Objectives
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Identify the role of water in transmission of disease. Compare symptoms of several waterborne diseases and analyze the characteristics of environments that promote the transmission of theses diseases around the world
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Standards Addressed
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Awareness of contagious diseases and methods of transmission |
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Symptoms of disease, envelopes, disease descriptions, pencils and
notepads, disease information from the CDC, US map |
Time Requirement |
1 class period |
Procedure/ Outline |
Following oral reports from Poison Pump lesson, students will compare symptoms of their disease with the others in the class. Goal is to locate others with the same disease that they have. Try to decide how they might have contracted the disease. Discuss control cards. Using information from the CDC plot on the US map where major disease outbreaks have occurred. Discuss whether that these were waterborne or another type of transmission
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Modifications /Adaptions/ Extensions |
Using the disease descriptions and report information from the
Poison Pump lesson, identify which disease they have |
Assessment |
Participation in the activity and determining what disease they
have |
Other Comments |
Prepare symptoms from other diseases covered in the oral reports to
expand beyond waterborne diseases |
