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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students conduct inquiry-based research for basic information about microbes, infections, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After gathering answers to their questions, students develop a presentation to post on their school's Web site. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students learni about the AIDS epidemic and focuse them on the importance of HIV prevention at home and abroad. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students examine the relationship between AIDS and teenagers. In groups, they discuss the various issues educators face in introducing the topic to teenagers in school. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the misconceptions they have about the disease. To end the lesson, they read articles about AIDS in their local newspaper. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students create AIDS resource booklets. They discuss the topic of AIDS and how a resource booklet can help victims of AIDS in their areas. They research websites, interview community resources they have located and organize their notes. They use MS Word to create their booklets. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students use appropriate health resources to increase their comprehension of HIV and AIDS as a social and medical issue. They identify how families and friends can help people with HIV or AIDS cope with physical, emotional, and social needs. Students identify how families and friends can help connect with people liviing with HIV or AIDS to community support groups. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students identify HIV or AIDS information sources. They identify selection criteria for sources of information. Students distinguish between primary and secondary sources of information, and expert and non-expert sources. They discuss the potential stages of HIV infection. Students identify behaviours that do not put a person at risk for contracting HIV. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students discover the behaviors associated with getting acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and study the infectious cycle for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by playing a board game. They play in small groups. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine behaviors associated with contracting AIDS. They explore the infectious cycle for HIV. Students study the risk behaviors and learn how to avoid them and just say no. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students explore the similarities and differences between the Black Death and HIV/AIDS. They write an essay answering which is the worse plague, the current spread of HIV/AIDS or the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century. They research the Internet and evaluate websites to record information and read about both topics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students examine where, why, how and in what conditions HIV/AIDS exists. They examine the deadly impact this virus has had on the world and look at how to prevent the spread at home. The students also develop a greater awareness of the virus's impact on human rights around the world. Full Review »