Introduction
This Webquest is designed to inform people about communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases are diseases which can be caught via transmition form person to person, food or water, animals or the environment.
Sometimes when we contract these diseases, we need to be excluded from attending school, for our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of other students and teachers.
By Joseph Watson
Task
Winter is fast approaching, and with it, sickness, colds and flu.To prevent the spread of communicable diseases, we need to learn about them.
You will work in pairs to research ONE common communicable disease that people around the school could possibly contract.
You will need to conduct some research to find information about the illness and present your findings on a poster for display around the classroom so that other groups and class visitors can also learn about your chosen illness.
Process
Working in pairs, you will choose a communicable disease to investegate from the following list;
- Measels
- Chicken pox
- Cold sores
- Conjunctivitis
- Diphtheria
- Entrovisus
- Influenza "Flu"
- Hepatitis A
You will need to find out the following things about your chosen disease;
- Is the illness immunisable?
- How it can be transmitted?
- What are common symptoms?
- What is the treatment and how long does it last?
- Do you need to be excluded from school if you have this illness?
- What steps can we do to prevent us from contracting the illness?
- Any other interesting or important facts about the illness
You will need to present your information on an A3 poster. It will need to be suitable to display around the classroom so others can learn about it.
You may use the following websites to assist you in creating your poster and researching your communicable disease;
Department of Health and Department of Health A-Z
Evaluation
Rubric for assessment of the task:
Conclusion
Well Done! You have now completed the communicable disease WebQuest.
You will now know the common contractable illnesses found around the school. You know how to prevent them, the symptoms of them and what to do if you happen to catch one.
Take the time to read other people's work and get to how to identify other communicable diseases, as the chances are, you may one day get one. They are a part of life. But remember, if you ca prevent contracting one, you are less likely to get one!
