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Risky Business iii Acknowledgments ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career and The National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education (NCHSTE) want to thank the many people who supported this work and helped develop these integrated curriculum units. We would especially like to thank the academic and health science teachers from 12 high schools who participated in our curriculum design workshops and created and tested many of the original lessons in their classrooms. We also want to thank the principals of these schools for encouraging curriculum integration and supporting their teachers' work. Enthusiastic and creative teachers and supportive administrators have been essential to the success of the project. We also want to thank many contributing representatives from NCHSTE and local school districts who helped coordinate beta testing activities, sponsored school sites, and provided support to the teachers. These individuals include NCHSTE's Executive Director, played many essential roles at every stage of this work.sota. Both of these organizations generously provided facilities and opportunities for guided study tours that were an important component of our teacher professional development workshops. A talented group of curriculum designers at ConnectEd worked with the original lessons created by the teacher teams and expanded their material to create full curriculum units. The team was led and Utah, along with the Director of Career Development and Occupational Studies, Yonkers (New York) Public Schools provided funding for teacher professional development and classroom-based curriculum design and testing. We were fortunate to receive seed money at the start of the project from The Office of Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Acknowledgments Finally, we want to thank two individuals who provided tremendous support for this effort. Anne Stanton, Director of the Youth Program at the James Irvine Foundation and Gary Hoachlander, President of ConnectEd and MPR Associates, Inc. have promoted a new way of thinking about how to engage students in learning with the goals of improving academic outcomes and closing the achievement gap. They have encouraged us to create interdisciplinary curriculum material that delivers challenging, college and career-preparatory academic and technical learning through authentic, career-focused applications. We hope that using this curriculum enlivens your classroom, excites your students to learn, and helps them achieve academic and career success. How can we balance personal freedoms and society's need to provide accessible, affordable healthcare? Unit Summary Students will learn about lifestyle and genetic influences on health …