Threadworm Unit 4-7 yr olds (Dirty Beastie)
Introduction
This section covers several aspects of the 5-14 Guidelines for Science and Health Education. The intention is to provide online content and activities for pupils, along with additional teacher support in the form of suggestions and ideas for classroom work and downloadable activity sheets.
The pupil content begins with an introduction on the basic facts about 'germs' (appearance, size, habitat) and leads to the need for good hygiene and rules on keeping hands clean.
Curriculum references
Scottish 5-14 Guidelines
Health Education - Taking responsibility for health
Strand - Physical health
- Level A - show an awareness of ways of keeping healthy
- Level B - show their knowledge and understanding of what individuals need to do to be healthy
Environmental Studies - Society, Science and Technology
Knowledge and understanding - living things and the processes of life
Strand - Variety and characteristic features
- Level A - sort living things into broad groups according to easily observable characteristics
- Level B - give some of the more obvious distinguishing features of the major invertebrate groups
Strand - The processes of life
- Level A - Name and identify the main external parts of the bodies of humans and other animals
- Level B - Recognise stages in the life cycles of familiar plants and animals
Strand - Interaction of living things with their environment
- Level A - Recognise and name some common plants and animals found in the local environment
- Level B - Give examples of feeding relationships found in the local environment.
Classroom Applications
Dirtie Beastie
Learning outcomes
- To learn how to maintain personal hygiene.
- To understand how to prevent diseases from being spread.
- To learn how to make simple choices that improve health and well-being.
- To make simple size comparisons between living things.
Extension work
'Class survey' PDF
Questionnaire about hand washing with multiple choice answers - leads to further class discussion after task is completed.
'Word search' PDF
Find the key words in the word search.
'Dirty hands make you sick' PDF
Fill in the missing words:- close procedure with key vocabulary.
Additional Resources
The Clean Crusaders pack contains the following:
- 1 x Lesson Plan
- 1 x A3 Poster to display in classroom
- 2 x sheets of stickers to be handed out to children
- 2 x colouring sheets to be photocopied
- 50 x leaflets to be handed to parents
(This free pack excludes the video which needs to be ordered separately by sending a cheque for £9.99 - see details below)
Clean Crusader videos are also available to educate and entertain the children with hygiene messages. These can be ordered by sending a cheque for £9.99 payable to 'McNeil Ltd' to:
Clean Crusaders Campaign
McNeil Ltd
Enterprise House
Station Road
Loudwater
High Wycombe
HP10 9UF
Please include your delivery address details with your cheque and write 'Clean Crusaders Campaign' on the back of the cheque.
For further information contact McNeil Ltd on 01494 453 692.
Useful web links
Downloads
Pupil Section Exe Files
This is a version of the pupil material for this topic that you can download and use offline. Simply save the .exe file to your desktop and double-click it.
Dirty Beastie
PDF files
Letter to Parents containing general advice about threadworms
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