"When Things Go Wrong" - Year 9 Research Assignment

Systems:

How do our organs interact with other organs?

Resource no 1:  
Health and Wellness Reference Centre. You’ll find this database on the ISC V.C.  Access by following this route: Mygippslandgrammar.net – ISC link – Online Reference Databases – Health and Wellness Reference Centre

Overview: Informative and helpful

Resource no 2:
http://www.medicalook.com/

Overview: A brilliant website which includes medical information in a graphic and informative way.

Disease and Infection:

How does disease spread?

Resource no 1:  
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/

Overview: U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Well orgainsed, easy to navigate and highly informative. The website includes infectious diseases and posts fact sheets and newsletters.

Resource no 2:  
http://www.who.org/home/map_ht.html

Overview: The World Health Organization posts fact sheets at its website, covering communicable/infectious diseases, tropical diseases, vaccine preventable diseases, and many other health topics.

Resource no 3:  
KidsHealth.org

Overview: The website created by the Nemours Foundation and has information on dozens of infections.

How do infections lead to illness?

Resource no 1: 
 http://www.humanillnesses.com/original/Her-Kid/Infection.html#ixzz1sLZhWPCI

Overview:  Explains antibiotics and immunization, how infection occurs and spreads and some treatments.

 

Can we ever win the war against disease?

Resource no 2:  
http://medgadget.com/

Overview: Features ground breaking medical breakthroughs.  Should only be used to provide a brief glimpse into where medicine is heading.

Disease ideas:

Resource:  
http://www.medicinenet.com/diseases_and_conditions/article.htm

Overview: An excellent database that lists every known disease alphabetically but also has a search tool at the top of the webpage.