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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the investigative and detective work that goes into disease control. They research specific diseases and simulate a doctor-patient diagnosis situation. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research some parasite-borne diseases and report on how parasites infect their hosts and how people are trying to reduce infection rates. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine SARS outbreak in Toronto and its impact on the economy, government and society. They, in groups, research policies and programs designed to curb the spread of diseases, and create presentations assessing their effectiveness. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the social, political, environmental, economic, medical and other considerations for why particular countries experience outbreaks of certain infectious diseases. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the ALzheimers disease. They conduct research using a variety of resources. They obtain information and input the data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Students identify trends in the data and categorize them for an audience. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine infectious diseases and participate in a biohazard simulation. Using information from the Center for Disease Control website, they create pictures for disease books in Microsoft Word. The lesson also includes a faith integration component. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students recognize that infectious diseases are a continuing problem among all human populations. They define and give examples of emerging infectious diseases. Students define and give examples of re-emerging infectious diseases. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study pandemics through the investigational research of the 1918 swine flu. They apply the information by choosing a current virus and role-playing a member of the Centers of Disease Control (CDC). Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students study various livestock diseases and how each disease is handled. In groups, students predict which animal may be infected by a particular disease. They use given web pages to collect information on food safety and animal diseases. Students write a report over a chosen disease and share it with the class. Full Review »
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