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Curated OER

Can Diseases be Prevented?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a research paper on a disease based on their internet or library research. They are asked to create a Public Service Announcement. Students must comprehend as much as possible about diseases that have affected society in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taking it to the Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners communicate with an audience about a public health issue in multiple manners. They share their outreach materials with their peers and their chosen audience within the community.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Collocations-- Nouns

For Students 6th - 7th
For this verb and adjective worksheet, students analyze 14 words in a word bank and select the correct one to complete each sentence. The expressions, word use and spellings may be unfamiliar to students as this is from the UK.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Matter and Chemical Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemical bonding worksheet, students read about the invisible killer, dihydrogen monoxide. Kids read about the products it is used in and the problems it causes to the environment. Then students complete 19 short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Stress in English

For Students 4th - 8th
In this stress in English worksheet, students mark the stressed syllables in a set of words after reading a brief paragraph of information about how to proceed.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mountain Pine Beetle

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students identify the different parts of a tree. In this biology lesson, students investigate how mountain pine beetles kill trees. They examine the beetles' anatomy using a microscope.
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Other

Hartford University: History of Epidemics and Plagues

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on epidemics, how they occur, and how they spread.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
Article
Seeker

Seeker: Week of 6 23 14: Remains of Ancient Egyptian Epidemic Uncovered

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about a epidemic that ravaged ancient Egypt, and how scientists are able to learn about it now.
Article
Time

Time: 6 Ways to Fight America's Heroin Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
Law enforcement agencies across the nation are fighting the rising heroin epidemic in unique ways. Time investigates in cities currently most threatened by the drug. Find out how the officials are attacking the problems at the root...
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Timeline of the Influenza Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides you a timeline of the influenza epidemic from March 1918 to December 1918 with a description of what happened during these months.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Curb the Epidemic!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a website simulation tool, students build on their understanding of random processes on networks to interact with the graph of a social network of individuals and simulate the spread of a disease. They decide which two individuals...
Lesson Plan
University of Arizona

Pulse: Disease & Epidemics: Architects of History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: What Is the Opioid Epidemic? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson module is to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic. Students will learn the definitions for "opioid" and "epidemic" terms. Students will also research factors that led to the current opioid epidemic as...
Handout
US National Archives

Nara: Deadly Virus: 1918 Flu Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit that shows through text, photos, and historically significant documents the toll of the flu epidemic of 1918 in America.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Facts & Fictions of Opioid Addiction/recovery/relapse: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students, through research, discussion and viewing the program, will learn some factual information about the opioid epidemic, addiction recovery options and...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Effects of Opioids on Communities, What Can Be Done: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the dangers of opioids and what effects they have on whole communities. They will use critical thinking skills to think about ways the...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: The Opioid Epidemic in America Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Opioid use has been declared a national health emergency as overdose deaths from abusing opioids such as oxycodone, morphine and heroin, have skyrocketed in recent years. This class of drugs was once used only to treat severe pain...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: How Opioids Change the Brain: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and how they are...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This module provides a series of lessons to accompany the one-hour documentary called Understanding the Opioid Epidemic. This series investigates the causes behind the unprecedented growth in the use of prescription opioids and the...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The New Painkiller Epidemic

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The New Painkiller Epidemic" by Shelby Ostergaard, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Interactive
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Modeling an Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
In this simulation, statistics of population parameters and infection parameters determine the spread of the epidemic.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: But, the Doctor Prescribed It...: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the misperception of safety associated with prescription opioid painkillers. They will understand the differences between prescription...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Coming Neurological Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its...

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