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Introduction
The objective of this lesson is to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their comprehension of health concepts they've learned in class. This lesson will provide students a chance to practice their writing skills and also to exercise their computer research skills.
Subject: Health
Topic: Infectious, Non-Infectious, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Grade Level: 9th Grade
Student Lesson name and URL: Assessing Today's Diseases
Standards Addressed
The LAUSD/California State Standards this lesson addresses.
"Examine risk factors for susceptibility to major chronic and communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and relate effective strategies for counteracting the effects of those risk factors"
Ninth Grade Health: Focus on Communicable and Chronic Diseases
What are diseases and how can they be prevented?
Instructional
Objectives
- Students will be able to identify symptoms, prevention, and treatment of communicable and chronic diseases.
- Students will be able to demonstrate internet skills in order to research data to present this project.
- Students will be able to demonstrate basic research paper skills demonstrate by including in their typed papers a cover sheet, table of contents, and bibliography.
Student Activities
Introductory Activity
Students should choose one of the following diseases as the topic of their paper:
Influenza Pneumonia HIV & AIDS
Hepatitis B Syphilis Tuberculosis
Gonorrhea Mononucleosis Chlamydia
Cancer Arthritis Diabetes
Cardiovascular Diseases
Enabling Activity(ies)Student must address all of the following issues in their research:
1) What is the disease and what does it do to the body?
2) What are the physical symptoms suffered by one who has the disease?
3) Who is most likely to get the disease? Have students address gender, age, ethnic, and regional inequities.
4) How many people die yearly from this disease? Also encourage students to include in this answer gender, age, ethnic and regional inequities.
5) How does one prevent getting this disease? Is a vaccine available?
6) Is there a treatment for this disease? If so, what is it, where can they get it, and what is the cost?
Culminating
Activity
Students will present data collected in a typed report. Minimum requirements should include that the paper is 4-5 pages typed, has a cover page, a table of contents, and a bibliography. A minimum of three sources should be required, with at least of the sources coming from the internet. ( I usually give the students a handout on how to properly reference a bibliography)
Assessment
This project is worth 100 points.
Give a maximum of 15 points for the depth and accuracy of their responses to each of the six questions. ( 90 possible points )
Give a maximum of ten points for presentation of the paper. Include in this assessment if student followed all requests of the assignment as well as neatness and presentation quality. ( 10 possible points) [BACK TO TOP]
How do you measure student achievement
of the objectives of this lesson?
A Pre-Test For You To Use! Pre-Test Key!
Completion Of This Project!
Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
The following resources will be available to your students to use as a reference to collect data for their project:
Aegis HIV/Aids Web site Duke University Medical Center
American Diabetes Center National Cancer Institute
American Heart Association National Foundation of Infectious Diseases
Arthritis Resource Center National Tuberculosis Center
Center
for Disease Control & Prevention The
Nemours Foundation
Reseda
High School
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Reseda_HS
School
Location 18230 Kittridge St. Reseda Ca 91335
E-mail me:
wags@powerpop.org
Last Revised:
9/02/2000