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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: Coronavirus Update: Where Things Stand Three Months Into Quarantine

For Students 9th - 10th
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, states are balancing public health through stay-at-home orders and crowd limits with concern for jobs and the economy. Alabama was among the last states to issue a stay-at-home order on April 3rd...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Historic Epidemic and Pandemic Diseases

For Students 1st - 9th
Investigate the historic epidemic and pandemic diseases such as the Plague of Athens, Black Death, Spanish flu, cholera, and smallpox on this site.
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Stanford University

Influenza Pandemic of 1918: Statistics From the Influenza Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a graph showing the mortality caused by the influenza epidemic in Kansas in 1918. Included is a map showing the spread of the flu across the United States in the autumn of 1918.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity, High School Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit is designed to support students in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities, especially communities of color.
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Other

Gartner: 6 Trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for the Digital Workplace, 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
The need to improve the digital resiliency of the workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated trends in digital workplace technology. Read about the significant ways the pandemic is changing the world of...
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Gazette: The Flu of 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough chronicle of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Find first-hand accounts, photos, and more.
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Other

Avert: Global Hiv and Aids Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides in-depth coverage of the AIDS epidemic as it affects countries around the world. Content includes a look at the disease as it has spread from being a minor danger to an uncontrolled epidemic.
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World Health Organization

World Health Organization: Disease Outbreak News (Do Ns)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides up-to-date news on the most recent outbreaks of diseases around the globe. Provides links to other sites on epidemics and disease.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: The Name of the Child Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teaching guide for The Name of the Child, written by Marilynn Reynolds and illustrated by Don Kilby, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. It also includes thoughts about the book from both the...
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BBC

Bbc: Bird Flu

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview on the avian flu, its spread, potential for global pandemic, and advice on preventive measures against it. Provides numerous links to related topics.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: 2009 H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you ever wanted to know about H1N1 flu which is commonly called Swine Flu. Includes federal responses, state responses, international resources, guidance for professionals, maps, news, twitters, webcasts, veterinary resources,...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website about Swine Flu from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Find out general information, an update on the current situation as of the day you are looking at the site, recommendations for vaccine, and what...
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Other

Marian Koshland Science Museum: Bird Flu Today Public Awareness Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this WebQuest, high school or undergraduate students make recommendations to the public or policy makers about how Americans should handle the potential arrival of an avian influenza epidemic. How will your students decide to handle...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Medicine and Health Care

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate the spread of germs and explore current issues in the field of medicine such as the placebo effect, contraception and myths and facts about AIDS. Describe how pandemics have changed history, and discover how x-rays and...
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Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Is Swine Flu?

For Students 9th - 10th
Answers questions about swine flu: what it is, who gets it, what the risks are, what are the signs and symptoms, what medications are there to fight it, and how can one protect himself from getting swine flu?
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iCivics

I Civics: Crisis Collaboration: Covid 19 Mini Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the actions and relationships between different levels of government as they figure out what to do in response to COVID-19. This activity has been adapted for digital and remote learning use and a traditional lesson plan is...
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Curated OER

Stanford U: Influenza Pandemic of 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
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Curated OER

Stanford U: Influenza Pandemic of 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
Graphic
Curated OER

Stanford U: Influenza Pandemic of 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Postwar Blues and Reds

For Students 11th
This tutorial looks at post-World War I America and the disturbing events that took place in 1919 and 1920, for example, racial discrimination, the KKK, backlash against immigrants, the Red Scare, etc. A PDF file of the tutorial is...
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This unit explores how different communities are differentially impacted by the virus through the lens of historical inequities in society. I
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Viruses & Human Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Viruses cause many human diseases. They can range from mild to fatal. This activity explains how viruses cause human disease.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Disease Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate characteristics of fictional diseases and see how the changes effect a population. Simulator includes a data table available for download for student records.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 Infection Spread Basic

For Students 9th - 10th
This model explores the spread of an airborne respiratory illness like COVID-19, through a community, based on various social interactions and remediation measures.