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If you are not an Arizona teacher but are interested in obtaining materials, contact the SwAEBR Coordinator. Check out the complete list of resources divided by grade level Available Resource Materials
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"PAWS" is a videotape to help youngsters understand responsible animal research. It is intended to be shown at the beginning of a science project unit to explain the excitement of discovery resulting from good research projects, and to illustrate steps responsible scientists (including middle school students) take when they conduct research. Perhaps most important of all, it provides an ethical context for discussing an extremely volatile issue: animal research and animal rights. (14 minutes) See Curriculum Guide for "Paws" Video |
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Humans and animals are "PARTNERS IN RESEARCH" in this videotape which has interviews with medical researchers, physicians and patients who reveal their thoughts about medical research and the role played by animals. Topics included are medical advances in cystic fibrosis, arthritis and pediatric diseases. (13 minutes)
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"Why Should I Stay Awake in Science Class" - Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research, this video is an adjunct learning tool designed by educators and leading scientists to help students better understand the opportunities available in the sciences. It encourages students to consider a career in science by showing them exciting work done in the field. (10 minutes) Comes with an activity booklet and wall poster. |
| "Symbiosis: People and Animals Helping Each Other" this video shows the beneficial relationship between man and animals. Included are personal stories from the perspective of 4H students, guide dog handlers, veterinarians and pet owners. (11 minutes) |
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Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research and available through their website. Picture of lab rats. Caption reads: "Perhaps you didn’t know that rats and mice are the foundation for all medical research and that they have played a vital role in virtually every major medical discovery in history. Learn more about the essential need for animal research." Download a free PDF version (pdf) |
| Little girl Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research and available through their website. Picture of a little girl lying in a hospital bed with stuffed animals. Caption reads: "It's the animals you don't see that really helped her recover." Sentimental Favorite! |
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Milestones in Medicine
- a timeline that highlights medical advances occurring from
the year 1600 - 2000.
Produced by Texas Society for Biomedical Research.
Single copies are free of charge - multiple copies are subject to a
nominal fee, shipping and handling charges, and availability.
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the Real Killers? Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research and available through their website. Picture of three cells: cancer, heart disease and AIDS. Caption reads: "If we stop animal research, who'll stop the real killers?" |
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Protesters Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research and available through their website. Picture of protesters. Caption reads: "Thanks to animal research, they'll be able to protest 23.5 years longer" |
| Thank Research If - a tale of advances in medical research told in pictures and words - a fun read. |
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Traveling Through Biotechnology -
a road map of biotechnological history starting with fermentation and ending with cloning. Produced by Texas Society for Biomedical Research. Single copies are free of charge - multiple copies are subject to a nominal fee, shipping and handling charges, and availability. |
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Sink Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research and available through their website. Picture of small child looking into cabinet under kitchen sink. Caption reads: "Why are household products tested on laboratory animals? Ask someone with kids." |
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Women's Health - understanding women's health issues through basic research. Produced by Texas Society for Biomedical Research. Single copies are free of charge - multiple copies are subject to a nominal fee, shipping and handling charges, and availability. |
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The Importance of Being a Mouse An illustrated, educational story book for children ages 8-12 explains the important role of lab animals in medical research and discovery. Click here to download a copy > > > |
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"FRIENDS AND PARTNERS: A STORY ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF MAN AND ANIMALS", is a booklet written especially for children. Included are 10 illustrations of animals, as well as photographs of some children who have been helped by animal research. |
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 CSI: Community Sickness Investigation - Interactive Game CD See OSERA for purchase information Goal of game: The educational objective of this game is to provide students, middle and high school level, with a fun, interactive investigational tool to enhance learning skills related to the research process. Playing this computer game will demonstrate the role of animals in research, safeguards involved in lab animal research, obstacles and challenges in lab animal research. Successful
completion of this game will also demonstrate a link between lab animal
research and the health of a community. The game can be used as a
stand-alone tool or in conjunction with the more detailed “Rat Study”
teaching guide developed by Michigan teacher Amy Zitzelberger of Hazel Park
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Ohio teachers will be provided with these
materials free-of-charge. A nominal fee will be assessed to others wishing
to purchase the CD and teaching guide. Scenario: The FDA has discovered that a local merchant has been adding an unknown, potentially-toxic chemical to water and calling it an “energy drink.” People of all ages, weights and sizes are flocking to the store and purchasing large quantities of this drink. The problem is people are getting sick. The task is for you, the CSI detective, to figure out what the toxicity level of this chemical is and if it’s an illegal substance before everyone in your town is incapacitated. (HINT: the substance is caffeine!) |
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"Infection" is a board game in which, "Players race around the board catching diseases and trying to be cured. Catch diseases left in public places, pass diseases to other players, get cured in the medical stations. Medicaid, Christmas bonuses, and the lottery help pay the bills. Diagnose your disease in the Info center, get it wrong and you catch the disease! Infection's disease cards provide a wealth of information; they are color coded to indicate the degree of seriousness, from basic diseases to major communicable diseases. Each card includes the common and Latin name, causes, symptoms, and treatments. |
 Multiple medical libraries and medical professionals have been consulted to insure the accuracy of the information." (from www.earwig.net). The game is intended for kids from 9 to 90 (4th grade and older). Click here for more detailed information about the basic game and how to order. |
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"Communicating Science & Medicine
to Children"
"Communicating
Science & Medicine to Children" is a curriculum resource binder
containing background information on biomedical science for teachers of young
people; a compendium of activities geared toward stimulating thinking about
biomedical science and advance language and interpersonal skills; and a set of
cartoon slides with talking/discussion points. For grades 2-6. Produced by the
Massachusetts
Society for Medical Research, Inc. (MSMR), in collaboration with the
American Medical Association.
