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Making Hard Decisions
Students examine proposals to combat AIDS, VRSA, and measles and recommend one that they could support. They investigate how people can have very different feelings about such proposals.
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Social Studies: The Human and Animal Connection!
Students infer the connection among humans, animals, and disease through the interpretation of concept maps. They are introduced to the idea of a connection human disease and the domestication of animals.
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The Impact of Disease on our Lives
High schoolers explore infectious diseases. They analyze the effect of a disease on the community. Students develop a public health policy that addresses the containment of the epidemic. High schoolers create a policy and present...
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The Way We Were: Embryological Development and Disease
Students use microscopes to study live fish embryos and animated diagrams of cell division on the Internet. They see that scientists rely on technology to enhance the gathering and manipulation of data. They create web pages on cloning.
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Rodent-borne Diseases: Getting the Facts Out There
High schoolers conduct research of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) or lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV). They obtain the information and create a public announcement in the form of a brochure, newsletter, poster, radio...
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Soap Smart, Healthy Fun
Seventh graders investigate the scientific methods of testing the effectiveness of soap use against germs. They study the history and chemistry of soap as it has helped control the spread of germs. They make bubble soap.
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"Attack A Cell, Any Cell" Disease Unit
Seventh graders use the Internet to gather information about a disease. They also discuss in groups how diseases are a worldwide problem and brainstorm ideas they can help. They create an informational packet on the disease they researched.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Students create and perform short skits, based on teacher provided scenarios, dealing with sexually transmitted diseases in order to reinforce the fact that STD's may be present but may not be symptomatic and how to communicate with...
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Controlling the Pandemic: Public Health Focus
Learners examine global issues centered around HIV and AIDS. In this health science instructional activity, students compare and analyze public health measures and factors that affect the treatment of HIV/AIDS. They examine the role of...
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Hiv/aids, Year 1, Day 1
Students listen to an explanation distinguishing non-communicable and communicable diseases and the difference between concern and unhealthy fear. They describe the transmission modes for HIV and determine that casual contact can't pass...
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Risky Business
High schoolers view a video on AIDS, HIV and the ways in which HIV is spread. They discuss ways to avoid contracting HIV and participate in a simulation that shows the growth of a communicable disease.
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Infectious Diseases
Seventh graders create a brochure for a fictional pharmaceutical company.
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Social Studies: Factors Involved in the Spread of Disease
Students examine the reasons diseases become epidemics. they analyze the social, political, and economics factors involved in the process. Students complete charts explaining how these factors aid the spread of disease and discuss...
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Protecting the Herd
Students simulate the spread of a fictitious disease using an internet-based simulation. In this biology instructional activity, students predict the factors that could affect epidemic. They investigate these prediction using computer...
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Diversity of Life: Pathogens
Students research bacteria and viruses that carry pathogens. In this diversity lesson, students examine how pathogens spread disease through bacteria and viruses. Students write a report on disease caused by bacteria or virus including...
Healthy Native Youth
Chapter 7: Revisiting the Circle of Life
Scholars revisit the Circle of Life to examine positive character traits—mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional. Pupils discuss how those character traits could help them make responsible decisions and not contract HIV/AIDS. Learners...
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Immunity From Diseases
In this immunity activity, students review vocabulary associated with how the body defends itself from diseases. This activity has 12 matching questions.
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Mosquito Bytes
Students investigate mosquitoes. In this mosquito bytes lesson, students consider reasons why mosquitoes transfer disease and ways to combat them. Students read an article, discuss, and complete a quiz.
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Pandemics and Epidemics
Students evaluate data related to population growth, along with problems and soultions: disease cvontrol. They are able to explain how changes in habitat may affect organisms. Students evaluate evolutionary theories and processes.
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Protecting the Herd
Learners explain how immunizing a significant proportion of a population against a disease prevents epidemics of the disease (herd immunity). They list factors that affect the proportion of a population that must be immunized to prevent...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Students explore the issue of sexually transmitted diseases and discover that someone may have an STD with no symptoms. In this sexually transmitted diseases lesson plan, students complete a worksheet as a large group. Students discuss...
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Diseases
Sixth graders create a type of notebook or journal using colored copy paper on which to take notes. They complete research on a certain disease and report on it and then design their own disease causing bacteria or virus. Finally, 6th...
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Epidemic or False Alert?
In this rate worksheet, students use the SIR model to determine if a disease is spreading at an epidemic rate. They find the slope of a curve and the slope of a line that goes through a given point. This two-page worksheet contains...
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Infection Control and Standard Precautions
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising dramatically, information about how standard precautions can be used to control infection is essential. The 16 slides in a presentation outline of how people need to change their daily habits to...