Lesson 7

Infection Prevention

7. I can explain how the immune system works and vaccines work.

Watch Kurzgesagt's How the Immune System Actually Works.
Listen to Ms Garlick give notes on how vaccines work (PowerPoint Slides).
Complete the "Choose Your Own Adventure: Pandemic" to try to keep New Zealand safe from bird flu!
Video Mahi Choice - Choose from the videos below to watch
1. - Ted Talk: How Pandemics Spread
  - Ted Talk: Will There Be Another Pandemic in Your Lifetime?
  - Ignaz Semmelweis - The Doctor that pioneered the idea of washing your hands
  - The 1918 Pandemic - The Deadliest Flu in History

Continue working on the homework from lesson 6: researching your pathogen and working on the SciPad pages for the type of pathogen.

This lesson took place over one sessions and that was when this page was last updated.

Term 1, Week 9, Tuesday - March 26th, 2024

Here is the link to the "Choose Your Own Adventure: Pandemic" 3rd activity. Your choice on how long you want this activity to take. You can simply just have the students write down numbers OR you can print out the A3 and have them justify each step.