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"People
& Animals: United for Health" Calendar & Teacher's Guide
"People & Animals: United for Health" is an interactive, poster-sized health and science calendar for children, developed by the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research, Inc. Each month's colorful poster illustrates a health-related science theme, including dental health, heart disease, poison control, biodiversity and the environment, body organs and transplantation, nutrition, AIDS and feline leukemia, diabetes, and infectious diseases. Concepts are conveyed through hand-illustrated artwork, and hands-on coloring, writing and drawing activities and experiments. The calendar is accompanied by the "HEADS ON! for Healthy Living" teacher’s guide Massachusetts Society for Medical Research of critical and creative thinking activities, and training workshops of the same name are held for teachers throughout New England and other states.
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How to Use the MSMR P&A Calendar Guide The MSMR is pleased to announce the 2004-05 People & Animals: United for Health© calendar program. As of this academic year, the People & Animals calendar date sheet inserts, like the calendar itself, are now perpetual. The inserts, as well as accompanying activity worksheets, are now available online at the new MSMR website. Having web-based date sheets and worksheets will avoid expensive print and mailing costs from now on, allowing calendar users to simply and directly (and free-of-charge!) print the calendar inserts themselves from their desktop printers. This year the Date Sheets and Worksheets that accompany the People & Animals: United for Health Calendar are in digital format. September through December sheets are now available here. And get the helpful guide, How to Use the MSMR P&A Calendar here. |
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Casey's Awakening - Ideal for Middle
School Students Produced by: Massachusetts Society for Medical Research, Inc. This illustrated storybook takes its characters – a classroom of elementary school students – on a tour of a laboratory animal research facility. This is one of MSMR’s most popular educational tools, and it’s free to Massachusetts teachers participating in MSMR-sponsored programs. Order copies directly from MSMR |
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"The Lucky Puppy" Coloring
Book
The Lucky Puppy, created by the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR) with special assistance from the Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR), is the first coloring workbook in the nation that describes the process and excitement of scientific research, careers and the role of animals. This 20-paged booklet tells the story of a brother and sister who take their sick puppy to the veterinarian. The veterinarian explains to the children how research enables him to choose the correct medicine to make the puppy well. Included in the booklet are activities and puzzles related to the storyline. It is designed specifically for young children (6-9), suitable for classroom, home or other setting. |
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"Research Helping Animals" Produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research, with support from CIBA Pharmaceuticals, this colorful and attractive publication describes the benefits of animal research for animals, ranging from marine mammals to circus, farm and show animals. High quality photography and the focus on animals that attract children's interest make this booklet especially valuable to teachers of lower elementary grade students. The California Veterinary Medical Association has also recommended this booklet to veterinarians to enhance their communication with clients about the essential relationship between animal research and animal health. CBRA distributes many copies each year to elementary grade school teachers.
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Animal Health Benefits Pocket Cards
With a generous grant from Merck, CBRA adapted a colorfully designed "pocket card" with permission from the American Medical Association and the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research. The card describes the important animal health benefits made possible through animal research. It is available to veterinarians, research institutions and teachers in California, along with the original pocket cards on health topics including: "Organ Transplant Operations in the U.S.," "Incidence of Leading Neurological Disorders in the U.S.," "Leading Causes of Death Among Children Ages 1-14 in the U.S.," and "Mortality Figures for Ten Leading Causes of Death in the U.S."
