resources.
Do you know about the APS Archive of Teaching Resources, a collaborative digital library? The American Physiological Society and its partners have posted thousands of items, from curricula to K -12 projects to videos to individual images to graduate-level articles. The Archive is searchable on numerous characteristics and is free to students and teacher. Browse and check it out, here.
Learn About the Great Careers in Laboratory Animal Science
If you want to work with animals and have a career with real growth and advancement possibilities, learn more about laboratory animal science. We've set up a whole section of our website. Just click here.
MSMR works with teachers and parents to bring speakers to class to discuss science, research, risk, and animal care in ways appropriate to high school students. If you’d like to know more about our Science Beat program, including laboratory visits, e-mail us here. Tell us your name, the school, town and grade, your phone number and the best time to get in touch with you. The Science Beat program is open to all schools in Massachusetts.
Breakfast for the Brain Archive Breakfast for the Brain© is an MSMR public outreach initiative designed to help secondary-level educators and biomedical professionals turn news and trends in biomedical and biological research into educational experiences for students and the public. The entire 30-publication archive is now available free and on line here.
Bubbles, Babies
and Biology: The Story of Surfactant is a 16-page booklet explaining
how medical scientists approached, researched, and eventually unraveled
the mystery illness once known as hyaline membrane disease that killed
over 10,000 newborns per year in the US. Fully illustrated. Produced
by FASEB and available in PDF format on-line by clicking
here.
Human and Animal Disease Fact Sheets are concise preécis
sheets describing a variety of diseases and conditions, their research
history, and the specific role animals have played in advancing research.
To learn more, click here. To
get the latest word on a disease or condition, in detail and with full
references, read an MSMR Monograph, available only
in digital format and only here.
The Infection Game®
for ages 9 – 90 is fun. Players
race around the game board acquiring and curing diseases and trying
to avoid being infected by their neighbors. The Infection Game is available
from MSMR’s EAST MEETS WEST in the Heartland©
colleague, the Ohio Scientific and Educational
Research Association. Click
here for information or to order the game or for information on
a curriculum guide for using the game.
LAB Notes: Toxicology covers risk assessment and the science of toxicology. There are descriptions of accompanying classroom activities. To learn more about LAB Notes: Toxicology, click here. To download a copy of LAB Notes: Toxicology, click here.
LAB Notes: Nutrition is a fun, informative 16-page introduction to nutrition and nutrition science for students in grades 7 and higher. Download it free by clicking here
The MSMR Monographs
are fully referenced and detailed tools that help you understand a disease
or condition. As a starting point for class discussions, term papers
and science projects, they are unparalleled. To view the current Monographs
(Adobe Acrobat required), click here.
Other materials for high school teachers and students are listed in
our on-line Catalog – Outreach Programs and Educational
Materials. Most programs and materials are free in single copies
to Massachusetts teachers. To go to the Catalog, click
here.