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I Wonder What Malaria is

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Students examine the disease malaria. They compare how diseases were spread in the early 1900's compared to how they are spread today and discuss why that is dangerous. They take a survey to see how much they know about insects that carry disease.

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malaria, spreading disease, science
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4th - 8th
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Science
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