INVESTIGATING DISEASE AND PREVENTION
In this WebQuest, students conduct Internet research to Investigate Disease and Prevention. After they conduct their research, they will answer questions about cholera, the flu epidemic of the 20th century, malaria, polio, and smallpox. Students also will research how scientists have investigated the causes of these five diseases and how to prevent them. Students will select one of the diseases to create a timeline of important historical dates to describe how that particular disease has been studied.
Objectives
Investigate how scientists have researched causes and prevention of five diseases: cholera, the flu epidemic of the 20th century, malaria, polio, and smallpox
Create a timeline to represent significant events in the process of investigating a preventable disease
Create a timeline. Your timeline should include important dates that led to discoveries about causes of and ways to prevent the disease. Write a summary about the importance of each date. You should also include dates and summaries in your timeline for other relevant historic events of the period. The end of your timeline should include a description of how the disease you researched currently affects people around the world.
Lists of Infectious Diseases can be found at:
http://cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-common-infectious-diseases.html
Choose a disease that can effect people in the United States
Other Resources
Create a timeline. Your timeline should include important dates that led to discoveries about causes of and ways to prevent the disease. Write a summary about the importance of each date. You should also include dates and summaries in your timeline for other relevant historic events of the period. The end of your timeline should include a description of how the disease you researched currently affects people around the world.
Lists of Infectious Diseases can be found at:
http://cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-common-infectious-diseases.html
Choose a disease that can effect people in the United States