Podcasts Plus Lessons
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BioEd Online is pleased to offer an online series of podcasts and supplementary standards-based educational activities, research information, and links to additional resources.
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Babs Soller: Remote Sensors for Medical Feedback
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Babs R. Soller, PhD, is developing techniques for non-invasive measurement of blood and tissue chemistry to help monitor the health of astronauts in space (podcast with lessons and more).
Grades: K-2 -
Benjamin Levine: Staying Fit in Space
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Benjamin D. Levine, MD, researches exercise programs to learn how astronauts can maintain fitness while living and working in microgravity (podcast with lessons and more).
Grades: K-2 -
David Dinges: Gauging Effects of Fatigue and Stress
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David F. Dinges, PhD, is developing a test that will help astronauts to gauge fatigue and stress during long missions in space (podcast with lessons and more).
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George Brainard: Sleep Quality
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Neuroscientist George C. Brainard, PhD, is researching the effects of space flight on circadian rhythms, which will, hopefully, improve the quality of astronauts' sleep (podcast with lessons and more).
Grades: K-2 -
Kim Prisk: Health Hazards of Lunar Dust
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G. Kim Prisk, PhD, DSc, talks about the health hazards of lunar dust (podcast with lessons and more).
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Scott Dulchavsky: Diagnosing Injuries in Space
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Scientist Scott A. Dulchavsky, MD, PhD, has developed a technique to train space flight crews to conduct medical-quality ultrasound imaging in space (podcast with lessons and more).
Grades: K-2