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Designed for middle school, however, could easily be
used as early as 4th grade and through 12th grade.
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Offers a curriculum presented by healthcare
providers in cooperation with their local middle schools. The
health-related lessons are designed to be presented over two 50-minute
class periods.
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Informs students about the opportunities in
the healthcare industry while meeting the standards of the health
curriculum
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Forms a partnership between the school and the
local healthcare facility.
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Provides an opportunity to learn about careers
in healthcare from experts in the field.
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Day
1 - Mock Car Accident
Day one of the curriculum features a mock car
accident. When the students enter the room they are informed about
the accident and told the patient is being brought to their hospital.
The students are placed in seven different
hospital departments which represent 21 different careers in healthcare.
For each career, there is the following information:
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Duties performed |
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Education/Training
required |
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SD average hourly wage |
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"Prop" used in that
career |
Day
2- Typhoid Mary
Day two emphasizes the spread of epidemic diseases with
the "Typhoid Mary" activity. In the activity, students exchange
solutions (that could represent body fluids) with others in the class.
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A pathogen in one
student's original solution is passed to other students to simulate the
spread of an epidemic disease. |
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After exchanging
solutions with others in the class, everyone is 'tested' to see who is
now carrying the disease. |
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After recording who is
infected, the class traces the disease back to the original carrier. |
Click here
to see how HOTT
Futures curriculum meets South Dakota Grades 6-8 Health Education
Standards/Indicators.
Click
here to see how to obtain HOTT Futures
kits.
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