Cengage Learning
Infection Control and Standard Precautions
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising dramatically, information about how standard precautions can be used to control infection is essential. The 16 slides in a presentation outline of how people need to change their daily habits to...
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Infection Control/Workplace Safety
Young scholars role play as nurse managers in a hospital and are faced with an infection control crisis. They are to examine the feasible ways to solve and control the problem. Students utilize technology, language arts, trade and...
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What Are the Signs and Symptoms of HIV Infection
Students identify the symptoms of HIV. In this disease control instructional activity, students listen to a mini-lecture on the symptoms of HIV. Students locate information on the Internet about ELIZA and confidentiality regarding HIV...
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Wherever We Go, There They Are!
The central video for this lesson is not available through the included resource link. However, the activity that simulates the passing of a virus through a population is impacting and the other resource links are invaluable. Use this...
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Raw Seafood ~ On the Half Shell
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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How is HIV Spread?
Students examine the methods of HIV transmission. In this disease control lesson, students use search engines on the Internet to research how HIV is spread. Students complete an included worksheet on HIV myths and facts.
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A Dialogue on HIV/AIDS
Students in an ESL classroom brainstorm what they already know about HIV/AIDS. In groups, they are given slips of paper of a dialogue between two people that is out of order. They put the dialogue into order and answer comprehension...
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Who's at Risk?
Students are asked what do they comprehend about HIV, such as: how does it get transmitted, and what happens to the body once someone contracts the virus. They discuss ways that people can avoid getting and spreading AIDS. Students...
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Influenza Virus: A tiny moving target
Students investigate the structure and adaptability of viruses. In this viral diseases instructional activity, students play a game to introduce viruses and disease. They conduct computer research and complete interactive activities to...
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Health and H1N1 Flu Lesson Plans
Health and H1N1 flu lesson plans may be able to help keep students in school and learning.
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Swine Flu and Health Lesson Plans
With the swine flu on everyone's mind, students can benefit from learning about influenza, epidemics, and public health.
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Communicable Disease
Young scholars 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...