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| Subject keyword(s) | Bacteria, Cell, Disease, Evolution, Fungi, Life science, Life Science, Personal and social issues, Personal health, Personal hygiene, Viruses |
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| Grade level | Middle School, Vocational/Professional Development Education |
| Intended audience | Educator |
| Resource type | Instructional Material |
| Resource format | image, image/jpeg, text, text/html |
| Rights | Copyright August 2006 - The Ohio State University, Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ |
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Home Math Pathway Science Pathway Project Partners Search Entire Site Math Pathway Science Pathway for Table Of Contents What’s Making You Sick? Introduction Background Information for Teachers Lesson Plans Activities Just for Students National Science Education Standards Latest Version Introduction Viruses with such exotic names as Ebola, bird flu, monkeypox, and West Nile have been making the headlines lately. Even those middle-schoolers who don't read the news online or in print have probably heard some of the warnings, predictions, and hype surrounding mention of these viruses. Knowing the facts is important for all of us. 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. Reaching back in time, we will look at sites that discuss the intriguing 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 man's 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. by Janet Kahkonen Keppler Janet Kahkonen Keppler is a consultant to the Middle School Portal. Previously, she was the catalog manager for various digital library projects at the Ohio State University, concentrating on the development and application of metadata for digital collections in mathematics and science. Back to top Copyright August 2006 — The Ohio State University. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0424671. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. About | Funded by NSF | Contact This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Science Publications