Resources
Through STEM Global, the Washington Global Health Alliance and its members are inspiring and preparing the next generation of global health researchers, practitioners, and champions.
Explore the resources below to help with your global health job search or to learn new ways to integrate global health concepts into your classroom.
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- For Your Classroom
- Tools
- Global Health Careers & Job Search
If you have new opportunities or resources for students or teachers to share through STEM Global, email us.
For Your Classroom
COVID-19 Curricula
Teaching about Coronavirus & COVID-19 - Master List of Resources
Master list of teaching resources related to coronavirus, COVID-19, and global health epidemics and pandemics
STEM Global - COVID-19 Testing & Inequities Curriculum
Fred Hutch curriculum exploring molecular biology, patient case studies, health inequities, and bioethical issues related to COVID-19
STEM Global - COVID-19: In Context
This free virtual field trip experience is offered by the Gates Foundation Discovery Center
STEM Global Educator Workshop Jan. 30, 2021 Recording
A recording of WGHA’s STEM Global Educator Workshop (01/30/21). This workshop is designed to share free activities and curriculum resources centered around COVID-19 to integrate into virtual classrooms. English and Spanish captions.
Global Health Curricula
Global Health Ambassadors Curriculum
An overview interdisciplinary 11th grade Ambassadors Global Health High School Curriculum
STEM Global Data Driven Curriculum
IHME’s curriculum to use data to inform action
STEM Global Code Cracking Curriculum
NWABR’s curriculum to investigate cancer mutations
STEM Global Data Driven Middle School Curriculum
IHME’s Middle School curriculum to use data to inform action
STEM Global Data Driven Middle School Remote Learning Curriculum
IHME’s Middle School curriculum with suggested adaptations for remote learning to use data to inform action
STEM Global Diagnostic Detective Curriculum
Fred Hutch’s curriculum to learn how to detect antibodies
STEM Global Drone Drop Challenge
PATH’s curriculum to design, build, & test a safe drop container
STEM Global Vaccine Delivery Curriculum
Pacific Science Center’s curriculum to design a vaccine-delivery solution
Collaborations to Understand Research & Ethics
A series of four curricula that explore the relationship between science and ethics.
Breathe In, Breathe Out Curriculum
Middle-school students learn how engineers help us stay healthy by designing machines and medicines that support respiratory health and function
Human Reproductive Technologies Curriculum
Curriculum for grades 6-8 to learn about technologies and how engineers have worked to improve the health of expecting mothers and babies
Measuring the Impact of Global Health Crises
Lesson plans, articles, infographics, and more, related to an Ebola epidemic and global health issues
Test & Treat Before You Drink
Curriculum for grades 9-12 to learn about water quality testing and access to clean water saving lives
Global Health Diplomacy Online Course
Learn the opportunities, challenges, and limits of Global Health Diplomacy
Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge
Games, debates, and experiments to use with your students
Tools
Gapminder
An online visualizer of global health data that unveils the beauty of statistics for a fact-based world view
Online Exchanges & Global Collaborations for Every Classroom
Explore programs for communication and collaboration with students from other countries
Global Health Resource Center
UW’s listing of global health internships, fellowships, and volunteer opportunities
Global Health Reading List
A list of books compiled by Theresa Britschgi
Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
Narratives and accompanying resources to support teachers in integrating these narratives into their science classrooms
Speakers Bureau
Request a scientist to speak in your classroom on topics ranging from AIDS research to the effects of drugs and alcohol on the brain
Science Adventure Lab
Seattle Children’s mobile science lab accommodates up to 28 students and travels to schools across Washington to provide hands-on science curriculum to grades 4-12
Minding the Gaps in Reaching the Millennium Goals
Data visualization software to explain global health issues
Global Health Champions
Profiles of people who have made a tremendous difference on the front lines of global health
Climate Change and Human Rights
A resource packet with tools for bringing these issues into K-12 social studies and science classrooms
NPR Global Health News Archive
All of NPR’s reports on global health in one location
Case Studies for Teaching in Science
Provides case studies, teaching guides, and answer keys on topics such as cholera, malaria, TB, HIV, & Ebola
HHMI BioInteractive's Infectious Disease Resources
Engaging multimedia resources to teach about viruses, the immune system, and infectious disease
Girls in Engineering, Math, & Science (GEMS)
GEMS is for 7th & 8th grade girls currently attending a Seattle public school
What Does It Take to Eradicate Disease?
A resource packet for educators from a World Affairs Council Global Classroom and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation event
Why should students investigate contemporary science topics—and not just "settled" science?
This practice brief from the Institute for Science + Math Education at the UW explores the importance of engaging students in investigating contemporary scientific problems in an authentic way to explore cutting-edge science.
Global Health Careers & Job Search
Global Health Careers Fact Sheets
Fact sheets that give detailed information about occupations, education requirements, and salaries
Global Health Careers Pipeline
A high-level map of careers in Global Health that make up the global health sector and the education required to land them.
10 Tips for Building Your High School Resume
Encourages early resume building and how to use it to market yourself.
How to Create Your Resume
Slideshow with detail descriptions of sections to include on a resume.
Career Girls
Career resource featuring profiles, videos, and career info of female-identifying people from diverse backgrounds.