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Sanitation and Disease Challenge

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Students explore global health issues related to water and sanitation. In this Peace Corps instructional activity, students participate in an online game that requires them to examine how hygiene education, tapping springs, constructing wells, and storing drinkable water address sanitation issues.

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diseases, sanitation, the global community

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disease prevention, global issues, sanitation, social studies
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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