Lesson Plan: Allergies vs.

Viruses
March 3, 2014 Instructor Name: Kendra Benson Lesson Title: Allergies vs. Viruses Audience & Setting: 6th grade classroom Minutes required: 60 minutes

___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Health Standard(s) Addressed: 6.7.2 Indicate healthy behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. 6.6.1 Examine personal health behaviors. 6.3.2 Find valid health information from home. Objectives By the end of the lesson students will be able to: Understand how a virus and an allergen infect the body and how the body responds to each. Examine the differences in how colds and allergies are diagnosed and treated. And students will also know how to ask their parents or guardians about different allergies they may or may not have. Materials and Supplies Needed: Paper, pen, markers, and viruses/ allergies coloring sheets. Motivating Introduction: Instructor will present the subject with the following questions: How many of you guys (students) have allergies? Do you guys know the difference from viruses and allergies? Today Im going to introduce you guys to common allergies that your fellow classmates may have, and how to distinguish the difference between a cold and an allergy. And different ways you can protect yourself from getting sick.

Knowledge and Skill Content (Concepts and Teaching Points)

1) What causes allergies? When an antigen, or foreign substance, is introduced into the body, the immune system responds. Antigens may take the form of a virus, bacteria, or a substance that causes an allergic reaction, like pollen. The latter type of antigen is called an allergen. I. What happens to the body during an allergic reaction? Symptoms normally associated with allergic reactions sneezing, nasal congestion, itching, rashes, and wheezing. The reactions help the body fight off the invading allergens. II. How are allergies treated? III. Different allergies such as food, environmental, and household. 2) What causes an infection? I. When a virus enters the body, it lands on a host cell. The virus starts reproducing immediately, which marks the beginning of an infection. The infected cell produces new viruses that are released from the host cell. Occasionally, the new viruses build up enough to rupture

Teaching Strategies with Conclusions and Transitions (Label, Full Description and Time Estimate for Each) Lecture/brain storming/discussion (10 minutes): For ten minutes the class will have an open discussion about what they think an allergy is. Have the students draw out what they think an allergy looks like. Think, Pair, Share (10 minutes); Have each student talk about their drawings and the reasons why they made it that way. Closure: After the discussion, prepare students for the game/ reading of the book I Know Someone with Allergies written by Victoria Parker. Game Time: Spilt the room into an even number some students will be labeled with allergies, some students will be labeled with a common cold , and some students will have none. Use this game to show how sickness travels. The point of the game is to show how easy it is to infect someone who might not be sick. The desk are to be moved to give the students more space, the green ball represents viruses and the red allergies. Both balls will be sent in rotation thrown across the room every time a student who has no sickness catches the ball, document it and show students how in a matter of seconds you can catch a sickness. Transitions: Calm the students down have them straighten the desk and get ready for their lecture about washing your hands, icky sickly viruses. Lecture (10 min): For 10 minutes have an open discussion about infections and viruses, how they happen, how they are avoided. Work sheet activity: Students are to create flowcharts

Assessment Methods (Label and Full Description)

Process: Drawing what they think an allergy looks like.

Process: Have the students describe their drawings, from this evaluate what you think they need to learn based off what they already know.

Constructed response: The students are to write or talk about the game they played. How do they feel it went, did they find out new information that they never knew? Will they share this new found information with friends and family?

the host cell, releasing more new viruses that infect other cells and keep the process going.

Prevention

to show the bodys reaction to the common cold (a viral infection) or hay fever (an allergic reaction) Closure; Have a short review over all the things the class went through. Start the assessment, the point of the assessment is to make sure the students retained all information and knows how to separate, and know the difference between the two.

Health Education Assessment Methods Selected Response Learning Objectives Understand how a virus and an allergen infect the body and how the body responds to each Examine the differences in how colds and allergies are diagnosed and treated. x x x x x x x x x x Constructed Response Product Performance Process Number of Assessmen ts 1 1

students will also know how to ask their parents or guardians about different allergies they may or may not have.

Number of Assessments Activities=3

Totals=3