Outbreak

As the world confronts global health problems such as epidemics or pandemics, involve your students in an authentic lesson that will increase their understanding of health related issues and give them the tools to make informed decisions about their own health and the health of their schools and communities. Focusing on world health and its global impact provides a multidisciplinary opportunity to apply specific content related material to "heath watching". The Partnership for 21st Skills includes health literacy as an area of emphasis and "going mobile" and/or "social" with lessons adds skill sets from the ISTE NETS Standards for students. Implement this lesson idea in a single discipline or collaborate with colleagues in a cross-curricular approach involving students in health issues and helping them to create healthy solutions for their school and themselves.

A Student Challenge: Contribute to your school and communities understanding of a health crisis

Teacher facilitates a class discussion to assess current student information and knowledge on the topic of an outbreak. Brainstorm guiding questions with students. Create a white board list or collaborative Google Doc to add additional topics or questions that students bring up during the brainstorming session.