NHS Vaccinations
Nice, simple animations here:
Aimed at the panicky classes after the Wakefield/MMR-autism fiasco- so are quite basic- but raise some points for discussion.
The rest of the NHS immunisation site contains some good, clear information on vaccination schedules and the various diseases covered.
Planet Earth: An Inconvenient Spoof
While trawling Google Video for short Planet Earth excerpts, I came upon this mock trailer. It’s filed under ‘comedy’ but is a stark reminder of our destructive influence on the world.
Multimedia Resource Site: teachersdomain.org
This site has some good resources, including savable flash videos.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/sci/index.html
You’ll need to register yourself and your school, but it’s worth the odd email in the inbox.
Defense Against Infectious Disease
Phagocytic leukocyte having a gobble:
Immune response animation. Good plenary.
Cell mediated immune response:
HIV/AIDS: Causes, Myths and Social Impacts
Here’s a nice two-parter of the VSO’s work on HIV/AIDS in Mozambique:
Part 1:
Part 2:
This is a bit dry, but raises a number of good issues about the transmission and social implications of HIV/AIDS.
Here’s Tim & Moby’s take on HIV. Nice and colourful:
And here’s a good one, though big, from NOVA:
NOVA Surviving Aids: HIV in ActionMate Attraction: Bird of Paradise
It almost doesn’t look real, but this we chappy comes direct from Attenborough – so it must be true!
BBC’s Planet Earth is awesome. I wish my telly was bigger than 14″
Amoeba Feeding: Endocytosis
Nice quick clip for a single-celled organism carrying out the functions of life, and for endocytosis.
The Cell Cycle: Mitosis
Here’s a nice wee video (got a WWII pathe feel to it):
This one’s a decent-enough animation. Fitting the new DP guide, he mentions chromatids rather than chromosomes at the beginning of prophase.
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