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Integrative Curricula - This Integrative Curricula follows an adventure story in which the characters (young middle-school aged students) travel in time and space to different parts of the world where they are faced with various health problems which they are required to solve.  Each "Lesson Set" of curricula was developed by repackaging our "Original Curricular Modules" (see description or request FREE CDs of Curriculum) into smaller one- to three-class period lessons which contain lesson plans, class activities and games, worksheets, handouts, and quizzes.  "Lesson Sets" come packaged with a Teacher Guide that introduces the lessons and provides background information for the teacher.  Lessons not only captivate students' interests in unique ways, but they also appeal to their senses of adventure and excitement that can only enhance their education.   Understand the Value of Integration

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The Kiss of the Assassin (Peru) [Focuses on pathogens and bacterial infectious diseases (Chagas disease in this case) that can be obtained from insects, like the "kissing bug," that harbor the bacteria and serve as vectors for the disease.]

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Science Half Life - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.3 (A),  6.3 (B),  6.3 (E),  6.7 (A),  6.7 (B), 
Investigate the Mystery: Finding Facts - Overview,  Lesson Plan 6.2 (A),  6.2 (C),  6.3 (A),  6.3 (B), 
Investigate the Mystery: Transmission of Diseases - Overview,  Lesson Plan 6.2 (C), 
Investigate the Mystery: Designing an Experiment - Overview,  Lesson Plan 6.2 (A),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D),  6.3 (A), 
Malaria - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2 (A),  6.2 (B),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D),  6.3 (A),  6.3 (B),  6.5 (A), 
Tut's Revenge (Egypt) [Focuses on water contamination during construction of King Tut’s tomb in ancient Egypt.]

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Science Investigate the Mystery - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2 (A),  6.2 (B),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D),  6.3 (A),  6.3 (B),  6.3 (D),  6.3 (E),  6.4 (A),  6.5 (A),  6.6 (B),  6.6 (C),  6.7 (A),  6.7 (B),  6.10 (A),  6.10 (C),  6.12 (B),  6.14 (B),  6.21 (A), 
Dehydration Model - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.1 (A),  6.1 (B),  6.2 (A),  6.2 (B),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D),  6.3 (A),  6.3 (C),  6.3 (D),  6.4 (A),  6.4 (B),  6.5 (A),  6.5 (B),  6.10 (A),  6.10 (B),  6.10 (C),  6.12 (A),  6.12 (B),  6.12 (C), 
Water Purification - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.1 (A),  6.1 (B),  6.2 (A),  6.2 (B),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D),  6.3 (A),  6.4 (A),  6.10 (A),  6.10 (C),  6.12 (A),  6.12 (B),  7.5 (B),  7.12 (B),  7.12 (C),  8.11 (A), 
Weather and Climate - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2 (B),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D). 6.2 (E),  6.5 (A),  6.5 (B),  6.6 (C),  6.12 (C),  6.14 (C), 
Midnight at the Marble Tomb [Focuses on the health consequences of raw sewage in streets, acupuncture, tattoos, body piercing (of the nose, ears, lips, eyebrows, and belly button), blood transfusions, and organ donations in India.]

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Science Infectious Diseases - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2 (A),  6.2 (B),  6.2 (C),  6.2 (D),  6.2 (E),  6.3 (A),  6.3 (B),  6.3 (C),  6.3 (D),  6.3 (E),  6.4 (B),  6.12 (A),  6.12 (B),  6.12 (C), 
Tattoos, Trends, and Time - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.3 (D),  6.12 (B), 
Doctors Without Borders - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2 (A),  6.2 (D),  6.12 (A),  6.12 (B),  6.12 (C), 
Create Your Own Cell - ,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan
Understanding a System - ,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.1(B),  6.2(A), 
The Jade Dragon [Focuses on air contamination and smoking in China that the adventurers encounter as they visit the Three Rivers Dam which is being constructed.]

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Science Air Pollutants - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(D),  6.3(A),  6.3(D),  6.14(C), 
Smoker's Lung - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.3(C),  6.1(C),  6.11(D), 
Blow It Up! - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(B C D E),  6.4(B), 
Folded Mountain Formation - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(A C D),  8.14(A), 
Make Your Own Climograph - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(C D E),  6.4(B), 
Generating Electricity - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.1(A),  6.2(A B C D E),  6.4(A B),  6.9(A B C) , 
Congo Cry [Features viral infections (Ebola and AIDS) including both animal and human in Africa.]

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Science Diagnosis Doctor? - Overview,  Lesson Plan 6.2(C D),  6.3(B),  6.4(B), 
Figure It Out - ,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(C D),  6.3(A), 
Course of HIV - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(E),  6.3(C), 
Virus Hunters - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(A B C D),  6.4(B), 
What Bug is Bugging Me? - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.3(A B), 
Hard River Escape [Focuses on industrial waste that induces abnormalities in wildlife of the Ukraine. ]

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Science Growing Duckweed - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.1 (A,  B),  6.2 (A,  B,  C,  D,  C),  6.3 (A,  C,  D),  6.4 (B),  6.11 (A,  C), 
Too Many Diapers - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2 (A,  B,  C),  6.3 (A),  6.4 (A,  B),  6.10,  6.11 (A), 
Contaminating the Water Cycle - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.1 (C),  6.2 (B,  C),  6.4 (B),  6.8 (B),  6.11 (D), 
Marshmallow Mutations - Overview,  Lesson Plan,  Activity Plan 6.2(C),  6.3 (C),  6.11 (A,  B),  6.12 (B), 

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