Germs are everywhere. We could say they’re nothing to sneeze at, but that would be a pretty lame joke.
Enjoy these jokes and comics, share them with your students. Why not insert a few riddles into a quiz or homework page? Extra credit points for students who guess the right punchline!
If you have a favorite germ-related cartoon or joke, insert it below as a comment, or email us at socialmedia@teachersource.com.
Happy teaching!
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
Whether it’s the Ebola virus or more commonplace “bugs,” we often hear about germs in the news. Check out this selection of noteworthy news items.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/photos/video-classroom-experiment-reveals-quickly-germs-spread-26755004
www.webmd.com/news/20141117/every-kiss-begins-with-80-million-germs
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150121083640.htm
www.webmd.com/women/home-health-and-safety-9/places-germs-hide
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
by: Priscilla Robinson
These days, it’s hard not to hear reports about the spread of infectious disease, from serious viruses like Ebola to the “common” cold. There are ads for flu shots and cold remedies, nightly media coverage about rampant epidemics all over the world, and pundits predicting whether these contagious diseases might someday get to this country.
So how is this affecting your students? Are they asking questions? Are they anxious about where these germs may be lurking, and whether they or their families are in any danger?
As a teacher, I’ve found that the science classroom is the perfect environment to help students understand the world around them.
A few years ago, my students and I survived an outbreak of the Swine Flu. So many kids were getting sick that our school had to establish a quarantine room to isolate ill students until their parents could pick them up. During this time, I set up stringent hand-washing techniques for students (and myself), as well as protocols for disinfecting desks, chairs and door handles. Ultimately, my students had a lower rate of absences than their peers, and I stayed healthy as well.
Below you’ll find two fun and engaging classroom activities related to infectious disease transmission and prevention. Try them with your students! Read the rest of this entry »
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by: Tami O’Connor
The sun is our primary source of ultraviolet radiation, however, there are a number of artificial sources of UV light including black lights, tanning beds and mercury vapor lamps. Ultraviolet radiation is usually considered to be a bad thing for very good reasons.
Generally speaking, there are three types of UV radiation here on Earth: UVA, UVB and UVC. Though the most destructive, UVC is almost never seen in nature because the earth’s atmosphere absorbs all of it. Though less destructive, overexposure to UVB can lead to all kinds of maladies including sunburn, some forms of skin cancer and cataracts. Read the rest of this entry »
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by: Brian Herrin
One of the difficulties of modeling a flowing water system is the size of the system and the quickness of the flow. This often makes demonstrations hard to visualize as things happen so quickly. The model I designed uses large transparent plastic cups and clear tubing that connects them to easily demonstrate how a river can become contaminated by a toxic spill or dump and how the toxic material slowly works its way downstream creating devastation along the way. In time, the river will eventually run clean, but the damage takes much longer to disappear, and some damage may be permanent.
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Posted by Tami O'Connor
