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Standard #: SC.6.L.14.6
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Compare and contrast types of infectious agents that may infect the human body, including
viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
Subject Area: Science
Grade: 6
Body of Knowledge: Life Science
Big Idea: Organization and Development of Living Organisms A. All living things share certain characteristics.
B. The scientific theory of cells, also called cell theory, is a fundamental organizing principle of
life on Earth.
C. Life can be organized in a functional and structural hierarchy.
D. Life is maintained by various physiological functions essential for growth, reproduction, and
homeostasis.
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More
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Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved
Assessed: Yes
Remarks/Examples
Integrate HE.6.C.1.8. Explain how body systems are impacted by hereditary factors and
infectious agents.
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Related Access Points
Independent
Access Point Number
SC.6.L.14.In.5
Access Point Title
Recognize that bacteria and viruses can infect the human body.
Supported
Access Point Number
SC.6.L.14.Su.4
Access Point Title
Identify ways to prevent infection from bacteria and viruses,
such as hand washing.
Participatory
Access Point Number
SC.6.L.14.Pa.4
Access Point Title
Recognize practices that keep the body free from infection, such
as hand washing.
Related Resources
Lesson Plan
Name
Agents of Infection
Communicating About
Communicable Disease
Homeostasis and Human
Body Systems
How Viruses Spread
Immunity Lesson Plan
The Fizz Virus
Uncle Henry's Dilemma
Zika Virus Arrives in the
Americas
Description
This is a collaborative lesson design by Lori Kern and Dawn
Barone.
This lesson focuses on infectious agents (fungus, bacteria, virus
and parasites). Students will be able experience a hands-on
activity to reinforce the concepts addressed in this benchmark.
In this "tried and true" investigation, students use a
commercially available product (Glo-germ) and a blacklight to
demonstrate how germs are spread. Glitter can be substituted.
Students then write a public service announcement, including
statistics, about the preventing the spread of a communicable
disease.
***All activities from this lesson, with the exception of free
alternative activities, are adapted from Florida Science Fusion
Grade 6 Teacher's Manual and Lab Manual ©Holt
McDougal***
This lesson addresses the structure and function of human body
systems with emphasis on how organ systems collaborate to
maintain homeostasis for an entire organism.
Teaches three ways viruses can spread: cough, sneeze, and
touch.
This lesson plan has power point to support it. The lesson
requires students to complete a project comparing bacteria,
fungus, and viruses.
This is a lesson on viruses and a simulation on how diseases can
spread.
Uncle Henry's Dilemma is a problem solving lesson to
determine the global location for the reading of Uncle Henry's
will. The students will interpret data sets which include
temperature, rainfall, air pollution, travel cost, flight times and
health issues to rank five global locations for Uncle Henry's
relatives to travel to for the reading of his will. This is an
engaging, fun-filled MEA lesson with twists and turns
throughout. Students will learn how this procedure of selecting
locations can be applied to everyday decisions by the
government, a business, a family, or individuals.
In this lesson, students will analyze an informational text that
describes the spread of the Zika virus through the Americas and
its arrival in the United States. The text describes how the virus
is carried by specific species of mosquitoes that are common in
Florida and other warmer areas of the United States. An added
concern with Zika is the link to microcephaly, a neurological
disorder affecting fetuses and infants from infected mothers.
The text also describes other viruses in the larger group that
Zika belongs to and how these viruses affect the human body.
This lesson is designed to support reading in the content area.
The lesson plan includes a reading guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing prompt, answer keys, and a writing rubric.
Options to extend the lesson are also included.
Educational Game
Name
Disease: Cause and Effect
MEDMYST: Infectious
Diseases
Description
The students will be able to identify one or more infectious
diseases and their cause(s). The students will be able to list at
least 3 ways that infectious diseases can be prevented.
In MedMyst: Original students use the scientific method and
science process skills to investigate infectious disease
outbreaks. In Mission One: Orientation At O.R.B., students
get an introduction to infectious diseases and pathogens. In
Mission Two: Peril in Prokaryon, students learn about
infectious pathogens and epidemiology while investigating a
cholera outbreak. In Mission Three: Nemesis in Neuropolis,
students learn about viruses and vaccines while investigating a
smallpox case. In Mission Four: Malady in Mabuufo, students
learn about malaria, the history of malaria research, and disease
vectors. In Mission Five: Zero Hour Zoonoses, students learn
about zoonotic pathogens and the diseases they cause, while
trying to prevent a bioterror attack. All five missions have a
teacher's guide with worksheets and additional activities.
Text Resource
Name
Infected Cutting Boards
New "Heartland" Disease
Emerges in U.S. Midwest
Description
This informational text resource is intended to support reading
in the content area.
How has bacteria evolved to be resistant to antibiotic drugs?
Scientists have discovered that an ordinary kitchen item - the
cutting board - can be spreading dangerous germs.
This informational text resource is intended to support reading
in the content area. In June 2009, two men were admitted to a
Missouri hospital with severe flu-like symptoms. After lack of
response to treatment and extensive blood analysis, it was
determined that the men had a phlebovirus—the first seen in the
U.S. With the help of the CDC, the virus was tracked to a
species called the Lone Star tick. There is currently no vaccine
or treatment for this dangerous disease.
This informational text resource is intended to support reading
in the content area. The article discusses the amazing discovery
Return of the Giant Zombie of an ancient virus found frozen in the Russian permafrost after
Virus
30,000 years. The virus is huge in size and only infects
amoebas. Amazingly, the virus is still infectious after remaining
frozen for so long.
This informational text resource is designed to support reading
in the content area. The text describes the emergence of the Zika
Zika Virus Raises Alarm as It
virus and the threat it may pose to the United States.
Spreads in the Americas
Information is provided about how the virus is transmitted, and
the connection between Zika and microcephaly is explored.
Perspectives Video: Expert
Name
Description
Infectious Agents and Human
The good, the bad, and the ugly of infectious diseases.
Disease
Video/Audio/Animation
Name
Description
Scientists who are working to discover new medicines often use
robots to prepare samples of cells, allowing them to test
chemicals to identify those that might be used to treat diseases.
Students will meet a scientist who works to identify new
medicines. She created free software that "looks" at images of
cells and determines which images show cells that have
responded to the potential medicines. Students will learn about
how this technology is currently enabling research to identify
MIT BLOSSOMS new antibiotics to treat tuberculosis. Students will complete
Discovering Medicines, Using
hands-on activities that demonstrate how new medicines can be
Robots and Computers
discovered using robots and computer software, starring the
student as "the computer." In the process, the students learn
about experimental design, including positive and negative
controls. Students should have some introductory knowledge
about the following topics: (1) biology: students should have a
basic understanding of infection and good hygiene, they should
know what bacteria and cells are; (2) chemistry: the students
should know what a chemical compound (molecule) is. They
should have an understanding that medicines, also called
"drugs", are chemical compounds; (3) basic experimental
design: students should understand the terms "samples" and
"testing". All hand-outs necessary for this video lesson can be
downloaded below.