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Book Review

Review of: National Institutes of Health Curriculum Supplements: Human Genetic Variation and Cell Biology and Cancer, by Biological Sciences Curriculum Study and Videodiscovery; 1999; http://science.education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/highschool.htm

¹ Exploratorium Teacher Institute,² Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA

^* Corresponding author. E-mail address: karenk{at}exploratorium.edu.

The National Institutes of Health publishes a series of science curriculum supplements for K-12 education that are available from their Web site free of charge (http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements). In this feature, we review two of the high school supplements, Human Genetic Variation and Cell Biology and Cancer. Overall, we find that they are both excellent resources that engage students in learning science content while emphasizing the impact of scientific breakthroughs on personal and public health. In this review, we highlight the many strong features of the curricula and point out instances in which teachers may wish to seek out supplemental, updated information.

Key Words: secondary • curriculum • human genetics • cancer • cell biology • public health