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Lesson Plan

Pbs News Hour Extra: Tracking the Health Effects of Natural Disasters

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Students examine the impact of natural disasters, such as flooding, on public health, and study diseases and other secondary conditions associated with stagnant water. Lesson includes resources for students to research epidemics and treatments of the diseases.

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Concepts
communicable disease, public health
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Additional Tags
disaster response, source of disease, spreading disease, stagnant water, standing water, water contamination, water-borne illness, pbs, flood
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)