Diseases Detectives

Introduction

Can you identify these diseases?

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What are they? How can you treat them?

What are their symptoms?

Task

Your task as 'Disease Detectives' is to identify these diseases and identify the way in which they can be treated or prevented.

Detectives work in pairs, so you will need to team up with another detective to research and create an awareness poster about 2 of these diseases.

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Process

1. Identify the following diseases from the images:

A:

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B:

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2. Identify the following diseases from these symptoms:

A: Weakness in the face, arms, legs. difficulty speaking, dizziness, loss of vision or blury eyes

B: Fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat, imflamed eyes, tiny white spots with bluish-white centers on a red background found inside the mouth on the inner lining of the cheek

3. What can be done to provent/reduce the risk of contracting these following diseases?

A: Heart disease

B: Head Lice

4. Once you have completed these activities in your pair pick 2 diseases and create an awearness poster

Use these following links to help you thoughout these activities:

http://immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/…

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/ph/documents/cdb/timeout_poster.pdf

https://strokefoundation.com.au/about-stroke/stroke-symptoms

http://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease/prevention#Overview1

Evaluation

Criteria Assessed	Developing	Consolidating	Extending
Research and Content	Little to no research or correct content evident in students work	Students work shows evident of some research and has few to no inaccurate facts	Students work shows strong evidence of research with no errors in facts and infomarion
Presentation & Creativity; inc Spelling & Grammar	Poor presentation with little to no creativity shown, 3 or more gramatical and spelling errors on final copy	Good presentation with some creativity evident, 1 -2 gramatical and spelling errors on final copy	Excellent presentation with strong creativity shown. No gramatical or spelling errors on final copy
Effective use of time	Student did not use time effectivity and distracted others	Students used class time well and completed task	Excellent use of class time and completed task within the time frame
Knowledge and Understanding	Student shows a lack of undertanding of content knowledge	Students shows a satisfactory level of content knowledge and undertanding	Student show a high level of content knowldge with a sound understanding

Conclusion

Excellent job Disease Detectives! You have solved the case!

Give yourselves a pat on the back! You now have a better understanding of diseases and how to provent them! This information could one day help you save someone from getting really sick!

Display your poster proudly within the classroom!

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