2. Table of Content
I. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3
II. The tools ................................................................................................................................. 3
1. Virtual experiment 1: The Unusual Suspects ...................................................................... 4
2. Virtual experiment 2: Investigate a suspect skin growth ..................................................... 5
3. Video 1: Early detection saves lives .................................................................................... 6
4. Video 2: Skin cancer exposed ............................................................................................. 7
5. Video 3: Looking for genes in the lab .................................................................................. 8
6. Video 4 – Skin cancer: ethical issues .................................................................................. 9
7. Discussion continuum game.............................................................................................. 10
Discussion continuum game .................................................................................................... 10
Skin cancer exposed - 2 – Tools’ Information
3. I. Introduction
This document provides information on the tools that are available on the Xplore Health portal for the
second module concerning skin cancer. For each tool, we provide an ID table and explanation on how
to use the tool in class and interact with the curriculum.
II. The tools
The tools that have been created for the use of teachers and students in order to help them in their
familiarization process of skin cancer are listed and explained below.
The tables provided in this document describe each tool, provides a link to the tool and gives
suggestions on how the tool can be implemented in class: pre-, during, and post-exercises.
The tools are the following:
1. Virtual experiment 1: The Unusual Suspects
2. Virtual experiment 2: Investigate a suspect skin growth
3. Video 1: Early detection saves lives
4. Video 2: Skin cancer exposed
5. Video 3: Looking for genes in the lab
6. Video 4 – Skin cancer: ethical issues
7. Discussion continuum game
Skin cancer exposed - 3 – Tools’ Information
4. 1. Virtual experiment 1: The Unusual Suspects
Tool name Virtual experiment 1 – The Unusual Suspect
Link to tool / information
http://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/media/unusual-suspects
on the tool
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
Key messages: To Understand what is melanoma and its risk factors.
General information on melanoma, sun rays and To use the ABCDE rule to distinguish normal moles
skin anatomy. from cancerous ones.
Concepts that appear: Time needed: 20 min
What is melanoma? Process:
What is a mole? Follow the activity by clicking one next button each
What are the causes and risk factors related to time the screen display has been done. You will
melanoma? understand what melanoma is and conditions that can
cause it. The game will help you differentiate a normal
How to diagnose melanoma? - Searching for a mole from a cancerous one. You will have to click on
mole complying with the ABCDE rule. what you find are suspected mole on the rolling slide.
How to differentiate normal from abnormal You have to be quick since it is a time test where you
mole? A game will teach you how. have 90 s to look for 30 suspected moles. A penalty is
applied for each wrong answer so better be focused
and well informed prior to gaming.
Skin cancer exposed - 4 – Tools’ Information
5. 2. Virtual experiment 2: Investigate a suspect skin growth
Virtual experiment 2: Investigate a suspect skin growth
Tool name
Link to tool / information
http://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/media/investigate-suspect-skin-growth
on the tool
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
Understand how you detect melanoma;
How you in practice remove melanoma.
The students get a realistic view of the surgery
involved.
Process:
Discussion: what do we know about skin
cancer? And it is something you would like to
work with?
Key message and concepts that appear:
Let students play the game
Understanding the characteristics of skin cancer
into details and the treatment of the same. Discussion; Compare what you said before
the game with what you know now. How has
the game changed your perceptions of being
a doctor and working with cancer?
Time needed:
45 min.
Outcomes:
The students get a realistic view of how you treat skin
cancer in practice, this way they get an idea of what it
implies to work with cancer and surgery.
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6. 3. Video 1: Early detection saves lives
Tool name Video 1: Early detection saves lives
Link to tool / information http://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/media/skin-cancer-early-detection-saves-
on the tool lives
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
Understand what melanoma is and how we can
reduce the risk of having it by not exposing our skin
directly to strung sunlight.
Key messages: Time needed:
Early detection of melanoma saves life, why we 30 minutes
need to protect our skin from the sun and
remember to check our skin for radical changes. Process:
Concepts that appear: Watch video
The skin is the largest organ of the body; we Discussion:
learn that skin cancer is also called melanoma.
Do we in fact take care of our skin?
The video informs what melanoma is one the
most frequent cancers. It also informs that Can we protect it better and how and will be
successful treatments require early detection. do it?
Outcomes:
Understanding of:
Melanoma;
The risks of getting it and the level of danger;
Knowledge of preventive actions.
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7. 4. Video 2: Skin cancer exposed
Tool name Virtual experiment 1 - Engineer skin
Link to tool / information
http://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/media/skin-cancer-exposed
on the tool
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
- knowledge of melanoma cancer creation
process and UV impact
- awareness of protection against melanoma
Key messages: cancer by short sun exposure and UV
protection creams
Concepts that appear:
- sun bath increase risk of skin cancer
- Skin construction
- Inheritance of susceptibility for melanoma
- Skin functions cancer
- Melanocytes Tool to support Curriculum from Biology and Nature in
- Individual specificity secondary school (Genetics & Biotechnology).
- Genetic inheritance
Time needed: 45 minutes
- DNA
- Melanoma cancer Process: - discussion
- Skin cancer exposure and protection - Video observation
Outcomes:
- Skin cancer risk awareness
- Skin construction knowledge
- Factors increasing skin cancer risk
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8. 5. Video 3: Looking for genes in the lab
Tool name Video 3 – Looking for genes in the lab
Link to tool / information
http://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/media/looking-genes-lab
on the tool
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
Inherited disposition for melanoma cancer
Prevention and diagnostic of skin cancer
Key messages:
Tool to support Curriculum from Biology and Nature in
Concepts that appear: secondary school (Genetics & Biotechnology).
- How to prevent skin cancer
- The role of early diagnose of skin cancer Process: - discussion
- PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) - Video observation
- Gen amplification
- DNA isolation
Time needed: 45 minutes
- Gen code comparison
- Inheritance of tendency for risk cancer Outcomes:
- Skin cancer family genome risk awareness
- Factors increasing skin cancer risk (sunburn)
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9. 6. Video 4 – Skin cancer: ethical issues
Tool name Video DECIDE – Ethical issues
Link to tool / information
http://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/media/skin-cancer-ethical-issues
on the tool
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
Inherited predisposition for melanoma cancer
Key messages:
Concepts that appear: Prevention and diagnostic of skin cancer
- How to prevent skin cancer Tool to support Curriculum from Biology and Nature in
secondary school (Genetics & Biotechnology).
- The role of early diagnose of skin cancer
- Inheritance of tendency for risk cancer Process: - discussion
- Skin cancer exposure and protection - Video observation
- Individual specificity Time needed: 45 minutes
- The role of skin cancer risk public
information (especially sunburn) Outcomes:
- Skin cancer family genome risk awareness
- Factors increasing skin cancer risk (sunburn)
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10. 7. Discussion continuum game
Tool name Discussion continuum game
Link to tool / information
on the tool
Description Activities in which this tool can be used
Pedagogical objectives:
Make the students have insight into the complexity of
decision making when wanting to reduce incidents of
cancer in a specific population. Make students train
their argumentation skills on the basis of scientific
Concepts that appear: factors.
The students are to discuss what researchers, Process:
doctors, health authorities and industry do about
preventing and reducing melanoma? How can The students read all the background
we prevent, diagnose and treat melanoma as information
effective as possible? On the basis of the background information
they discuss the main questions how to
prevent and reduce incidents of melanoma.
Time needed: 30 min
Outcomes:
The students will have an idea of the process behind
finding effective measures to decrease diseases.
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