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Microbe Detective Story

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students play the parts of members of a microbe detective team. They solve the mystery of students stricken with chills, vomiting, and diarrhea after a picnic. They research different microbes and look for appropriate antibiotics.
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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Learning About Opioids

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Feeling high is not the only side effect of abusing prescription opioids. Middle and high schoolers learn more about specific painkillers, including Fentanyl, Oxycodone, and Clonazepam, as well as their common brand names and extensive...
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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Myth or Fact

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Are opioids the most abused drug after marijuana? How hard is it for young people to obtain painkillers without a prescription? Middle and high schoolers explore the growing epidemic of opioid addiction with a instructional activity that...
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Amazon Adventure: a Case Study in Medical Technology And Bioethics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students test problem-solving skills, the ability to see connections, and the ability to draw conclusions and inferences from information provided in a case study. Given a case study, they formulate a procedure and draw conclusions.
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Amazon Adventure: A Case Study in Medical Technology and Bioethics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners explore a case study. They use problem solving skills to determine initial procedures or experiments necessary slow disease and develop a drug. Students examine FDA drug approval procedures. They consider environmental and...
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Raw Seafood ~ On the Half Shell

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The topic is fascinating, but there is not much for learners to do here. Food borne illness has always been a problem for humans to face, and here, data from the Center for Disease Control is analyzed. Learners look at the number of...
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Food Poisoning

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Identify strategies that prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination. National Standard 14.4.1 Identify food-borne illness Identify types of food-borne illness and their symptoms: botulism, e-coli, hepatitis, salmonella, staphylococci...
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Gastrointestinal Illness Strikes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this epidemiology worksheet, students read a scenario about people reporting an acute episode of gastrointestinal illness. Students determine if its an outbreak and then complete 4 short answer questions.
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World Hepatitis Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Hepatitis Day learning exercise, students complete activities including reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions,...
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Food Poisoning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the prevention of the four major types of food poisoning. They write a letter of advice to an imaginary friend who has had food poisoning seven times within the last year.
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FACS: Sanitation & Food - Support Services (HST)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the importance of proper food handling and sanitation by workers to ensure health and wellness. After watching a demonstration, they discuss how importance hand washing is to stop the spread of disease. To end the...
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The Last Great Canal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read about a cholera outbreak in the 1840's. They read maps, predict how cholera moved throughout the country and participate in a lab activity that demonstrates how disease is spread. They compare cholera through time.
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Deadly Disease among Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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.
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Safe or Sorry (SOS) Pre and Post Test

For Students 6th - 8th
For this health worksheet, students download the print version of the quiz presented. They respond to 12 questions related to foodborne illness and how to properly prepare food to prevent contamination.
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Diet, Exercise and AIDS

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research AIDS and the role of diet and exercise with the disease. For this AIDS lesson, students listen to a mini lecture about the diet and exercise needs of people who have AIDS. Students learn about alternative therapies to...
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Bacteria

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them.  In this investigative lesson plan students examine harmful bacteria. 
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Breaking News English: Marburg Virus Death Toll up to 114

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Marburg Virus Death Toll up to 114," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Beginning Critical Reading - The Flu

For Students 5th - 6th
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the story about the flu. Students answer 3 questions about the story and their explanations.