Disease Detective (click on title to see official event description and rules)
This event tests if students understand connections between things they may encounter in daily life and various health problems that affect communities, risks for disease/injury, and opportunities for prevention.
Practice Links:
- East Side Elementary's Practice and Info Page
- Disease Identification flashcards
- Division B Disease Detective practice pages
- Disease Detectives - Minnesota Science Museum
- CDC - Kids Health
- CDC info for Disease Detectives
- The Scrub Club
- The Science Olympiad Disease Detective page
- Science Museum - Disease Detectives
- Outbreak at Watersedge - online game to introduce you to what is "public health" and determine the source of an outbreak.
- CDC - Solve the Outbreak mobile app and online game
Play these for homework:
The Immune System Game
The Immune System Responses Game
Homework:
Write two good, meaty (5-7 sentences) paragraphs on what they learned about the immune system.