The Your Spitting Image website and guide can be used alone for classroom exploration of Forensics, Saliva and Bioengineering or in conjunction with a visit to the traveling exhibit at a museum near you. The National Museum of Dentistry uses animated illustrations and interactive activities to help students understand basic concepts and make learning engaging and fun!
This website and downloadable teacher guides were created to provide easy to understand, illustrated, age-appropriate lessons for your middle and high school students. Use this website to:
- Help you create new lesson plans
- Illustrate your lesson plans in the classroom
- Assign team projects to your students
- Assign as homework to re-enforce lessons learned in the classroom
The classroom activities were designed to meet the National Science Education Standards developed by the National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment and the National Research Council.
Download the complete Your Spitting Image Teacher’s Guide. or individual sections:
- How to Use the Guide
- Extracting DNA
- Saliva and Your Health
- The Future of Oral Health
- Brush,_Floss,_Rinse
- Glossary
