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Read to Learn

Bill Nye the Science Guy's Great Big Book of Tiny Germs

What's in a vaccination?

Experiment: How can we see cells?

Supplies: foil, flashlight, rubber band, pin, paper, knife, onion, picture frame with a glass front

Antibiotics

Experiment: How can we keep germs from getting inside us?

Supplies: 2 ziplock bags, dirt, bread, paper towel

HIV and AIDS

I am skipping the experiment on p. 43

Keeping Safe and Germ Free, Germs We Love Them, We Hate Them

Experiment: Why do we keep food in refrigerators?

Supplies: 2 clean soda bottles, water, yeast, sugar, 2 balloons

Epidemics and Plagues (Kingfisher Knowledge)

p. 37-41 p. 42-47 p. 48-53 p. 54-58

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

I will schedule this book when we get it.      
Experiments, Activity Books & Kits

Magic School Bus The Young Scientist Club: The World of Germs Kit

Who has the cleanest toes?
(11 days)

Start this experiment.

 

 

 

 

Movies
BrainPop.com

Flu and Flu Vaccine

Lyme Disease

SARS

Smallpox

United Streaming PLUS  

 

 

   
Free movies online

Nova online:

1918 flu

 

   
Workbooks /Cut & Paste Model books
 

 

 

 

 

Free Printables

 

 

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