Description
This is one of two possible culminating activities
for the infectious disease epidemiology module. It will
work best with older (7th or 8th grade) or advanced students.
In this lesson, students will bring together everything
they have learned. In order to teach this lesson, you do
not have to have taught all the other lessons, but your
students should, at a minimum, have worked through Lesson
1.
The goal of this lesson is to engage students in the analysis
of information, allowing them to arrive at conclusions and
develop action plans based on that analysis. During the
activity, students will apply their newly acquired knowledge
of epidemiology to identify the agent responsible for an
outbreak of a mysterious illness. Students must then present
a proposal identifying the cause of the disease and measures
to prevent future outbreaks.
Relevant Standards
This activity fulfills science
and health education standards.
Objectives
Students will:
- Identify the disease agent responsible for a simulated
outbreak of a mysterious disease
- Outline a strategy to prevent future outbreaks of the
disease
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