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- 4th
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Students discover how communicable diseases are spread. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students use Palms, or handheld computers, and the Cooties software to enact the transmission of communicable diseases. They discuss incubation and immunity and collect and interpret data and figure out who was the "carrier "of a "disease." Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students determine how communicable diseases are spread by participating in a role-play activity. They discuss how colds are transmitted and determine whether they were affected during the role-play activity. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students demonstrate how quickly disease spreads and the importance of protective measures with communicable diseases. They examine past epidemics such as the Bubonic Plague and make predictions about future epidemics.They compare and contrast medieval medical expertise with that of modern medicine. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students experiment to discover how certain viruses spread through a population. They simulate the spread of a communicable disease by analyzing data to identify the person who was originally infected. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research a communicable disease of their choice, and create a poster about it. They describe the difference between the 4 different disease causing organisms (protozoa, fungi, bacteria, and viruses) and outline the treatment and/or cure for a specific disease. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concept of communicable diseases looking for candidates for the worst one. The context of modern civilization is used to predict the outcomes of exposure to different diseases. The information is used to create a graphic organizer. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research the technological development of one medical tool from the 17th, 18th or early 19th centuries. They trace the advancement of the tool to its comtemporary medical tool. They research the communicable disease the tool helps cure and design a timeline related to their tool. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students play the "communicable disease" game using Heads-Up, 7-Up. They discuss and review the communicable diseases (STDs & AIDS). Students place their heads down on the desk, the teacher serves as the disease and begin to spread "it" to two students. They are asked to stand up if they have the disease. Students define the terms communicable vs. non-communicable. Full Review »
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