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DISEASE UNIT |
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| SCIENCE |
The 8th grade is working on a disease unit and they will be required to find out the following information about the disease which they have chosen to research:
| Cause of the disease | Effectiveness of the treatment |
| Parts of the body affected | How widespread the disease is |
| How the parts of the body are affected | Age group or type of person most likely to get the disease |
| How the disease is treated |
The following sites will be useful when researching the
diseases.
They are general, searchable and will provide reliable information.
- MedicineNet
- WebMD
- 1Up Health Medical Encyclopedia
- eMedicine (you will need to register for this site, or ask librarian for our registration)
- Centers for Disease Control: National Center for Infectious Diseases
- MedLine Plus Health Information
- Communicable Diseases Fact sheets ( New York State Department of Health)
- National Institute of Health Publications
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Factsheets
- Alphabetical List of Specific Diseases / Disorders
The following are really lists of
sites rather than single sites.
Do not start with these as some of them may be personal web pages; use the
official sites first.
These two sites listed below are the source for online magazine articles.
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Purchased by the district |
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FREE through state
grant - NOT available from home. This site contains a tremendous amount of health information from BOOKS, PERIODICALS, DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND PAMPHLETS. Be sure to use the proper bibliographic form.
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The following site will provide online encyclopedia articles.
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Encyclopedia
Americana Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia New Book of Knowledge |
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Advanced Image Search |
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Thanks to Microsoft
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