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Swine Flu and Health Lesson Plans
With the swine flu on everyone's mind, students can benefit from learning about influenza, epidemics, and public health.
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Pandemic Panic
Students gather information about the H1N1 virus, and share this information. In this pandemic lesson students read about Influenza A, or Swine Flu, compile information on the disease, and then present their findings to the class.
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Health and H1N1 Flu Lesson Plans
Health and H1N1 flu lesson plans may be able to help keep students in school and learning.
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Health Services in the Community
The students will learn about and do research on health care workers. In this lesson students learn about community health care workers through doing research. Their final work is then collated to make a class book.
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A Miniscule Adversary: Combating Epidemics and Infectious Diseases in America
Tenth graders discover the spread of different diseases in US. In this health science lesson, 10th graders research the role of CDC and PHS in protecting the citizens. They explore documented cases of pandemics and their impact on...
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Medical Terminology
Pupils analyze specific medical terminology. For this medical terminology lesson, students research medical terminology and write properly grammatical paragraphs on each word including the scientific term, nursing and general...
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Immunization Month Lesson Plans
As a part of the back to school curriculum, students can learn about vaccines and their historical significance.
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Black Death
Students examine the diseases of Europeans in Medieval times. In this plagues lesson students examine plagues of the past and some new modern ones.
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Pandemics
Students develop an awareness of the effect of pandemics and acquire knowledge to prevent a pandemic from spreading. In this pandemics lesson plan, students build research skills using a variety of sources. Students investigate...
NBC
Msnbc: Timeline: 2009 Swine Flu Events Around the World
This interactive timeline highlights the main events of the swine flu, both worldwide and specifically U.S., from its first appearance in March 2009 to the present. An excellent visual to help anyone gain a better understanding of this...
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Brings together information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other government agencies and health related organizations on H1N1 flu. Has videos...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Extra: 2009 H1 N1 Flu: The Next Pandemic? (Lesson Plan)
This lesson plan focuses on viruses, particularly the Swine Flu, and allows students opportunities to simulate how viruses spread and the results.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Disease Outbreak News (Do Ns)
This resource provides up-to-date news on the most recent outbreaks of diseases around the globe. Provides links to other sites on epidemics and disease.