Diseases Lesson Plans

Students compare and contrast the conditions of the 1918 influenza outbreak with those of today. They try to identify prevention strategies for infectious diseases.

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. 

Students choose a question from a given list and develop an investigation about it. In this biology activity, students analyze bacterial growth by carrying out a guided experiment. They present their findings in class.

Students use statistics to solve problems based on the spread of disease.  In this disease lesson students study the role that viruses and bacteria play in the spread of diseases and explain pandemics. 

Students discover the different sources of pathogens that cause diseases. For this health science lesson, students explore different ways to treat infections. They create a persuasive pamphlet on their position on vaccination.

Young scholars listen to a lecture on the purpose of practicing aseptic technique as well as an explanation of how to practice them. They practice aseptic technique by plating bacteria in order to isolate individual colonies of bacteria. They then hypothesize which fomites they believe have the most bacterial contamination and take swabs of their fomites to check for bacteria.

Students explore disease and its relationship to history and literature. They investigate issues that range from early biological warfare and historical disease treatments, to observing today's race for the cure against current emerging and re-emerging diseases.

Seventh graders identify how to use sterile techniques when identifying plant pathogens.  In this plant diseases activity students complete a lab activity in which they see how plant diseases are identified and classified.

Young scholars explore the latest study on routine hand washing practices. They research some of the possible communicable diseases that can be transmitted by having lax hygiene.

Learners will research a case study where they see evidence and determine what kind of disease the patient has. In this disease lesson plan, students determine whether the patient has a cold, flu, or a strep infection through the data that they collect. They also learn the difference between viral and bacterial diseases.