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Resource Title:What's making you sick?
Description:What's Making You Sick? focuses on what science currently knows about viruses and infectious diseases as well as the questions that scientists are studying. Teachers will find valuable background information about viruses, germs, and disease as well as lesson plans that incorporate this material. We will look at sites that discuss the history of plagues and infectious disease that became rampant killers of millions of people. These sites uncover the role that insects and rodents have played in the history of disease. They also show how peoples response to virus and disease has changed through the centuries. We have selected a number of interactive sites that will engage students in projects designed to help them understand that illness can be caused by many factors, including personal health and hygiene. Students will learn how epidemics can be linked to contaminated air, water, and food, and how we need to find ways to contain the spread of infections that are easily transmitted from host-to-host.

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Author Janet Kahkonen Keppler
Contributor(s) Carolyn Hamilton
andy Ault
Date Published 2006
Grade Level Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Middle School
Intended Audience Educator
Language En-US
Publisher / Resource Provider Ohio State University
Resource Format Image
Image/jpeg
Text
Text/html
Resource Type Instructional Material
Instructor Guide/Manual
Rights Information Copyright August 2006 - The Ohio State University, Creative Commons
Http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Subject Keyword(s) Bacteria
Cell
Disease
Evolution
Fungi
Life Science
Personal Health
Personal Hygiene
Personal and Social Issues
Viruses