1. Using Literature to Explore
Science and Health
Rachel Vukas, MLS
Kansas/Technology Coordinator
NN/LM MCR
University of Kansas Medical Center

2. Objectives
 Be more aware of age appropriate
health information from NLM
 Be able to identify NLM resources for
lesson plans and other educational
activities

3. What Teachers Want
• Reliable and safe places for kids to go and conduct
research
• Plain language text that is easy for students at various
reading levels to understand
• Lesson plans that relate to concepts within their
curriculum

4. Our Approach
Development
Needs
Outreach Evaluation

5. Lesson Plans
 Background information and
resources related to specific topic
 National standards
 Learning outcomes
 Step-by-step procedures
 All classroom materials

6. NLM Digital Projects & Online
Exhibitions
 10 online exhibits, grade ranges K –
12+
 Have lesson plans, online activities
and resources
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/digitalprojec
ts.html

8. NLM Online Exhibition Program

9. Medicine & the Arts

14. Educational Resources

15. Harry Potter’s World Lesson Plans
 Multi-disciplinary
– literature, science and history
 English lesson plans
– Bogart & Fear in Harry Potter
 Science lesson plans
– Genetic Traits in Harry Potter

21. Frankenstein Exhibit
 Ties literature and popular culture
with scientific discovery
 Materials include YouTube link to clip
original Frankenstein film
 Lesson focuses on “new” science of
electricity

32. More Exhibition Program Topics
 Science & Society
– Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics &
Culture
 Patients & Practitioners
– Healing the Nation: Stories from the
Civil War
 The Technology of Medicine
– The Once and Future Web: Worlds
Woven by Telegraph and Internet

33. Careers
 Changing the Face of Medicine:
Celebrating America’s Women
Physicians
 Opening Doors: Contemporary
African American Academic Surgeons

34. Digital Projects
 Profiles in Science -
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov
 Turning the Pages Online -
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/v
2/

38. K-12 Science and Health Education

39. K-12 Science and Health Education

40. K-12 Science and Health Education

41. Earth Day Lesson Plans

42. K-12 Science and Health Education

46. Resources
 NLM Digital Projects
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/digitalprojects.ht
ml
 NLM Exhibition Program
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibi
tion/index.html

47. Resources, cont.
 Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance,
Science, Magic, and Medicine
 More Info:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition
/harrypotter.html
 View Site –
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypotter
sworld/

48. Resources, cont.
 Frankenstein: Penetrating the
Secrets of Nature
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/fran
kenstein/index.html
 “And there’s the humor of it” –
Shakespeare and the Four Humors
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shak
espeare/index.html

49. Resources, cont.
 Native Voices: Native Peoples’
Concepts of Health & Illness
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/
 Profiles in Science
 http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov
 Turning the Pages Online
 http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/v2/

50. Resources, cont.
 K-12 Science and Health Education
 http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.ht
ml
 Resources for Teachers Handout
 http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/teacher
sflyer.pdf

51. Thank You!
Questions?
Rachel Vukas
rvukas@kumc.edu