On a blank sheet of paper:1. Write your essential question.2. Include a brief description of your

Human Rights topic.

Bellwork:

Learning Goal:Identify the role Biology plays in

human rights violations.

What role does Biology play in protecting our human rights?

Prevent Solve

MONITOR

From providing education to treating disease, scientists have a role in protecting

human rights around the world.

• Shown here are children at a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Equal Access

Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights

• Rapidly gather, analyze, and share information, especially during times of

crisis.

Before and after the devastation in

Darfur

The Crisis At-a-GlancePeople who died as a result of the conflict

Over 300,000People displaced from Darfur:

Over 2 millionPeople displaced from Darfur into Chad:

265,000Displaced Chadians:

160,000TOTAL at risk:

Several million

Newly released satellite images visualize the devastating impact of the 2008 oil spills in Bodo, Nigeria, part of a pattern of destruction by oil companies in the region.

Two major oil spills gushed for weeks before they were stopped. They have devastated the lives of tens of thousands of people, destroying livelihoods, undermining access to food

and clean water and putting health at risk.

Quality Water

• Scientists can also point out research-based solutions to problems such as water shortages.

Clear and Specific Connections

Using children as soldiers to fight a war.

Living conditions at these “camps” support spread of disease and starvation

Domestic ViolenceAnywhere

Impact of Chronic Stress on the brain

Women's Rights

Psychological factors that keep the cycle of abuse alive.

Clear and Specific ConnectionsTopic Clear ConnectionChild Soldiers ConditionsChild Trafficking Spread of Disease

Racial Discrimination Emotional Physical Stress

Starvation Emotional Physical impact on Body

Dream Act Chronic Stress

Inside Homeostasis

• When a danger passes, your brain releases a different mob of biochemicals throughout your body.

• Attempting to balance, your brain seeks "homeostasis," metabolic equilibrium between the stimulating and the tranquilizing chemical forces in your body.

• If either of these chemical forces dominates the other without relief, then you will experience an on-going state of internal imbalance.

• This condition is known as stress. And it can have serious consequences for your brain cells.