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Title Introduction to One Health: Middle School

Introduction

Students will be introduced to the One Health Initiative. Students will discuss the

interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment. Students will be

introduced to the concept of zoonotic infections and comparative medicine. Students

will hypothesize the future ramifications of human, animal, and environmental

interactions. Students will analyze different relationships between these three

categories as they partake in the Interconnectedness of Our World activity with the activity cards.

Curriculum

Alignment

This section contains the curriculum alignment of the lesson to the North Carolina NC

Essential Standards of Science or Math, and the Next Generation Science Standards

(NGSS) or Common Core Math.

Content

Area

Grade

Level

NC Essential Standards

Tech Ed 6-8 6.RP1- Apply a research process for collaborative or individual

research

Tech Ed 6-8 7.TT.1.2- Use appropriate technology tools and other resources

to organize information

Science 7 7.E.1.6 Conclude that the good health of humans requires:

monitoring the atmosphere, maintaining air quality and

stewardship

Science 8 8.P.2.2 Explain the implications of the depletion of renewable

and nonrenewable energy resources and the importance of

conservation

Science 8 8.E.1.4 Conclude that the good health of humans requires: Monitoring of the hydrosphere Water quality standards Methods of water treatment Maintaining safe water quality Stewardship

Science 8 8.L.1.1 Summarize the basic characteristics of viruses, bacteria,

fungi and parasites relating to the spread, treatment and

prevention of disease.

Science 8 8.L.3.1 Explain how factors such as food, water, shelter and

space affect populations in an ecosystem

Content

Area

Grade

Level

NGSS / Common Core Math

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Science 6-8 MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns

of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

Science 6-8 MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions

for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Science 6-8 MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for

how increases in human population and per-capita consumption

of natural resources impact Earth's systems.

Real Life

Science

Applications

The One Health Initiative is a collaboration between doctors, industry, veterinarians,

researchers, and professors to study the interconnectedness between humans, animals,

and the environment and their effects on one another. Students can easily relate to this

concept as they can discuss their relationship with their pets or animals they have

interacted with in their lives. Students can also make correlations between how their

surrounding environment has implications for their own health and the health of their

families.

Learning

Outcomes

Students will discuss the overall concepts of the One Health Initiative

Students will analyze how interactions between humans, animals, and the

environment impact health through the Interconnectedness of our world

activity

Students will debate future implications for these connections and formulate

opinions on how these connections can be altered to benefit all involved

Time

Required

and Location

45 minutes (could easily be extended for an 85 or 90 minute class to go more in depth

with these topics)

Materials

Needed

-Interconnectedness cards printed out, cut out, and preferably laminated

-Projector & speakers to show video clip

Safety There are no safety concerns with this lesson

Student

Prior

Knowledge

Students do not have to have any prior knowledge of One Health concepts to complete

this lesson. This lesson is meant as an introduction to the topic. Some students might

not know what some of the diseases listed on the activity cards are (for example Lyme

disease), so those concepts might need to be discussed prior to the start of the activity

or as the questions arise.

Teacher

Preparations

The teacher should research the One Health Initiative (found at

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/about.php) before conducting the lesson.

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The teacher needs to print out and cut out the activity cards to hand out to the students.

The cards should be grouped correctly and paperclipped together. You should print out

two sets of cards. Each set has the following cards paperclipped together by type.

- 2 tick cards - 3 deer cards - 3 chicken cards - 3 dog cards - 3 weather cards - 2 water cards - 1 vet card - 1 consumer card - 3 farmer cards - 1 homeowner card

Activities Warm-up (written on the board when students arrive)

Write an example for each of the following things:

-An animal to human interaction

-An animal to the environment interaction

-A human to the environment interaction

Then, in one sentence write how you think humans, animals, and the environment are

connected to one another

Once students have completed their warm-ups ask people to give their examples. Most

of the examples given will be along the lines of a human has a pet dog and the dog makes the human happy, but you want to push them further. Ask probing questions like so if the dog makes the human happy how can a dog living with a human affect the humans health? Continue this discussion to lead into the introduction video.

Say: Today we are going to be looking at the One Health Initiative, which is basically

the concepts we just talked about. We will watch this short video clip and then work on

an activity that simulates the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the

environment, which is the focus of One Health.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG0pduAYESA as an introduction to the

One Health Concept.

Say: I am now going to pass out a card to each of you. You will either be a human, an

animal or insect, or something in the environment. Each card explains a bit about what

you are and your situation. Each card will also explain who/what you will be affecting.

You will have two minutes to read over your card. There will be three rounds of

movement. Your card will tell you what to do for each round. Some of you will be

staying still during a round and others will be told to go and sit back down. Follow the

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instructions carefully. Once you have read over your card, you will follow the

instructions at the bottom of your card once I tell you to move. Some of you will have

one card, some two, and some three, depending on who you are affecting. For example

if you are a tick you might be affecting a deer, a human, and a dog. If your first host is a

deer you find the deer, figure out where you go next, and give one of your tick cards to the deer. *You might want to demonstrate this action to the class, you being the tick

and giving someone else the deer card. Read the tick card to the class. Go to the deer.

Give the deer one of your tick cards. Wait with the deer until round 2 is called. * Hand

out cards to the students and have them begin. This activity will take around 10

minutes.

Once students complete the activity have everyone go over who has what card and why

they have it. As a class discuss how different animals affected different humans and

vice versa, how humans affected the environment, and the environment affected both

animals and humans.

*Here is the list of who should have what at the end of the activity

-Weather: no cards left

-Water: 1 weather card, 1 water card

-Tick: no cards left

-Deer: 1 deer card, 1 tick card

-Dog: 1 dog card, 1 tick card

-Chicken: no cards left

-Homeowner: 1 dog card, 1 deer card, 1 weather card, 1 water card, 1 homeowner card

-Vet: 1 dog card, 1 chicken card, 1 vet card

-Farmer: 1 deer card, 1 chicken card, 1 water card, 1 farmer card

-Consumer: 1 chicken card, 1 farmer card, 1 consumer card

Assessment On the same sheet of paper that students wrote their warm-up, have students answer the

questions from the warm-up applying what they just learned. Then have them write 2-3

sentences describing what the One Health Initiative is and their perspective on the

interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment.

Critical

Vocabulary

-Interconnectedness

-Avian flu

-Lyme disease

Modifications Students who need extra help can be paired with the teacher or another student for the

activity to help them follow the relationship between the humans, animals and the

environment. Pictures are included on each card. English language learners can use a

dictionary if necessary.

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References http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/about.php

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/07/bird-flu-1/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG0pduAYESA

Author

Information

Hannah Elliott teaches Technology, Design and Innovation A & B and Technological

Systems at Ligon Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hannah has worked the

past two years with the North Carolina State University ASSIST Center to help develop

lessons based around wearable devices, energy harvesting and One Health.

helliott@wcpss.net