Name: ____________________________________

Period: _____
Look Around, What Do You See?

Behavior Age (yrs) Age (yrs) Age (yrs) Age (yrs)

6 & under 7-14 15-20 21 & up
Eye Rubbing
Mouth Touching
Nose Touching
Uncovered Sneezing
Covered Sneezing
Uncovered Coughing
Covered Coughing
Hand Washing
Hand Sanitizing
Object Touching
Sharing Drinks
Sharing Food
Touching Others
*Other
TOTALS
*List and tally any other activities that you observe that might have a connection to
spreading or stopping germs.

Reflection – On the basis of your data and findings, which of the following diseases are
more likely to spread and should be of greater concern to public health officials:
- Diseases spread only through contact with fluids of infectious people
- Diseases spread through droplets
- Diseases that are airborne

Write your opinion to this question below in at least 3 complete sentences, using data to
support your answer.

*Taken and adapted from the CDC’s Science Ambassador Workshop 2014 Lesson Plan “Keep Calm and Get
Vaccinated” (https://www.cdc.gov/careerpaths/scienceambassador/documents/ms-keep-calm-get-
vaccinated-2014.pdf)