Health HACKS
A Science-based curriculum for making decisions for good health
Healthy Actions, Community Knowledge, and Science (HACKS) curriculum resources address critical science and health concepts and skills. Lessons are available for different grade bands: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12.
Health HACKS teaching resources engage students in key science and engineering practices, such as asking questions, developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing or interpreting data, and communicating scientific information. Search the list below for topics relevant to your students.
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What Are Vaccines?
Students learn how vaccines work and how they are made by viewing two short videos and answering questions that promote critical thinking related to vaccines and the immune system.
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Vaccines and Health
Students learn about the impact of vaccines on human health by exploring one of the 16 diseases for which they have (or should have) received a vaccine.
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What Is Coronavirus?
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Students gather information online to explore differences between viruses and cells and to learn about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
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Microbes and Disease
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Students investigate a sample of microbes and the diseases associated with them, learn how diseases are transmitted and impact society, and create art projects representing the diseases they have studied.
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Defending Against Microbes
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Students investigate the human immune system and solve a crossword puzzle featuring vocabulary related to the immune system and microbes.
Funding
The COVID HACKS curriculum project is made possible thanks to the support from Laura & John Arnold and Baylor College of Medicine. Scientists, educators, and physicians from Baylor College of Medicine provided content, feedback, and technical reviews.