To boost disease prevention, high schoolers arm themselves with information about infectious diseases and how they spread. Scholars research the causes, prevention techniques, and identify high-risk groups especially vulnerable to a disease.

Concepts

infections, diseases, polio, rabies, malaria, bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, pathogens

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Add Covid to the list of diseases for groups to research
• Challenge groups to create a poster to accompany their presentation about the disease they researched and how it spreads
• Invite a local health professional to talk with the class about infectious diseases

Classroom Considerations

• The first of two lessons focusing on infectious diseases and how they spread
• Requires computers with internet access

Pros

• Provides pupils with a wealth of information about common and not-so-common diseases

Cons

• No template is included for the activity worksheet

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.SL.4 WHST.11-12.2.b WHST.11-12.7