1.7 Stop the Spread – A Look at Human and Animal Health Issues
This middle school food and agricultural literacy lesson (“Stop the Spread”) teaches students to differentiate between human health issues, animal health issues, and zoonotic health issues that affect both. Using a “Go Get It” hidden clue-card activity, a CDC video, and class discussion, students learn how diseases spread, examples like E. coli, Salmonella, rabies, and H1N1, and the roles of USDA APHIS and the CDC’s ZVED in monitoring and preventing these issues.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Recognize how food product pathways affect consumers.
- As a result of this lesson the student will… Differentiate between human health issues and animal health issues.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Video clip, "Put Your Hands Together" found at http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=10109#
- Computer with speakers, or newspaper article
- Overhead projector/transparencies
- Tape
- Plush ball or similar object
- Blank index cards – one per student
- MS.FS.1.7.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.FS.1.7.TM.B – one per teacher; cut out the clue cards and paste them onto index cards.
- MS.FS.1.7.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Lesson Number
- MS.FS.1.7
- Precepts
- E. Awareness; E1. Address issues important to the community
- Key Terms
- Zoonotic Disease; Contagious; Center for Disease Control; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS); National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ZVED)
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- AS.03.01.05.aIdentify and describe zoonotic diseases
- FPP.02.03.03.aDescribe the effects food-borne pathogens have on food products and humans.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives