Reasearch the transmission of tuberculosis and design a communication product to help youth understand the risks of the disease, how it is tested for, and the benefits of proper treatment. This project incorporates language arts, math,...

Middle schoolers use problem solving skills to examine symptoms, causes, and treatment of tuberculosis in modern times and in early 1900s. Students read patient case, work in teams to diagnose illness, and conduct Internet research to...

Students examine the biological, medical, social and historical contexts of tuberculosis. They conduct research, compare treatments of TB during the 20th century, read articles, and present their research information to the class.

Students examine how natural selection creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria, recognize applications of evolutionary principles for medicine, agriculture, and conservation, and discuss how science contributes to decisions in context of...

Pupils investigate the growth of bacteria in the presence of antibiotics. They write a hypothesis, conduct an experiment to test their hypothesis, analyze the results of their bacterial growth experiment, and describe the results on a...

Examine global health issues and the philanthropic efforts of Bill Gates. Working in groups, your class will research selected diseases focusing on symptoms, transmission, and prevention. They also conclude by writing grant proposals to...

Animal testing: cruel and inhumane, or innovative and life-saving? Scholars explore the topic and form their own opinions with help from the highly informative website. Pupils read a comprehensive overview of the topic, including...

In this communicable diseases worksheet, students research 26 diseases and determine which are caused by viruses and which are caused by bacteria. After researching, they complete 11 short answer questions about signs and symptoms of...

In this World Cancer Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...

Students conduct research projects to determine the effects of climatic changes on the spread of infectious diseases throughout regions. After conducting their Internet research, students develop mini-presentations on their given disease...

Play a game to learn how Dr. Robert Koch discovered tuberculosis' cause. You'll "discover and experience some of the classic methods used to detect whether a specific bacterium causes a disease."

This site from Access Excellence provides extensive information for both the student and the teacher addressing the problems of tuberculosis. Create a communication product which will help people under the age of 18 understand the risks...

An overview of tuberculosis (TB) or consumption which is an infectious disease caused by bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Examined are the affects of tuberculosis on the lungs, latent tuberculosis vs. active tuberculosis, symptoms,...

What is TB? What are its signs/symptoms? What type of laboratory tests are use to diagnose TB? What treatment options are available? These questions are answered in this thorough and informative site.

The National Institute of Health gives the basics about the disease tuberculosis.

A discussion of how to treat Active TB in order to prevent disability and death from the infection and to reduce the spread of the disease.

Thorough overview of infectious arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.

Two deadly diseases, HIV and TB, can often co-exist in the same patient. Treatment of these diseases is discussed as is the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (iris) and the paradoxical iris.