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| "What's the Point of Animal
Research" booklet Colorful, 20-page booklet that speaks directly
to adolescents about the relevance and importance of bioscience research and product
testing to their lives. Woven throughout the main text is a story, told in
comic-strip style, about teens that come to understand the significance of
scientific research through injury or illness.
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"Frequently Asked Questions About
Animal Research"
A new brochure developed by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. In a handy, one page format, the brochure answers ten commonly asked questions about biomedical research in language which promotes public understanding of complex ethical and regulatory issues. |
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Fact vs. Myth An updated brochure developed by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Provides up-to-date answers to common misconceptions about animal research. Refutes the major claims of the anti-research element of the animal rights movement. Download Facts vs Myths (PDF) |
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Proud
Achievements of Animal Research An updated brochure developed by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Focuses on all the wonderful things that animal research has contributed to society today, and warns of the problems that would be created if animal research were stopped. Also gives a short chronological list of major medical breakthroughs utilizing animal research. Download Proud Achievements (PDF) |
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Species Sheets Set of four reference sheets detailing the contributions of different species to specific research advances. Set includes sheets on rats and mice, cats and dogs, non-human primates, and other animals. Download: Rats & Mice (PDF) Non-Human Primates (PDF) Dogs & Cats (PDF) Other Species (PDF) |
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Animal
Research & Human Health Understanding the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Excellent primer on animal research. Major points covered include the benefits to society of animal research, the various roles animal play in research, the validity of scientific research, some basic trends about the numbers of animals used, a brief overview of their care and treatment, as well as the laws and regulations that protect them. Finally, there is a section devoted to alternatives and what that really means. |
| Exploring
the Mysteries of Aging Outlines the contributions of animal research to the health of our aging population. |
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Bleeding Hearts, Broken Promises A look at Hollywood's conflicting support for disease research and animal rights. |
| "For
the Greater Good":
A five-part series featured in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
highlighting the work of professionals who are involved with animals and
research. Download the complete series as a pdf file or read single
articles online.
Booklet put together by the Washington Association for Biomedical Research. |
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Consumer Product Safety
Consumer Product Safety - Why We Need it. How we Achieve it., was originally published by Join Hands Educational Foundation and is now available from the AALAS Foundation. In an attractive and easily readable format, the publication covers key issues and questions about product safety testing. |
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Massachusetts Society for Medical Research Monographs Each installment of the new MSMR Monograph Series brings the latest, fully referenced information about a topic into a concise, accurate and readable form. Ideal for teachers, students and the interested public, our monographs give you a clear overview of the history and current state of research on the covered topic. A new monograph will be added approximately every 3 months, so watch this space for an ever-growing list of these helpful resources. MSMR is pleased to be able to offer the monographs at no charge in digital format for your convenience, thanks to the generosity of our members and supporters. Please observe the copyright and reproduction rules printed on the first page of each monograph.
Future Monographs include:
Alzheimer's Disease
LAB Notes is a classroom newsletter on current topics in life science research. The LAB Notes: Toxicology issue covers risk assessment and the science of toxicology. There are descriptions of accompanying classroom activities. To learn more about LAB Notes, click here . To download a copy of Lab Notes, click here.
Curiosity is the Key to Discovery,
a booklet produced by the National Institutes of Health about Nobel
winners and what led them to their discoveries.
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Other resources:
Alternative Research Methods - To solve scientific puzzles, researchers must search for and use a variety of the best possible methods to get accurate and objective results . Alternative methods – including those which can refine, reduce, or replace the need to test anything on live animals – are a top priority in biological and consumer product safety research.
What is PETA teaching your child?
"Your Mommy Kills Animals!" People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
often bypasses parents to spread destructive propaganda to kids about food
and fur. PETA reaches more than two million a year at school and on the
internet. (ConsumerFreedom.com)
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PETA: Anti-Cure for AIDS "Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it." — Ingrid Newkirk, President and Co-Founder of PETA PETA has funneled over $100,000 to criminals convicted of destroying medical research and firebombing scientific laboratories in the name of "animal liberation."(ConsumerFreedom.com) |
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Rats vs. Sick Kids "Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it." -Ingrid Newkirk, President & Co-Founder of PETA Did you know PETA is using your contributions for a campaign to boycott the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (Race for the Cure). Why? Because these charities may use animals in their medical research. (ConsumerFreedom.com) |
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