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- 6th - 12th
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Students use the European Union's struggle with Mad Cow Disease as a starting point to study the spread of infectious diseases across geographical boundaries. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research some parasite-borne diseases and report on how parasites infect their hosts and how people are trying to reduce infection rates. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students choose a disease caused by bacteria or viruses, search the Internet for information about the symptoms, cause, transmission, treatment and prognosis of the disease. They collect and graph data about the prevelence of the disease in the world. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the social, political, environmental, economic, medical and other considerations for why particular countries experience outbreaks of certain infectious diseases. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students use Palms, or handheld computers, and the Cooties software to enact the transmission of communicable diseases. They discuss incubation and immunity and collect and interpret data and figure out who was the "carrier "of a "disease." Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students examine rates, matrices, histograms, line graphs, data analysis and data presentation in order to develop an understanding of how these concepts apply to a the effects of a specific disease. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the ALzheimers disease. They conduct research using a variety of resources. They obtain information and input the data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Students identify trends in the data and categorize them for an audience. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students recognize that infectious diseases are a continuing problem among all human populations. They define and give examples of emerging infectious diseases. Students define and give examples of re-emerging infectious diseases. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how the study of diseases, epidemics and disease management offers opportunities for exploration of biological evolution, immune systems, interaction between humans and their environment, and interaction among organisms. They become familiar with public health professionals who work toward protecting the health of the community. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how disease and epidemics have the potential to shape communities. They examine their impact on culture and specifically the literature of the time. Students investigate how trade routes accelerated the movement of goods, people, ideas, culture and disease. Full Review »