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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Healthful Living Education — Grade 4

Goal 2: The learner will develop knowledge and skills to enhance personal and consumer health.

Objective 2.04. Summarize methods for preventing the spread of germs that cause communicable diseases.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Germy surfaces
In this Science Update, students explore how long a germ can hand around on surfaces. Dr. Don Goldmann, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital in Boston suggests that cold viruses can live for up to six hours outside the human body. This... (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 1–2, 4, and 6 Healthful Living)
Provided by: Science Netlinks