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Communicable Disease Teacher Resources
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Fifth graders investigate germs and how diseases are transmitted. In this organism lesson, 5th graders conduct Internet research to identify germs and how they are transmitted. Students then use a word processor to create a "wanted" poster, describing a germ and the effects it has on the body. Students research will include how technology has improved our understanding and control of disease.
Students examine the human population response to microbial diseases. In this disease lesson students observe population trends, write about a scientist and evaluate and defend current treatments for infectious diseases.
Fourth graders set personal health goals for preventing illness, identify different pathogens and explain how the body protects itself from pathogens, discuss ways in which prevention and transmission of disease are affected by individual behaviors.
Young scholars identify the interdependence among various ethnic groups in early Arkansas history. They illustrate timelines and visit historic sites. They make maps of the site and give class presentations.
Students explore the pathology of disease. Through research and discussion students identify various types of contagious and non contagious diseases. They discuss the ways diseases can be transmitted and what precautions can be taken to prevent the spread of disease.
Students investigate germs and how they travel. They graph the places in the classroom that have been touch by students to determine which five places have had the most contact. They write stories from a germ's point of view.
Students discuss the transmission of diseases from exotic pets to humans. They research different aspects of particular zoonotic diseases from the perspectives of the animal vector, the parasite, the infected human, and the carrier human.
Students identify the cause of nucleic acid changes in the influenza virus, describe methods of disease infection and investigate the similarities between humans, ducks, and pigs in this upper-level High School Science class lesson from OPB.
Ninth graders differentiate the Native American and European values. In this world history lesson, 9th graders define colonialism in their own words. They study the effects of epidemics and other diseases to Native American populations.
Second graders, in groups, rotate to several stations around the room, in which question cards, regarding disease prevention, have be assigned. Groups visit each station, discuss and record their answer to the question and move to the next station/question.