posted Apr 1, 2014, 7:57 AM by Todd Fox
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updated Sep 23, 2016, 2:18 PM
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The following lesson is day 2 of the National Public Health Week (NPHW) lesson plans available to teach your students about microbes and germs. Have your students draw a germ that will remind them to wash their hands to stay healthy! Glo Germ Health Lesson Plans
Glo Germ Day 2: Health Week
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What are Germs?
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Content Objective:
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Students will
be able to explain what a germ is and make a physical representation of a
germ.
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Materials:
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Pictures of “germs” (bacteria, viruses, etc.),
Germ Journal “My Germ” page, a copy of The Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie, Glo Germ Kit
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Vocabulary
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Building Background Knowledge:
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- Ask
students the following questions:
- What
are Germs?
- How
big are germs? (Ask them to guess comparing them to classroom objects: are
they as big as a paper clip?, etc.)
- How
can washing our hands get rid of germs? (it gets rid of them)
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Exploration:
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- Read
the story Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie and ask students about
Ralphie’s germs. How did he get sick? How did the bus-germ get inside
Ralphie?
- How
can we get germs? (From dirty hands, cuts or scrapes)
- Show
students a few pictures of germs and ask what they think they are.
- Explain
that germs are not animals, and not plants, but little bugs that can
make us sick.
- Explain
that germs are so tiny that they can’t be seen without special tools
called Microscopes and the pictures we’re seeing are pictures through a
microscope. (Use GloGerm Kit to show the simulation germs under the UV black light)
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Explanation:
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- Tell students that different kinds of
germs are what make us sick. Ask them what they feel like when they get
sick. Those ill/sick feelings are from germs!
- Explain to students that there are a lot
of different kinds of germs. Some are shaped like circles, some look
fuzzy, some look like little bugs.
- Tell them that different kinds of germs
make different kinds of sicknesses. Some germs make you cough, some make
you sick to your stomach, give you a runny nose, etc.
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“Hands On Experience:”
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- List on the board some adjectives that
describe germs
- Find the “My Germ” page in the Germ
journal.
- Tell students that they are going to make
their own “Super Germ!” On the “Germs” page, explain to students that
they need to pretend that they are looking at their germ through a
microscope. They need to draw what it looks like.
- Also on the germs page, have them fill in
the description box with words about their germ.
- Have them fill out the Sickness box with
what kinds of sicknesses it would give someone. (Nothing gross!)
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Wrap Up:
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- Have students share with each other or
with the class what their germs look like.
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Home Connection:
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- Ask students to share with their parents
what they learned about germs.
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