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This Battling Vector-Borne Diseases: Factors That Affect the Mosquito Life Cycle activity also includes:
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- Student Handout
- Activity Guidelines
- Mosquito Reference Document
- Battling Vector-Borne Diseases: Factors That Affect the Mosquito Life Cycle (Spanish)
- Student Handout (Spanish)
- Activity Guidelines (Spanish)
- Mosquito Reference Document (Spanish)
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Slow the spread of disease by slowing disease carriers in their tracks. Learners explore just how they might accomplish this as they experiment with the life cycle of a mosquito under different conditions. Scholars design and conduct experiments based on the conditions they feel will have the most effect. They finish by drawing conclusions based on their observations.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have different groups test different hypotheses
- Compare class results with what is currently known about the mosquito survival in certain conditions
Classroom Considerations
- Experiment requires two weeks to complete but only a few minutes each day for observations
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- Includes a teacher guide to help facilitate the lesson
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