Changing Planet: Infectious Diseases Classroom Activity

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Here is a different approach: emerging epidemiologists first go home to interview family on the topic of infectious disease. Then they come to class and view a video and PowerPoint that explore how climate change may increase the occurrence of infectious disease. Following a class discussion, you will divide learners into groups and assign each a role to play in a debate. This poignant activity will increase awareness of how complex infectious disease and climate change can be. It can be used in a health class, biology, environmental science, or even a social studies class!

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Concepts

communicable disease, infections, climate change, epidemiology, germs, pathogens

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Additional Tags

climate change, communicable disease, epidemiology, germs, infectious disease, pathogen, vector-borne disease, science

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Grade

8th - 12th

Subjects

Science