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A lesson plan for Grade 8 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 8
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This Science NetLinks lesson is the first in a series of lessons on microorganisms. This lesson demonstrates that some “bad” microorganisms can get into the body through food ingestion and how some environments support pathogens. This lesson is intended to build on a basic understanding of microbes.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 8
- Goal 7: The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of microbiology.
- Objective 7.02: Describe diseases caused by microscopic biological hazards including:
- Viruses.
- Bacteria.
- Parasites.
- Contagions.
- Mutagens.
- Objective 7.03: Analyze data to determine trends or patterns to determine how an infectious disease may spread including:
- Carriers.
- Vectors.
- Conditions conducive to disease.
- Calculate reproductive potential of bacteria.
- Objective 7.04: Evaluate the human attempt to reduce the risk of and treatments for microbial infections including:
- Solutions with anti-microbial properties.
- Antibiotic treatment.
- Research.
- Objective 7.02: Describe diseases caused by microscopic biological hazards including:
