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Bird Flu Worries Humans
Middle schoolers examine what the bird flu is and how it spreads through an interactive program and videos. They discover why doctors are concerned about a pandemic. They examine other pandemics in the United States and how to prepare...
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Fruits and Vegetables
Students make a variety of recipes that include fruits and vegetables. For this fruit and vegetables lesson plan, students make recipes, learn about the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables needed per day, describe how to sanitize...
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Protecting Against the West Nile Virus
Students anaylyze how the west nile virus is passed from mosquitoes to humans. They answer questions based on an article from the CDC. They finally examine their state map and track where cases have been reported.
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Pharmacology Word Search
In this word search learning exercise, students locate words related to pharmacology. The word list includes imipramine, reactions, multiple, and therapy.
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Qualitative Analysis of the S-I-R Model
In this qualitative analysis worksheet, students explore the S-I-R model of determining given values of a function. They determine the maximum, minimum values and the slope. students write a rate equation for given information. This...
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Bird Flu:Bioethical Debate
Students define the role of vaccines and antiviral drug. They identify the bioethical issues involved in the distribution of medicine during a possible bird flu epidemic.
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Explorit's Picnic Time Quiz
In this outdoor picnic worksheet, students complete a six question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about animal and insect encounters that are possible while on a picnic.
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Student Investigation on the Immune System and Hemeagglutination
Students study laboratory protocol for hemagglutination experiments.
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Infection Control Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students search for terms related to infection control and community health. Words include infectious agents and other health terms.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Disease Process
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will study how your body is designed to fight off disease causing agents and what happens inside your body when you are actually sick. Additionally, you will learn how to organize...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Disease Transmission by Arthropods
Discussion of diseases caused by arthropods and methods developed to stop the spread of these diseases.
University of Arizona
Pulse: Disease & Epidemics: Architects of History
A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.
PBS
Pbs Nova Teachers: The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Classroom Activity
Test the efficacy of different types of hand hygiene to stem the transmission of diseases by conducting an experiment using variables and a control group.
PBS
Nova: Disease Detective
How would you do as an epidmeiologist? Find out in this interactive simulation. Your mission will be to interview people and trace the transmission of a mysterious disease.
US Geological Survey
National Wildlife Health Center: Chronic Wasting Disease
NWHC offers a brief history of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), followed by consideration of what the recent spread of the disease to relatively densely populated white-tailed deer in the US Midwest may mean.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Pertussis [Pdf]
This PDF document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains detailed information about pertussis from several different angles. Information is provided on the clinical features, the complications, the incidence and the...
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Human Biology: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Problem Set
This problem set is designed to increase students' knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It identifies the most common contemporary sexually transmitted diseases and describes their symptoms, modes of transmission, and...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Yellow Fever
This site from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has information on yellow fever. The site is broken into the following sections: Yellow Fever Disease, Yellow Fever Vaccine Requirements, Yellow Fever Precautions, and Risk...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Hepatitis C Information for the Public
Information about Hepatitis C: what it is, transmission process, prevention, treatment, and how it differs from other types of Hepatitis. Fact pages are also available.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Preventing Tb Transmission
Preventing tuberculosis transmission includes the following: medication, isolation, surgical mask, distancing/spacing from other, air purifying respirator, and HEPA filter.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Viral Hepatitis
Provides a brief definition, along with information about transmission and vaccinations, for each type of hepatitis.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Common Cold
Reference article containing information about rhinovirus. Includes causes, transmission, symptoms, treatments, prevention, and research about the common cold.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity, High School Science
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.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Black Death Described by Giovanni Boccaccio 1348
A primary source describing the Plague or Black Death's symptoms, its transmission, and its affects on societies' behavior.