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- 8th - Higher Ed
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Students experiment in order to determine proper ways to disinfect hands to prevent the spread of infection. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students explore how our bodies fight infection. Using a microscope, they observe red blood cells, white blood cells and different bacteria under a microscope. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students observe blood cells under a microscope and make drawings of their observations. They write and act out a short play starring blood cells, antibodies and bacteria to demonstrate fighting infection. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students explore the causes of disease, how organisms, spread disease, and the process of infection. Examples of inherited diseases, environmentally caused diseases, and the agents that cause them are examined in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students investigate the incidence of chlamydia by studying graphs and data. They watch a PowerPoint and complete a worksheet on the statistics associated with the infection. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students exchange fake bodily fluids with other students. They track the spread of the "infection" throughout the population of students and determine where the infection began in the class. Every student in the class choose a test tube of liquid which represents a sample of blood, and then exchanges that fluid with other students. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students simulate the transfer of body fluids by using pipettes to exchange a small amount of liquid between cups with three other students. They track those students with whom they exchanged solutions by writing their names on paper. They draw a pyramid effect of the spread of the infection within the classroom. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students define each link from the chain of infection. They derive a way to break each link in the chain. Students model how easily disease is transmitted. They are shown how impossible it is to know who is infected. Students are asked to write down the last infectious disease that they could remember having. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students explore how the human body maintains a stable internal condition as the immune system fights off an infection. They measure and compare their own body temperature to the average class temperature then view a Quicktime video that describes the function of fever. Full Review »
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