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Teachers'
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Educational
Resources for Teachers at K - 12 Levels
The
programs and teaching resources on this page help you teach teens
and children about many aspects of infectious diseases.
In
collaboration with our partners, we also sponsor occasional live,
interactive programs on important infectious disease problems. |
Curricula
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BAM!
Disease Detectives: Stalking SARS
Follow CDC Disease Detectives as they track down the source of SARS. Learn about
the outbreak, what happens in those high-tech labs, and research that's way beyond
science class.
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EXCITE
A
self-contained collection of materials introduces students to epidemiology
and public health. Topics include: the scientific method of inquiry,
basic biostatistics, and how to investigate an outbreak. Materials
include teaching aids, case studies, profiles of practicing "disease
detectives", and more. Middle and high school usage, adaptable
for other ages.
Go to Excite
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Fight
BAC!® Education Curriculum Site
Wide range of educational material for children of all ages -
day care through High School. From the Partnership for Food Safety
Education, a public-private partnership of which CDC is a member.
Go
to Fight BAC
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Viral Hepatitis: What Every Teenager
Needs to Know
Three-part illustrated slide set that teaches high-school students
about hepatitis A, B, and C.
Go to slide set
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Global
Health Odyssey
Have a look inside CDC! Schedule a visit to our Atlanta visitors'
center and interactive educational facility or take a brief virtual
tour online. See what the agency does; learn about public health and
the benefits of prevention.
Go to Global
Health Odyssey
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Neato
Mosquito: An Elementary Curriculum Guide
Five lessons teach 4th grade students about mosquito biology and the
prevention of LaCrosse encephalitis. The fully multimedia program
includes animation, video images, still images, interactive games,
and student projects.
Go
to Neato Mosquito |
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Virus
Encounters
A comprehensive learning experience for studying infectious disease
topics. CDC experts team up with Turner CNNfyi.com to present a curriculum
of video, text, interactive discussion (in archive format), and learning
activities. Middle and high school usage.
Go to Virus Encounters |
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Additional
Educational Sites at CDC... |
Rabies
Web Page That's Just for Kids
Everything children need to know, plus activities and a quiz.
An
Ounce of Prevention Keeps the Germs Away
This site uses simple text, video and short interactive quiz
questions to teach adults basic hygiene. However, middle and
high school students could learn from it and take its ideas
home to their families.
Resources
for Students
Do your students have a research project on an infectious
disease? Send them here: this central page leads them to CDC
sites they'll find most useful.
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Note: This link leads outside the CDC site to another federal agency
or CDC partner site. Any links from these sites to nonfederal organizations'
links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their
programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred.
CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization
Web pages found at these links.
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