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Changing Planet: Infectious Diseases Classroom Activity

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Here is a different approach: emerging epidemiologists first go home to interview family on the topic of infectious disease. Then they come to class and view a video and PowerPoint that explore how climate change may increase the...
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Immune System – Guarding Against Disease

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Health fact: Washing your hands is one of the most important ways to protect your body from germs. Share this advice and many other tips for guarding against diseases such as the cold and flu virus with a colorful 73-slide PowerPoint...
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Count on Wet Ones??

For Teachers K
Students listen to fingerplay songs, clean hands with Wet Ones wipe or squirt of hand sanitizer, sing Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, discuss what would happen if monkeys were germs on their hands, and use their hands and...
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Big Sneeze

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss germs and how they get colds. They demonstrate the importance of covering their mouths while sneezing and what happens when the don't. They practice sneezing and coughing with a tissue.
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What Did I Touch Today?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe and adopt behaviors for health and safety. They explore what germs are and how they can make you sick. Through graphing activities, 2nd graders examine the way germs travel and what they can do to prevent the...
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Why Does My Body Smell?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how germs spread among people. In this health lesson, 4th graders discover the causes of infection and proper hygiene methods.
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Handwashing and Dishwashing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students discuss the importance of correct hand washing and practice washing dishes. Individually, they examine the germs on their hands with Glo-Germ and compare it to the germs after washing their hands. To end the lesson, they...
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And the Bacteria Ran Away with the Petri Dish

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a think, pair, share activity on an antibiotic overhead. In groups, they participate in an exercise in which they can see how germs behave and how they are treated. To end the lesson, they discuss how a...
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What Do Doctors Do?

For Teachers K
Students recognize how doctors help people and about germ spreading.
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One Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete a science experiment on apples to learn about bacteria and the spread of viruses. For this germ experiment lesson, students follow a 10 step procedure to complete a study on viruses in apples.
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Germ Tag

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in a creative "doctor vs. germ" version of freeze tag.
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Power of Germs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students view the film, Guns, Germs, and Warfare. They create projects based on the impact of germs on the development of societies and countries.
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Physical Health

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how germs are spread, the diseases they can cause, and how hand washing can help prevent the spread of germs.
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Mutation and Genetic Change

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this genetic change worksheet, students read about how mutations can occur in germ cells and somatic cells. Students complete 1 multiple choice and 4 short answer questions.
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Germ Theory Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this worksheet on the germ theory, students complete a 12-word word search. Two puzzles are printed on the page for copying purposes.
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Germ Survivor Quiz Bowl

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students respond to 46 multiple choice questions related to foodborne illnesses and the prevention of contaminating foods. They also identify which foods are safe to eat as leftovers and which are not safe to eat.
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Background of Diseases-- Germs or Genes?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore the background of common diseases. In this personal health lesson, students research causative agents of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Learners use their research findings to create data tables in Microsoft...
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Microbes and Health

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in activities that show them how tiny germs are spread. In this germs lesson plan, students engage in hands on lessons to show them how microorganisms can easily spread disease through the mouth and hands.
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The Threat of Bioterrorism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess germ warfare and debating related ethical issues in the social studies classroom
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Potato Petri dish

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an experiment to understand how germs grow. In this potato experiment students use their hands to touch a potato and leave it to see what grows on it. Students also observe a disinfected potato piece. Students the...
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Dirty Hands Can Make You Sick

For Students 2nd - 4th
A word bank of "dirty words" are used to fill in the blanks of 9 questions. In this keeping healthy worksheet, students use a word bank to complete sentences. A good resource for young students.
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Inquiry into Infectious Disease: It's a Germy World After All

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students choose a question from a given list and develop an investigation about it. In this biology activity, students analyze bacterial growth by carrying out a guided experiment. They present their findings in class.
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How to Wash My Hands

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sequencing the steps for washing hands worksheet, students color the pictures and write the numbers for each one in order. Students write four answers.
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Immune System: The Master of Self-Defense

For Teachers 6th
Students examine the role of the immune system in the human body. They conduct a hand-washing experiment, answer questions while viewing videos, discuss key vocabulary, draw and label illustrations, and observe demonstrations and record...

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