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- 5th
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Students debate different sides of diagnosing black lung disease, and explore opposing views of the law concerning black lung disease benefits. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discover how communicable diseases are spread. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students design a pamphlet to inform and educate people about an inherited disease or disorder. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students research common pests and plant diseases occurring in local agriculture. They identify cultural and chemical control options for dealing these problems. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students participate in a class discussion which includes categorizing sexually transmitted diseases into various groups such as "always have symptoms/often don't have symptoms" and "curable vs. not curable" to reinforce the idea of abstinence as the safe Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students discuss communicable and non-communicable diseases, and how germs travel from person to person through the air, on objects, in body fluids, and on animals and insects. They take a short quiz. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students watch a video and read an article about the West Nile virus. They discuss their current knowledge of this disease. Students discuss reasons wearing long sleeved shirts and pants could help prevent infection. Students give examples of open containers in the yard that may provide places for mosquitoes to lay eggs. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read an article on globalization in our lives. They explore current disease threats and how they are spread today. Students make an effort at making a connection between infectious diseases and economic development. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students define each link from the chain of infection. They derive a way to break each link in the chain. Students model how easily disease is transmitted. They are shown how impossible it is to know who is infected. Students are asked to write down the last infectious disease that they could remember having. Full Review »
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