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Teach 3 Lesson Plan: Disease Transmission

Learning Goals 1. Students will understand different way that infectious diseases can be transmitted. 2. Students will understand how the discovery of diseases transmission routes has led to better infectious disease prevention. 3. Students will increase their understanding of how to protect themselves from infection. Learning Objectives 1. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of infectious disease terms and concepts by brainstorming and concept mapping. 2. Students will demonstrate their understanding of disease transmission by creating their own lesson for a middle school class. Lesson Plan Intro 5 min Introduce ourselves Introduce the challenge creating and later teaching a 30 minute lesson on disease transmission for students in middle school. Concept mapping 10 min Lets define disease something that damages or abnormally affects the body. Some are infectious, some are genetic, autoimmune, etc. We will focus on infectious diseases today diseases that can be transmitted and contracted. Identify different types of transmission Historical examples 10 min A PowerPoint explaining how several disease transmission routes were discovered. Once people understand how a disease is transmitted they knew how to better prevent the disease from spreading. Challenge 10 min Create a lesson for middle school students to help them understand one common way disease can be transmitted and a way to help prevent the spread of disease. This is your objective for your lesson. To create your lesson you can simulate disease spread with some fun materials. We have materials for two different simulations. You are welcome to come up with your own simulation or activity that demonstrates disease transmission as well. The main requirement is that your lesson needs be interactive.

Example simulations 1. Laundry detergent glows (phosphoresces) under a black light. Use the detergent to represent germs and track how it can be transmitted using the black light. Materials: black light, detergent 2. Use a pH indicator to see what happens when imaginary body fluids are exchanged. Give each student a test tube, one student has a test tube filled with potassium hydroxide (an acid) and the rest have test tubes filled with water. Use eye droppers to exchange drops between test tubes. Use pH indicator strips to test who the disease spreads to. Remember safety procedures with chemicals. Materials: 1 test tube for each student, 1 eye dropper for each student, potassium hydroxide in one test tube, water, pH indicator strips. Messing about 10 min Divide into groups of two, two, and three. Spend 10 minutes experimenting with these materials and thinking about how you might use them in a lesson. If you want to look at existing lesson ideas we have examples. You can also search the internet for ideas. Regroup, share thoughts, plan lesson 35 min Spend the remainder of the class planning your 30 min lesson that you will teach to the middle school students. We have provided you with a checklist for what you need to accomplish. Checklist: Design your lesson with this objective in mind: Create an experiment/lesson/demonstration/activity to teach middle school students about one common form of disease transmission and how they can protect themselves. Mess about with the materials Plan how you will introduce your lesson Write down a plan of action for your lesson (brief timeline of events, if you plan to create groups how many kids per group) Make sure your lesson is interactive Develop a list of materials you will need (be specific) Your lesson must include a conclusion and a way to see how well the students have learned your objective. Email your lesson plan to the middle school teacher (or Michele or we will do this) Wrap up 10 min Share one thing you learned about a) disease transmission or b) designing a lesson on disease transmission and/or one question you still have about a) or b). Feel free to give us any general feedback you have.