District Health Standard: Identify community workers and their contribution to good health.

Lesson Summary: As a whole class, the teacher and students will discuss different types of health and environment workers and the tools they use. Students will extend this knowledge in various small group centers.

Textbook Connections: McGraw-Hill Health - Chapter 10 Community and Environment Health, pages 59-62.
McGraw-Hill Health Web-Linked Activities

Materials:  
Pictures of workers in jobs related to health and the environment.
Tools that those workers might use or pictures of the tools.

Technology:
Internet Connection

Instructional Input

1.With the students, create a list of community health workers. Have pictures ready of workers that could be on the list.  While writing the list, discuss reasons why that worker would be on the list.

2. Show the students the pictures. Group the pictures together by type of service they perform. For example, a doctor, a nurse, and a dentist might go together, while an environmental worker would be in a different group.

Health Workers
Discuss and show some of the tools health workers use.

Stethoscope
Syringe
Blood pressure cuff
Tongue depressor
Reflex mallet
Safety gloves
Thermometer
Mask

Environmental Workers
Discuss and show some of the tools environmental workers use.