A WebQuest for Grade 7 Health

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Become A Disease Detective
A WebQuest for Grade 7 Health Designed by Karen
S. Hatchkhatch_at_mcslink.net
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Introduction
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• Did the local fast food restaurant have an
  outbreak of Hepatitis A?
• Have your parents been discussing the dreaded
  shots you MUST have to enter school?
• Are those little red spots some exotic disease?
• Just how vulnerable are YOU to ANY disease
  present in our world today?
• Accept the challenge to become a disease
  detective to find out all youve ever wanted to
  know and much, much more.

I ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE
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Task
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Students will Research a particular disease
Generate a mini-poster describing that disease
Compose three statements that are unique to that
disease Work as a detective in a small group to
examine mini-posters to identify a disease
using the three statements
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The Process
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• You will draw the name of a disease from the
  subject box.
• You will then research that disease by using
  sites from the resources page. Include notations
  on cause, mode of transmission, symptoms,
  treatment/cure, prevention, and interesting facts
  or statistics about this disease. Use common
  terms, not medical terms that are difficult to
  understand.
• Using Word you will generate a mini-poster (8 ½
  x 14 legal size sheet of paper) summarizing
  that information and a picture of the disease (if
  available). Additional pictures may be added to
  illustrate any other information generated.
• Continued on next page

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The Process
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• Apart from the poster, you will list three unique
  facts about your particular disease. Be sure it
  is unique, not just fever as that could apply
  to several of the diseases.
• Posters will be placed around the room.
• 6. You will then be placed in groups of three to
  examine each mini-poster. Each group will be
  given a complete list of all the unique
  statements written. Using these, each group will
  identify the diseases and record answers on
  notebook paper.

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Evaluation
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Evaluation
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Conclusion
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• Now that youve learned about many diseases
• What habits do you need to change to stay
  healthy?
• What lifestyle changes should you make to stay
  healthy?
• What information did you learn in this unit that
  you can discuss with your family to help each
  member stay healthy?
• What can you do to help individuals within your
  school or community stay healthy?

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Standards
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Students will comprehend concepts related to
health promotion and disease prevention.
Standard 1 7.1.4 Explain the interrelationships
between behaviors, the functioning of body
systems, and overall health. 7.1.9 Explain key
health terms and concepts. Students will
demonstrate the ability to access and
evaluate health information, products, and
services. Standard 2 7.2.1 Apply guidelines for
wise selection and use of health information,
products, and services. Students will demonstrate
the ability to implement decision making and goal
setting skills to enhance health. Standard
6 7.6.1 Demonstrate the ability to apply a
decision- making process to health issues and
problems individually and collaboratively. Student
s will demonstrate the ability to advocate for
personal, family, and community health. Standard
7 7.7.2 Demonstrate the ability to express
information and opinions about health
issues.
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Resources
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Centers for Disease Control use to find specific
disease information Google type name of your
chosen disease in search box plus information
desired, i.e. symptoms, treatment, cure,
prevention, etc. Encarta online encyclopedia
type name of your chosen disease in search box to
access information CNN Health Library type name
of your chosen disease in search box to access
information
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Teacher Notes
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There are no sexually transmitted diseases as
that is a separate unit within the Health
curriculum. Students will need to know various
terms for disease detection, including virus,
bacteria, treatment, cure, vaccine, vaccination,
as well as operation of various body systems
involved. This unit will take three days. One
day will be spent in the computer lab. Each
student will need their own computer for that one
period. They will need to know how to use the
internet for research as well as how to import
clip art. The second day will be for generating
posters and questions with the third day
designated as detective day. Continued on next
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Teacher Notes
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These diseases will be used anthrax, asthma,
bronchitis, chicken pox, cholera, common cold,
diphtheria, Ebola, epilepsy, Hepatitis A,
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, influenza, Lyme
disease, Mad Cow disease, malaria, measles,
meningitis, mononucleosis, mumps, pertussis
(whooping cough), pneumonia, poliomyelitis,
rabies, rubella, salmonella, smallpox, strep
throat, tetanus, tuberculosis, and West Nile
virus. At the end of day two, the teacher will
need to compile the three questions from each
student so a list of all questions will be
available for groups to use to identify the
diseases.
Become A Disease Detective Created by Karen S.
Hatch August 4, 2004