Excite - epidemiology resources & activities from the CDC

EXCITE! is a program developed by the CDC to teach students about the causes and prevention of disease and injury while improving their research and analytic skills. Students learn the scientific method employed by epidemiologists—or disease detectives—and use what they have learned to solve real disease outbreaks on their own. The materials are geared towards grades 7-12 but can be adapted for the lower grades. 

There is a page on epidemiology in the classroom that explains epidemiology and how to track and investigate and outbreak. There are lesson plans and activities included. There is a resource library available with links to more information and resources. 

The outbreak investigation is a great activity that combines content knowledge and skills. 

This is a great resource for biology and health classes to use (as well as other classes in science, math, and other areas) that teaches content, scientific method, problem solving, critical thinking, and more. 

 

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BAM - Great Education resources from the CDC

BAM - Great Education resources from the CDC

The CDC has some great resources for educators, including one on Concussions in children and sports. I just found another part of their site that has more educational resources.

BAM - Body and Mind - is a collection of resources for educators and students aged 9-13 (although you can scale the materials upward). The site has information about healthy lifestyles, diseases, stress, food and nutrition, physical fitness, safety and the human body.

The educator resources include interactive activities and lesson resources that are linked to the national education standards for science and health. There are handouts, lesson plans, and links to other resources.

The activities are fun, well-designed, and educational and can be used in a health or life science / biology course.

How Vaccines are Made - very cool and informative site

Vaccines are pretty amazing when you think about it. Take a deadly substance and make something that will protect us from the deadly substance.

My wife is a Biology teacher and was teaching her students about Vaccines and Diseases and shared this site with me.

How Vaccines are Made is part of an interactive site, The History of Vaccines, that uses multimedia to explain how vaccines are made, how they work, types of vaccines, and much more. There are also sections on the Scientific Method, Diseases, and Immunity.

The site is very well designed and easy to understand. There is an Educator page with lesson plans to use with the activities also. This is an interesting topic that gets students engaged and interested in science.