Here is a selection of resources that can be used alongside the Science Guide to further explore the topics that are examined in the Silent Signal animations.
MALARIA
Oxitec is an Oxfordshire biotech company that has developed ways to control insects like mosquitoes that spread disease and damage crops that are sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost effective.
As part of a presentation at a Royal Society Summer Exhibition they produced an online simulation of one such method based on releasing genetically modified insects
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge have produced some excellent downloadable resources
The Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Institute (MLW) malaria research programme
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The Gates Foundation has a huge selection of excellent resources on malaria
SLEEP
An excellent article about the research into the effects of sleep on mental health by Professor Russell Foster
A look at lack of sleep as a public health concern from the Centre of Disease Control
SciShow’s review of circadian rhythms and the body clock
Why Do We Sleep? – Professor Russell Foster’s excellent TedTalk
IMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINATIONS
Manchester Immunology Group’s resources
Glasgow Science Centre has an online game in which players seek to stem the spread of the flu virus
The Centre of the Cell have lots of resources
The ABPI educational resource has pages on immunity and vaccinations
A download of a thorough but accessible review of the immune system and how it works
This game gives instructions for an active classroom simulation of the spread of infection and works well with a larger number of students
A good online simulation of the effectiveness of vaccination in stopping the spread of disease
Scientific arguments to tackle anti-vaccination stand points in discussion groups
DNA SEQUENCING
Some classroom resources on DNA sequencing technology