In this activity, students read a scenario describing an outbreak of illness among people attending a national conference. Then students will describe and develop an investigation that could be conducted to resolve the issue.
US adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010. Though episodes of driving after drinking too much ("drinking and driving") have gone down by 30% during the past 5 years, it remains a serious problem in the US. Alcohol-impaired drivers* are involved in about 1 in 3 crash deaths, resulting in nearly 11,000 deaths in 2009. Driving drunk is never OK. Choose not to drink and drive and help others do the same. This resource provides information on the dangers of drinking alcohol and driving.
In this lesson, students will assume the role of entomologists in a case study to investigate increased mosquito activity and the possibility of West Nile virus transmission in the fictional community of Anywhereville. Students will then present the community with ways to prevent West Nile virus infection by creating a West Nile prevention poster.
This article discusses how to prevent heat-related deaths and injuries during activities outside.
Finding yourself in a hectic situation, whether it's forgetting your homework or missing your ride home, can really stress you out. Are you looking for a safety net for those days that seem to get worse by the second? Could you really use some advice on how to de-stress both your body and your mind? Knowing how to deal can be half the battle! This resource provides students with tips for keeping cool, calm, and collected during those stressful moments.
This resource provides information to help students stay calm, cool, and collected.
This lesson reviews and strengthens the concepts of neuron physiology and neurotransmission, and connect these concepts to attention-defict/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Students will learn about the nervous system, the neuron, and the brain. Students will also research and debate the use of medication in ADHD treatment from an assigned point of view and list the pros and cons of including medication as part of ADHD treatment plans.
In this lesson students learn about the importance of folic acid in birth defects prevention. Students apply the information they gain through this lesson to design a public awareness campaign. They then present their designs to the class.
Students will study and debate the influence of society on individual choices of food choices and physical activity levels based on access and societal barriers.
This resource covers how to prevent Chronic Diseases.
In this lesson, students will determine the agent and the source of the agent causing a hypothetical outbreak of diarrheal illness. The activity is modeled after the 1993 outbreak of Cryptosporidium infections that involved a public water system in Milwaukee. It provides opportunities for students to use analytical thinking skills to determine the cause of the outbreak.
This resource provides information to help students understand short-term and long-term stress.
This resource provides students with an understanding of how short-term and long-term stress affects your body, as well as, ways of coping with stressful situations.
This lesson plan specifically addresses the implications of a natural disaster and its effects on water quality and a community's health. Students will learn methods used during an emergency response to test and treat water that has been contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms. Water treatment options introduced can vary depending on the location and type of emergency involved, but have the same goal to reduce human illness and death. After completing this lesson, students will have an improved understanding of which organizations are involved in emergency response and why safe drinking water is a substantial heath concern after a natural disaster.
Skateboard with Matt through this animated quiz on peer pressure! Get the questions right and check out Matt perform some cool tricks on his skateboard. After playing the quiz read the article on how to handle peer pressure.
What do surfing, fishing, water skiing, and swimming have in common? They are all lots of fun...and they all take place in, on, or around the water! Water activities are a great way to stay cool and have a good time with your friends or your family. Take along these tips ? and your common sense ? to get wet, make waves, and have a blast!
This resource provides information to help students understand the risk of HIV among youth.
The risk for HIV for most youth begins when they start having sex or start injecting drugs. HIV causes a serious infection that, without treatment, leads to AIDS and early death. All youth should know how HIV is transmitted and prevented, understand what puts them at risk for HIV, and be tested if they are at risk. This article provides information on how HIV affects youth in the United States.
This resource provides information to help students understand how to properly wash their hands to help prevent germs and sickness.
In this lesson, students will take part in a scientific investigation of a 1993 hantavirus outbreak and learn how to prevent hantavirus infection.