Communicable Disease

Grade Level:

8th

Subject:

Communicable diseases

Prepared By:

Dianna Gottlieb

Overview & Purpose

Education Standards Addressed

For this lesson, the students will be making a video about communicable diseases. They have to show how
it is spread from person to person in a creative way. They have the entire class to work on this as well as
some time next class. This task is meant for the teacher to see how well the students grasped this concept.

Standard 1: Students will comprehend

concepts related to health promotion and
disease prevention to enhance health.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the
ability to practice health-enhancing
behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Teacher Guide

Objectives
(Specify skills/information that will be
learned.)

Essential Question(s)

Opening
(Give and/or demonstrate necessary
information)

Work Period/Activity
(Describe the activity to reinforce
this lesson)

Students will be able to define communicable disease.

Students will be able to identify communicable diseases.

What is a communicable disease?

What is the difference between communicable and non-communicable

diseases?

What are different kinds of communicable diseases?

Materials Needed
Ipads/computer lab
Rubric for YouTube video

Time
2-3 minutes

Students will come in and sit at their desks. We will immediately

start going over the rubric for their mini project.

Time
42 minutes

1. Break the kids into group of 3 which are previously assigned by

the teacher.

Handouts/Ancillary
Materials

2. Students must present to the teacher their idea before starting to

make their video.

Rubric for project

3. Students have the rest of the class to make their video

Closing
(reinforcement of information)

Time
2 minutes

Kids will clean up their materials and any last questions will be
answered by the teacher.

Word Wall/Vocabulary
Communicable disease

Assessment
(Steps to check for student
understanding)

Extension Activities
(For students who need additional
assistance or complete work early)

During class students need to be checked off on their idea so they can continue
with their project.

Level of Blooms/Depth
of Knowledge
Knowledge
application

Students should not have any extra time.

Other Resources
(e.g. Web, books, etc.)
Glencoe teen health text book
Movie maker