Unit Plan: The Immune System & How Vaccines Help Prevent Diseases (Gr 7-9)

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This unit plan overview provides links to all lessons along with links to accompanying teacher support materials that include:

• Student worksheets and answer guides for individual lessons 
• Inquiry activities (support materials are provided as needed) 
• Numeracy activity/answer guide

NOTE - answer keys/marking guides are accessible only by teachers and are located at the bottom of this page.

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The The Immune System & How Vaccines Help Prevent Diseases lessons and links to resources are listed below.

Student support to make sure lesson content has been learned before doing the quizzes. Includes a template, implementation suggestions, criteria and an exemplar for students, and an example that includes links to textbook work.

• Summary note-taking assignment (time will vary)

Download worksheets and make available to your students:

• Lesson 1: What is The Immune System?
  • Literacy Builder-Vocab Worksheet (10 min)
  • Video Worksheet: Immune System Part 1 (10 min)
  • Inquiry Activity: Healthy Behaviours Worksheet  (10 min)

• Lesson 2: The Immune System, Why Vaccines Help and How They Work
  • Literacy Builder-Vocab Worksheet 2 (10 min)
  • Video Worksheet: Ted-ed How do Vaccines Work? (5 min)
  • Numeracy Activity: Immune System - How Vaccines Work Percent Problems  (30 min)

• Lesson 3:  How Effective Are Vaccines?
  • Inquiry Activity Virus Infographic  (1 hour)
  • Numeracy Activity: Immune System-How Effective Are Vaccines  (30 min)

• Lesson 4: Safety First! How Vaccines Are Developed, Approved, and Monitored
  • Literacy Builder-Vocab Worksheet 4 (10 min)

• Lesson 5: Types of Vaccines
  • Creative Activity: School Poster (40 min)
  • Review: The Immune System & How It Works (40 min)

• Lesson 6: New Diseases on Turtle Island
  • Literacy Builder-Vocab Worksheet 6 (10 min)
  • Activity: Quantitative and Qualitative Information (20 minutes)

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