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The Infection Game: The Shape of Change

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Encourage the spread of knowledge in your class with this cross-curricular epidemic simulation. Pulling together science, social studies, and math, this lesson engages students in modeling the spread of infectious diseases, collecting...
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I Wonder What Other Dangerous Diseases Insects Spread...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use the internet to research diseases spread by insects. They create a brochure using the information they gathered. They present their project to the class.
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Spreading the Word

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the use of propaganda in the war against terrorism, focusing specifically on the attacks in Afghanistan, exploring the distinction between ideas spread to benefit a cause and those spread to damage an opposing cause.
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Germs, Germs, They're Everywhere!

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Youngsters recognize that germs are everywhere, and can make us sick. They identify ways that germs can be spread, see how they can prevent the spreading of germs, and learn appropriate hand washing techniques.
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Mid-Ocean Magnetism

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate magnetic evidence that supports the theory of sea floor spreading.
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Sexually Transmissible Diseases (STDs), Day 4: Epidemiology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or infections (STIs) are totally preventable. Yet, the number of cases is on the rise. Why? This health lesson contains a lot of information about prevention, as well as a great activity about how...
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Plate Tectonics

For Students 5th
In this plate tectonics worksheet, 5th graders are given notes with diagrams showing Earth's layers, the tectonic plates, evidence of Pangaea, sea-floor spreading and the types of boundaries. Students answer 5 review questions about the...
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Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Get a detailed look at plate tectonics with a 14-slide presentation that highlights the Earth's layers, continental drift, seafloor spreading, the theory of plate tectonics, and boundary types. Each slide provides thorough explanations,...
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How About a Classroom Epidemic?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Have individuals wash their hands with soap and water, give one of them a yeast-covered piece of candy, and then have him shake hands with the person next to him. Handshakes continue down the line until everyone in the class has had...
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Some Similarities between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth

For Students 9th - 12th
If the infectious diseases and population growth worksheet, learners simulate the spread of an infectious disease by exchanging fluids in a lab activity. Students watch the spread of the disease and graph the spread of the disease vs....
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The Galapagos Spreading Center

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the basic concept of seafloor spreading. They describe the processes involved in creating new seafloor at a mid-ocean ridge. They investigate the Galapagos Spreading Center system.
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Using Mathematics to Explain the Spread of Diseases

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use statistics to solve problems based on the spread of disease.  In this disease lesson students study the role that viruses and bacteria play in the spread of diseases and explain pandemics. 
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Sea Floor Spreading I

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students use Excel to explore the geodynamics Model equation for ocean depth around a sea-floor spreading center. They use an equation relating ocean floor depth to sea floor spreading rate and distance from spreading center for a...
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The Spread of HIV Through a Population

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use a model to illustrate the spread of HIV through an adolescent population and, acting in the role of epidemiologists, explore the dilemmas of HIV infection presented by the simulation. beneficence and justice.
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How Quickly Disease Spreads

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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...
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Watch Germs Spread

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate how germs spread from one person to another. They hide a small quantity of flour or cornstarch in their hand and then pretend to sneeze or cough into the hand. they shake hands with a child sitting nearby. They...
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Spreading Doom

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students explore the pattern created by a sequence or series. In this geometry lesson, students relate the spread of a virus to the growth of exponential functions. They collect data as they analyze the sequence created by the growth.
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The Spread of Disease with Differential Equations

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders solve problems using differential equations.  In this Calculus lesson, 12th graders analyze data regarding the spread of a flu virus.  Students use the symbolic capacity of the TI-89 to develop a model and analyze the...
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Splatter Spread

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students assemble a potato cannon following directions. In groups, they analyze the spread pattern of paint soaked projectiles and discover the relationship between scatter and distance. They role play the role of a forensic scientist...
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Modeling Sea-floor Spreading

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this ocean floor modeling worksheet, students answer 6 questions about structures on a model showing sea-floor spreading. Students describe sea-floor spreading after answering the questions in order demonstrate an understanding of...
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Plate Tectonics Review

For Students 8th - 10th
In this plate tectonics worksheet, students review concepts such as the types of plate boundaries, the concept of continental drift, sea-floor spreading, earthquakes, and plate tectonics. They match 30 terms with their definitions.
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Plate Tectonics-Notes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this plate tectonics worksheet, students complete a sheet of notes about the layer's of the Earth, plate tectonics, continental drift and sea floor spreading.
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Mapping the Spread of HIV/AIDS

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Where is HIV/AIDS most prevalent and what are the current trends regarding HIV? Have groups work together to map the world's HIV/AIDS rates, then create a class map with all the data. Lesson includes cross-disciplinary concepts including...
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How is HIV Spread?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine the methods of HIV transmission. In this disease control instructional activity, 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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