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Germ Wars
The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand the need for, and means of, infection control, as well as what an epidemiological study is and how it can used in disease prevention, exploring both the roots of epidemiology in London and its continuation in the city today. Students also set up an experiment related to hand hygiene.
Learning outcomes:
- Some students will be able to describe how the interpretation of data from epidemiological studies can be used to prevent both infectious and non-infectious disease.
- Most students will be able to describe how the interpretation of data from epidemiological studies can be used to prevent infectious disease.
- All students will be able to describe individual actions they can take to prevent the spread of infectious disease.
This resource is part of a full set of lessons looking at healthy London living which can be found here
Curriculum links include infectious disease, cholera, John Snow
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