Download Detectives in the Classroom Ancillary Materials

Detectives in the Classroom Ancillary Materials
for Lesson 1-1
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1. Go To – Copy EpiTalk Handout for Each Student
2. Go To – DZ Sign for each Student
3. Go To – DZ Sign Distributions
4. Go To – EpiLog Worksheet (Copy for each student.)
1. EpiTalk Handout for each student
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Epi T
Essential
Question
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Clue
Something that helps to solve a problem or mystery.
Descriptive Epidemiology
Study of the distribution of a disease or other health-related condition.
Basis for formulating hypotheses.
Disease Distribution
The pattern of how a sickness is spread out among a group of people.
Epidemiologist / Disease Detective
An investigator who studies the occurrence of disease in populations of people for the
purpose of preventing or controlling health problems.
Epidemiology
The study of how and why diseases or other health-related conditions are distributed in
a population the way they are, in other words, why some people get sick and others do
not.
Hypothesis
An educated guess.
An unproven idea, based on observation or reasoning, that can be proven or disproven
through investigation.
Person, Place, and Time
The three basic categories of clues that can describe the distribution of a disease in a
population of people.
Population
All the people in a particular group.
Stakeholder
Someone who represents a group of people and their interests.
2. DZ Sign for each student
DZ
3. DZ Sign Distributions
Investigation 1-1: Why Are These Students Getting Sick?
List of Possible Exposures
Consider using the following exposures as “DZ” sign distributions.
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Student is wearing sneakers
Student is acting in the school play
Student is a female
Student is a male
Student is a member of the school athletic team
Student is a member of the student government
Student is sitting next to a window
Student ate in the cafeteria yesterday
Student is carrying a backpack
Student has a younger brother or sister
Student has long hair
Student has short hair
Student is wearing hightop sneakers
Student lives in a particular neighborhood
Student takes the bus to school
Student is wearing a necklace
Student is wearing a ring
Student is wearing glasses
Student is wearing white sneakers
4. EpiLog Worksheet (Copy for each student.)
Detectives in the Classroom
Name: __________________________
Investigation 1-1: Epi Log Worksheet
Date:
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Hypothesis Chart
DZ
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DZ Distribution
My Hypothesis
Other Hypotheses