These resources are provided for toxicologists to use while engaging in outreach to students across grade levels and in various types of formal and informal science education settings. Activities are reviewed before being accepted in the collection.
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Case study
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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9-12 |
Toxicology Enrichment Materials | - Classroom - Career fair or career presentation - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Moderate | - Careers in toxicology - Environmental health |
Very relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: 1-5 hours Length of activity: 1-5 hours # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: This curriculum for high school teachers includes definitions, introduction to toxicology, a seed bioassay, other suggestions plus teacher guides. |
Demonstration by presenter
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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K-4 5-8 9-12 |
Dose and Volume Demonstration | - Classroom - Afterschool or scouting/club activity - Career fair or career presentation |
Easy (great for first time) | Very relevant to toxicology | ||
Advance Preparation: Less than 1 hour Length of activity: Less than 1 hour # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: This is a visual demonstrates how a specific dose might impact people of different sizes |
Experiment
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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9-12 |
Toxicology Enrichment Materials | - Classroom - Career fair or career presentation - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Moderate | - Careers in toxicology - Environmental health |
Very relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: 1-5 hours Length of activity: 1-5 hours # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: This curriculum for high school teachers includes definitions, introduction to toxicology, a seed bioassay, other suggestions plus teacher guides. |
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9-12 |
Yeast Mystery Dose Response | - Classroom - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Moderate | Very relevant to toxicology | ||
Advance Preparation: 1-5 hours Length of activity: 1-5 hours # of students: 25 or less (classroom) Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: Activity Duration ~1 hr plus discussion 262_Yeast_dose_response_Presenter_guide.pdf |
Presentation/talk/guided discussion
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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K-4 |
Shark Blood | - Classroom |
Easy (great for first time) | Somewhat relevant to toxicology | ||
Advance Preparation: Less than 1 hour Length of activity: Less than 1 hour # of students: 10 or less, but adaptable to a larger group Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: |
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9-12 |
Toxicology Enrichment Materials | - Classroom - Career fair or career presentation - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Moderate | - Careers in toxicology - Environmental health |
Very relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: 1-5 hours Length of activity: 1-5 hours # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: This curriculum for high school teachers includes definitions, introduction to toxicology, a seed bioassay, other suggestions plus teacher guides. |
Reference material
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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K-4 5-8 9-12 |
Tox In A box | - Classroom |
Moderate | - Environmental health - Public health |
Very relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: 1-5 hours Length of activity: 1-5 hours # of students: 10 or less, but adaptable to a larger group Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: |
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K-4 5-8 9-12 |
Resources for Teachers Classroom Resources from the National Library of Medicine | - Classroom - Career fair or career presentation - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Easy (great for first time) | - Environmental health - Public health |
Somewhat relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: Less than 1 hour Length of activity: Please select # of students: Please select Cost: Please select Comments: URL: http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/resources/K12_Resources_for_Teachers.pdf |
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9-12 |
Toxicology Enrichment Materials | - Classroom - Career fair or career presentation - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Moderate | - Careers in toxicology - Environmental health |
Very relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: 1-5 hours Length of activity: 1-5 hours # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: This curriculum for high school teachers includes definitions, introduction to toxicology, a seed bioassay, other suggestions plus teacher guides. |
Simulation or other hands-on activity conducted by student
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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K-4 5-8 9-12 |
Tox Land | - Science day (a large event with lots of students who move between activities) - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Easy (great for first time) | - Environmental health |
General, but adaptable to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: Please select Length of activity: Please select # of students: Please select Cost: Please select Comments: Tox Land is a game teaching participants how their actions affect people, animals, and the environment. All the resources for this activity are in one file. |
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5-8 |
ToxTown | - Afterschool or scouting/club activity |
Easy (great for first time) | - Environmental health - Public health |
Very relevant to toxicology | |
Advance Preparation: Less than 1 hour Length of activity: Less than 1 hour # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: URL: |
Video/YouTube
Grade Level | Title | Setting | Level of Difficulty | Topic | Keywords | Relevance to toxicology |
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Demonstration by presenter | |
Grade Level | 9-12 |
Title | Dose and Volume Demonstration |
Setting |
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Level of Difficulty | Easy (great for first time) |
Topic | |
Keywords | |
Relevance to toxicology | Very relevant to toxicology |
some title |
Advance Preparation: Less than 1 hour Length of activity: Less than 1 hour # of students: Doesn't matter Cost: Less than $10/student Comments: This is a visual demonstrates how a specific dose might impact people of different sizes (links) |