LibGuides: Grade 5 Science and Tech Development: Medicine

Non-fiction from our library collection

These are a few titles from our collection and the MHS library. You may also want to look up "medicine AND history" in the library catalog to see books about medicine and its history.

The Man with the Bionic Brain by Jon Mukand
Call Number: 617.4 MUK
ISBN: 1613740557
Publication Date: 2012
MHS Library. Adult reading level
A behind-the-scenes view of cutting-edge medical research and discoveries that are helping people with disabilities regain control, this book is an insightful look into the possibilities of technology and the associated ethical, political, social, and financial controversies. After he was stabbed and paralyzed from the neck down, Matthew Nagle, a former high school football star, made scientific history when neurosurgeons implanted microelectrodes in his brain that recognized his thought patterns, allowing him to control a computer cursor. With the BrainGate system he was able to use e-mail, manipulate a prosthetic hand, adjust TV settings, and play video games--all just by thinking.

TED Talks

Useful webpages and websites

Ted Talk: Bionics That Lets Us Run, Climb and Dance
"Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab’s Biomechatronics group, he shows his incredible technology in a talk that's both technical and deeply personal — with the help of ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and performs again for the first time on the TED stage."
20 Potential Technological Advances in the Future of Medicine
Predictions on how technology innovations already in use can be used to advance medicine even more.

Useful database articles

21st Century Advances in Medicine on Britannica Online
You will need to log in with the Quick Login. Citations can be copied and pasted. Look for the checkmark icon at the top of the article page.
Body Scans on BrainPop
To cite Brainpop videos, use this format: (italicize BrainPop)
“Movie Topic.” BrainPOP. Date Viewed. < URL OF MOVIE >
The Invention of Penicillin on the History Channel
To cite this video, follow this format: