Special Offer from the Koshland Science Museum
A DVD for Your Classroom
Lasker Award Series
Through compelling narratives and personal interviews, the Lasker Award Series DVD connects your students with leading scientific researchers and the real-life experiences behind their important discoveries. Winners of the 2006 Albert Lasker Medical Research Award, Aaron Beck and Carol Greider tell the stories about their discoveries and the impact of their work on people’s lives.
Emily Young, a biologogy teacher at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, DC, says
“This DVD supplimented scientific topics we were learning in the class and was a wonderful way to make the information more real and engaging for my students. The stories give my students a sense of who the people are behind these discoveries and the impact that their work has had on society.”
William Wallace, a biology and physiology teacher at Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC says:
“Both stories featured on the DVD give students a sense of the work done by the scientists and lead nicely into deeper discussions with my students. I look forward to more stories that will spark discussions with my students.”
Aaron T. Beck received the Lasker Award for his work in cognitive therapy, used to treat 5 million patients in the United States and millions more worldwide, has transformed the understanding and treatment of many psychiatric conditions, including depression and eating disorders. He is Director of the Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Suicide and the University of Pennsylvania. This DVD discussed the concepts of cognitive therapy and interviews a teenager receiving the therapy.
Carol W. Greider received the Lasker Award for her work in telomerase, an enzyme that maintains the ends of chromosomes during cell division. Defects in the telomerase gene can lead to numerous human conditions, including cancer and aging. She is Director of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This DVD discusses telomerase and tells how two boys and their families live with genetic disorders caused by telomerase mutations.
Awarded annaully since 1926, the Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards recognize scientists, physicians, and public servants whose work has made major advances in understanding and treating disease. As of 2006, seventy-two Lasker winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology, Medicine, or Chemistry.
The DVD is free; postage and handling cost $5. To order a DVD, call the Koshland Science Museum at 888-KOSHLAND (888-567-4526); a credit card is required for phone orders. For mail orders, please send a check or money order payable to the Koshland Science Museum to:
Koshland Science Museum
Attn: Lasker DVD
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
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