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Topic: Community and Environmental Health

Grade Level:  Fourth

District Health Standard:  Convey accurate health information and ideas.

Lesson Summary:  
The students will learn about environmental issues why it’s important to put what they’ve learned into practice.  They will complete an interactive worksheet that can be used as an assessment tool. 

Textbook Connections: McGraw-Hill Health, Chapter 10 Pages 253-274
McGraw-Hill Web-Linked Activities

Materials: Inspiration interactive worksheet

Technology: Computer with Internet connection.

Instructional Input: 

You must have Inspiration software to use this interactive worksheet.

• Download the interactive worksheet onto the students’ computers. 
• Read through the directions. 
• Please note that you do not need to print this worksheet out; the students will be able to answer the questions directly on their computer.
• Helpful hint:  Have the students take notes on paper before they fill out the interactive worksheet.

  Click here to go to the interactive worksheet

Websites:

trashcans and trashcan’ts
http://www.wscdch.org/hhmm.htm#trashcans  

EPA’s explorer’s club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/  

Earth Day site
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/index.html  

FDA’s site for kids
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm  

all about vaccines
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/html/vaccines.htm  

ecology site
http://www.sprint.com/epatrol/  

environment
http://www.eco-pros.com/welcome.htm  

air pollution
http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/air/air.htm  

recycling game
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6076/New%20Pages/KidsDoRecyclePile.html  

recycle tips
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6076/New%20Pages/KidsDoEnvtips.html  

printable word find
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6076/New%20Pages/KDWrdSrc.html  

microbes and microbiologists
http://www.microbe.org/  

hand washing
http://www.washup.org/  

microbes
http://www.pfizer.com/rd/microbes/pagetop.html  

infection
http://www.amnh.org/explore/infection/index.html  

disabilities at school
http://funrsc.fairfield.edu/~jfleitas/contkids.html  

movie of penicillin killing bacteria
http://www.cellsalive.com/pen.htm  

Sharon cleans up (the environment) story
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/sharon/sharon2.htm  

Authors: Robin Surland, Lauri Cash, Brenda Vague