Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students are introduced to historical research with primary sources and explore the origins of public health in Red Wing. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students examine the differences between public and private places and behaviors. They develop a list of public and private places and behaviors, sort magazine pictures, complete a body parts worksheet, and discuss various scenarios. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students study environmental health. Using actual NOAA satellite imagery, students investigate the basic concepts of mapping. They explore the relationship between monitoring satellite images and public health decision making. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students work in teams to synthesize their air, asthma, air contamination, and environmental health knowledge as well as additional research to represent a particular point of view persuasively. They create a handout and presentatin materials to help communicate this knowledge and point of view. Pupils use these materials, to practice public speaking to present their work. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. Students participate as public health scientists to deliberate a course of action to explore possible research questions. Pupils interpret spatial data, and make predictions based on GIS data, developing hypotheses, formulating new scientific questions. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th
Rating
Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students compose a letter to their community. They inform the citizens of an impending public health danger. They provide valid public health information regarding the health and well-being of the community. They present their public health campaign to the class. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students communicate the biological basis for an aspect of a public health issue in a visual manner. They use the basics of a variety of diseases and epidemics to create their Public Health poster and service message. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students use information already gathered on a specific public health issue to create a public service message in the form of a bookmark. They consult multiple sources to compile sufficient information to create the public service message about a public health issue. Students accurately and thoroughly document where each piece of information was found. Full Review »

Grade Range
10th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students identify current public health issues and interview professionals in health careers as the conclusion to the semester. During this nine-week unit, they investigate waterborne diseases, pathogens, vaccines, and related public health issues. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

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 »