Parasites and disease
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Students have probably heard about parasite-borne diseases, but they might not know the specifics of how these diseases are spread and how disease rates can be reduced. In this lesson, they’ll research some parasite-borne diseases and report on how parasites infect their hosts and how people are trying to reduce infection rates. This lesson can be found on the National Geographic website.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 4: The learner will develop an understanding of the unity and diversity of life.
- Objective 4.04: Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
- Genetics.
- Immune response.
- Nutrition.
- Parasites.
- Toxins.
- Objective 4.04: Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
