Event-Based
Science is a new way to teach middle
school science. It is an award-winning,
standards-based program in which
newsworthy events establish the relevance
of science topics; authentic tasks create
the need-to-know more about those topics;
and lively interviews, photographs, Web
pages, and inquiry-based science
activities create a desire to know more
about those topics.
Gold
Medal! is an Event-Based Science
module about the human body. In it you
will read the story of Wilma Rudolph and
her battle to overcome the crippling
effects of polio. You will join her in
triumph at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome,
Italy. And you will learn about the
muscles, bones, and joints of your
body.
The
task in Gold Medal! turns your
class into an advertising agency that
specializes in producing combined
educational/advertising campaigns for
sports equipment
manufacturers.
Teams of 5 students
work together. Each student designs educational
materials for one sports-related company. To
accomplish this task you first have to complete a
series of science experiments that will give you
the concepts you need.
As with all Event-Based Science modules, much of
the information you need is provided in Gold
Medal!. To help you further, the section below
contains a list of World-Wide Web sites where
additional information about muscles, bones,
joints, and sports is available. Point to and click
on the highlighted words to be linked with anatomy
and sports web pages.
A "pdf" file containing web
sites, books, material lists, and correlations with
National Science Education Standards.
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Links To Gold
Medal! Related Web Sites
(Links are checked monthly. They were working
on the date of the last update.)
Tools
to Keep You Active This
site provides free online tools to encourage you and
your students to keep walking, running, or cycling. It
includes an exercise log to help you track your mileage as
you cross the United States.
Gray's
Anatomy
Bartleby.com has been adapting classic books for
the web, and has just added the 20th Edition
(1918) addition of Gray's Anatomy. Don't let the
date of the edition fool you. This resource
includes beautiful illustrations and is
searchable by keyword.
Kelly
Clark (Mount Snow, Vt.) won the first American
gold medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Her picture
is on the cover of the 2005 version of Gold Medal!
Gatorade
Sports Science
Institute
This site provides the latest research
and other information on the importance
of fluids and hydration. Although the
topic of fluids and hydration are not
dealt with in Gold
Medal!,
they are appropriate concepts to add.
Research shows that when athletes have
lost 4% of their body mass through
dehydration, their performance declines
by 20 to 30 percent.
Nutrition.gov provides
easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the
federal government and educational institutions. It serves as a
gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical
activity, and food safety for consumers, educators and health
professionals.
NIDA
- Initiative Targets Increasing Teen
Use of Anabolic
Steroids
The non-medical use of
anabolic/androgenic steroids among
adolescents and young adults is of
growing concern. As many as half a
million Americans under age 18 may
be abusing these drugs to improve
athletic performance, appearance and
self-image. Yet a growing body of
evidence suggests that medically
unsupervised steroids use may pose
severe risks to physical and
psychological health.
The
Food Guide
Pyramid
By entering your age, gender, and physical
activity level, this tool will calculate your
daily nutritional needs. This site now has a
food pyramid just for young children (ages
6-11).
Human
Anatomy on Line
Human Anatomy On-line, is a great site for
interactive and educational views of the human
body. This site contains over one hundred
illustrations of the human body with animations
and thousands of descriptive links. Human
Anatomy On-line uses Java applets to show images
and certain body parts. Java support must be
enabled in your browser. If you can not view any
images your browser does not have Java enabled.
Gold
Medal! is an Event-Based Science
module about the human body. In it you
will read the story of Wilma Rudolph and
her battle to overcome the crippling
effects of polio. You will join her in
triumph at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome,
Italy. And you will learn about the
muscles, bones, and joints of your
body.
Click
here to use Google News to search and
browse 4,500 continuously updated news
sources for breaking news about muscles,
bones, and joints.
