Using Literature to Explore Science and Health

Rachel Vukas, MLS

Kansas/Technology Coordinator

NN/LM MCR

University of Kansas Medical Center

Objectives

Be more aware of age appropriate health information from NLM

Be able to identify NLM resources for lesson plans and other educational activities

What Teachers Want

• Reliable and safe places for kids to go and conduct research

• Plain language text that is easy for students at various reading levels to understand

• Lesson plans that relate to concepts within their curriculum

Our Approach

Development

Outreach Evaluation

Needs

Lesson Plans

Background information and resources related to specific topic

National standards

Learning outcomes

Step-by-step procedures

All classroom materials

NLM Digital Projects & Online Exhibitions

10 online exhibits, grade ranges K –12+

Have lesson plans, online activities and resources

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/digitalprojects.html

NLM Online Exhibition Program

Medicine & the Arts

Educational Resources

Harry Potter’s World Lesson Plans

Multi-disciplinary

– literature, science and history

English lesson plans

– Bogart & Fear in Harry Potter

Science lesson plans

– Genetic Traits in Harry Potter

Frankenstein Exhibit

Ties literature and popular culture with scientific discovery

Materials include YouTube link to clip original Frankenstein film

Lesson focuses on “new” science of electricity

More Exhibition Program Topics

Science & Society

– Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics & Culture

Patients & Practitioners

– Healing the Nation: Stories from the Civil War

The Technology of Medicine

– The Once and Future Web: Worlds Woven by Telegraph and Internet

Careers

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons

Digital Projects

Profiles in Science -http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov

Turning the Pages Online -http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/v2/

K-12 Science and Health Education

K-12 Science and Health Education

K-12 Science and Health Education

Earth Day Lesson Plans

K-12 Science and Health Education

Resources

NLM Digital Projects

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/digitalprojects.html

NLM Exhibition Program

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/index.html

Resources, cont.

Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance, Science, Magic, and Medicine

More Info: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/harrypotter.html

View Site –http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/

Resources, cont.

Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/frankenstein/index.html

“And there’s the humor of it” –Shakespeare and the Four Humors

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/index.html

Resources, cont.

Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health & Illness

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/

Profiles in Science

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov

Turning the Pages Online

http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/v2/

Resources, cont.

K-12 Science and Health Education

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.html

Resources for Teachers Handout

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/teachersflyer.pdf

Thank You!

Questions?

Rachel Vukas

rvukas@kumc.edu