Access Excellence Classic Collection

What is the Classic Collection? A number of people and events have undoubtedly changed and defined the face of scientific knowledge. The Classic Collection, an ongoing series, examines these people and events. Each chapter in the collection focuses on a single person or event by putting it into historical context and relating it to current science. Included in each unit is a set of suggested references, classroom activities, graphics, background paper and more.

• Handwashing

• The Mysteries of Aging: Is Diet a Contributing Factor?

• The Heart and the Circulatory System

• Genetic Counseling: Coping with the Human Impact of Genetic Disease

• The Discovery Of Radioactivity: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age

• Radioactivity: Historical Figures

• How We See: The First Steps of Human Vision

• Discovery, Chance and the Scientific Method

• A Visit with Dr. Francis Crick

• DNA Structure

• Restriction Nucleases

• Vaccines--How and Why?

• Development of Polio Vaccines

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