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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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Transmission of Disease

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students provide names of viral diseases that they would possibly like to be infected with today; listing them on the Smart Board. They then come to an agreement about what virus to use and use beakers of fluids to simulate how viruses...
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Worksheet
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How Do Antiretroviral Drugs Work?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students watch a series of videos and complete 10 short answer questions right after. They explain how ART drugs interrupt the life cycle of HIV.
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National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

Abracadabra

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
How has Magic Johnson managed to stay so healthy, despite being HIV-positive for over 20 years? If you have ever taught about HIV and AIDS, you have most likely been asked such a question. By examining a case study and role-playing as...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Virus Hunters: Epidemiology of Nipah Virus

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Who actually goes looking for a virus? Expose your class to the high-stakes life of an epidemiologist on the trail of the Nipah virus. Pupils engage in a short video, then examine how scientists predict, model, and find the source of...
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Nuffield Foundation

Monitoring Water Pollution with Invertebrate Indicator Species

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Healthy invertebrates mean healthy ponds. An outdoor activity has scholars collect samples of invertebrates from local lakes or ponds. They identify and count different species and use the information to estimate the level of pollution...
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HIV Prevention

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders engage in critical thinking skills about personal health and safety to prevent the acquiring of the HIV disease. The project is an extension of this thinking designed for students to think about all the different ways...
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PPT
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Animal Nutrition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this great overview to give information on all aspects of nutrition. By working their way through this PowerPoint, students review a lot of information about the digestive process.  Students read many facts on a number of detailed...
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Influenza Virus: A tiny moving target

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the structure and adaptability of viruses. In this viral diseases lesson, students play a game to introduce viruses and disease. They conduct computer research and complete interactive activities to investigate the...
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West Nile Virus Strikes Again

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the West Nile virus and how it is impacting an American Indian reservation,  In this virus lesson students devise a prevention plan for an Indian reservation to help limit the transfer of the West Nile virus.
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Launching a Defense; Understanding the Human Immune System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research online to answer and develop questions about immune system, create Powerpoint presentation to share information with classmates, and assimilate information into pictorial and/or graphical description of immune system.
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Worksheet
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Bloody Suckers

For Students 7th - 9th
In this blood sucking animals worksheet, students answer 20 questions about leeches, mosquitoes, Chepo bugs, and bats which all suck blood to transmit diseases or get nutrients.
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Myth Busters: HIV Transmission

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss the facts and myths about HIV. In this health lesson, students explain how diseases spread from person to another. They create a presentation to share their research findings with the class.
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HIV/AIDS

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss facts and myths about HIV transmission. In this biology lesson plan, 10th graders complete an HIV awareness poster and scavenger hunt. They simulate the transmission of the disease through a class activity.
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Rodent-borne Diseases: Getting the Facts Out There

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) or lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV). They obtain the information and create a public announcement in the form of a brochure, newsletter, poster, radio announcement,...
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Exploring Vaccines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain in a written format how vaccination works and how it draws upon the natural immunity. They differentiate between vaccinations and immunizations. Students identify a number of illnesses that can be prevented by the use of...
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Worksheet
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Noncommunicable Diseases

For Students 7th - 9th
In this chronic diseases instructional activity, students read and identify with a chronic disease called asthma. They discover how a person deals with a chronic disease and explain if they can still participate in most activities....
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The Last Great Canal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils 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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Unit Plan
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When Germs Attack!

For Teachers 6th
Students explore the hidden world of microbes and how our bodies spring into action in response to diseases. This ten lesson unit presents data on several microbial diseases and the reaction of the body's immune system.
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Worksheet
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Circulatory System Crossword Puzzle

For Students 6th - 9th
In this circulatory system instructional activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle with 13 clues about circulatory system vocabulary.
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Worksheet
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The Circulatory System

For Students 5th - 12th
In this circulatory system worksheet, students review the functions of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Students label the parts of a human heart on a diagram. This worksheet has 4 short answer, 13 matching, and 9 true...
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Handout
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Hedgehog

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this hedgehog worksheet, students read information paragraphs about the habitat, reproduction, feeding and adaptation of hedgehogs. Students study the photograph of the mammal. There are no questions to answer here.
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Worksheet
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Integrating Biology-Serendipity and Science

For Students 8th - 9th
In this science and serendipity worksheet, students read about how Fleming discovered Penicillin by accident when observing bacteria that didn't grow where mold existed. Students answer questions about scientific discoveries.
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The Hantavirus Haunting: Solving the Case

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in research about the hantavirus. They use a variety of resources to obtain information. Students distinguish the differences between hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, hantavirus transmission, and hantavirus prevention.

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