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 Teachable Moments from SIRS Discoverer & WebFind
Health & Disease, Grades 4-6
March 1, 2006

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ProQuest Teachable Moments theme for March is Health & Disease. Throughout the month of March, help your young students learn more about their health and preventing and controlling diseases.

Activity: Teachers should browse and gather ideas from the Health and Human Body Subject Tree:

  1. Click the Health and Human Body icon.
  2. View the list of Health and Human Body related topics/subtopics that relate to the March themes.
  3. Each topic below can be clicked to get more information from subtopic which include:
    Circulatory System
    Death & Dying
    Digestive System
    Eating Disorders
    First Aid & Safety
    Food, Drink & Nutrition
    Physical Health & Fitness
    Urinary System
Assign each student to research one of these topics and answer the following essential questions:

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 What causes this disease or disorder?

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 What are some of the ways to prevent or alleviate the disease/disorder?

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 What is being done to cure this disease/disorder?

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 What can I do to keep health?

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 How can poor nutrition cause diseases?

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Last Updated on March 3, 2006

By INFOhio Webmaster

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