Grade Level:  3 - 5

Subjects: Math, Health, and Science

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will become familiar with diseases and their symptoms.
• Students will explain what causes diseases.
• Students will explain what will prevent some diseases.


Duration of Lesson: forty-five minutes

Materials:

• note cards
• paper


Technology Tools/Courseware

• computers with Internet access
• printer

Teacher Notes:
• Teacher will get approval from parents to allow each child to use the Internet




Procedures:

• Teacher will assist children in accessing the Internet site:  Kids Health and explore several different subtitles under the heading: I Feel Sick that have to do with symptoms of diseases.
• Teacher will explain the definition of disease.  Teacher will ask students about their experiences with diseases and different symptoms they have had in the past.
• Students will write the name of a disease they are familiar with on a note card and tell if they think the disease will spread to others.  If it will, during oral discussion, they will explain how.  For example:  cold - not covering your mouth when you sneeze.  Teacher will collect the cards and discuss each, making corrections as needed.
• The teacher will explain that some diseases are communicable and some are noncommunicable and that some are infectious and some are noninfectious.  It will be explained to the children that pathogens are what spread diseases.
• The teacher will explain that some diseases can be prevented by inoculations.  This makes the person immune to the particular disease.
• As a follow-up, the teacher will review over different diseases that are predominant in schools and will discuss if they are contagious to others and how the contagious diseases may be prevented referencing previously discussed information from the site:  Kids Health
• Children will form groups of 3 and complete the activity:  Conquer Castle Disease on the computer.
• The teacher will make a list of all the diseases the class has discussed during the period on the chalk board.  On paper, the children will make a graph of the diseases into 2 classifications - contagious and noncontagious.


Modifications:

• Allow extra time for those who need it when completing assignments.
• Allow special students who need modifications to group with peer tutors when needed
• Students who do not have permission to use the Internet will type a list of diseases and symptoms of each on a word processor.


Enrichment Activities:

• Visit the site:  Common Cold  and write down 10 important details about the common cold into a word document and print.


Evaluation/Assessment:

• Students will complete Lesson 1 Quiz and print.




West Virginia Standards:

• Health
• 3.15, 4.11, 5.12
• Science
• 3.1, 4.37, 5.27
• Math
• 3.29, 4.25, 5.20


National Standards:

• Health
• 10.  Understands the concepts of growth and development
• Science
• 5.  Understands the structure and function of cells and organisms
• Math
• 3.  Uses basic and advance procedures while performing the processes of computation


References:

• Conquer Castle Disease
• Common Cold
• Kids Health

 

AHHH-CHOO!	Lesson 1  The Germs March In!	Lesson 2  Hands off Germs!	Lesson 3  The Itchy Truth!	Lesson 4  Catch Your Breath!	Lesson 5 Skin - Save Your Hide!

Authors
Dreama Bromfield
Sharon Shields
Kelli Stanley