TeachersFirst's HIV and AIDS Resources
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This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students learn more about HIV/AIDS and to plan curriculum-related projects and classroom activities related to this sensitive but important topic. Whether you are teaching about the global economic impact of HIV/AIDS or simply helping students understand HIV/AIDS as a health topic, this list of reviewed resources and classroom ideas will provide a solid foundation.
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Everyday Life - Goodwill Community Foundation
Grades
2 to 12
tag(s): cooking (22), hiv/aids (14), maps (159), money (124), nutrition (98), safety (99), transportation (22), word study (28)
In the Classroom
Use these activities with ESL/ELL students or special ed students to reinforce concepts visually and with sounds. Let students experience practical life skills such as how to use an ATM machine using the interactive. Share the many interactives and/or video clips on your interactive whiteboard or in a learning center. A printable AIDS workbook would be helpful for older students in health classes. This is a great site to link on your class website for students (and families) to check out at home. Middle school Family and Consumer science classes will find many of the topics fit right into the curriculum.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Fold It - UW Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Allow students time to manipulate this site and learn the structures of proteins prior to the discussion of the content of the unit. Brainstorm what students have learned to develop notes or major content points. Identify the specific proteins and functions and determine why certain proteins have specific shapes. Identify the roles of proteins in the bodies of all living organisms. Connect these proteins with proteins in the diet and discuss the importance. Determine protein sources that are more beneficial for the human body. Think you have found the best way to fold the proteins? Register on the site and discuss the pattern.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wide Angle: AIDS Warriors - PBS
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as an introductory vignette of one African country in your world cultures class or as a case study on HIV/AIDS in Africa. Combine the simpler maps here with the visualization tools for current data through tools such as Many Eyes, (reviewed here) to present AIDS data in a visual form for sharing on an interactive whiteboard or projector (Search Many Eyes for "AIDS" to find many visualized forms of HIV/AIDS data from around the world).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Visual Culture and Public Health Posters - National Library of Medicine
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Design a poster activity with your students, using this site as a springboard. Have students create traditional posters or online posters using Wallwisher, (reviewed here) or or PicLits (reviewed here) to share on a class wiki or a cafeteria kiosk to apply what they have learned about both HIV/AIDS and the power of visual images.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Infectious Disease: Rapid Evolution - National Academy of Sciences
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): bacteria (14), diseases (29), hiv/aids (14), population (32)
In the Classroom
Use this to teach evolution, bacteria, or population growth in biology and environmental science. This will help students better understand how bacteria reproduce, and why disease causing organisms are so very successful. Start a lesson on bacteria infections by asking students "why is bacteria such a big problem?" Ask students whether they think bacteria as a species are successful or not. Have students read and watch the flash simulation. Have students discuss the rate of growth, and make sure to point out that the simulation is timed just the way that bacteria reproduce in nature. This would also make a good lead into a conversation about how not all evolution is good for the human species. It will help to point out that humans are just another animal species, and need to be studied as such.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World AIDS Day - National AIDS Trust
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Include this site as one of several resources as student research HIV/AIDS in health class or as part of lessons in awareness of the global economic and personal impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa and elsewhere. Invite your students to "tell an AIDS story" visually using Voicethread reviewed here or to plan a community HIV/AIDS event for World AIDS Day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KFF - World AIDS Day - Kaiser Family Foundation
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Plan a "World AIDS Day" activity in your health class or as part of a discussion of current events and challenges to global health and economics. Have students create online posters using Wallwisher, (reviewed here) or multimedia presentations using Voicethread reviewed here to share on a class wiki or a cafeteria kiosk to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS around the world.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Staying Alive
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Extend the experience of this site by having your students write a blog post from the point of view of a young person with HIV/AIDS, perhaps in another culture.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Parenting Corner Q &A: HIV and AIDS - American Academy of Pediatrics
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Offer this site as one of many sources for student research during your HIV/AIDS unit in health class. Challenge students to shift perspective and think about how they would tell a younger sibling or their own (future) child about HIV/AIDS.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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HIV/AIDS Information for Young People - Body Health Resources Corporation
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Select the links and information that apply to your unit and lesson, and use them to supplement the text. Share the links on the interactive whiteboard or projector, displaying the videos and information provided. Use the site as a springboard for discussion. Take it further by asking students to create online posters on HIV/AIDS- related topics, using Wallwisher, (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AIDS FAQ - Centers for Disease Control
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Use this site as one of several sources for student research in your health class or as part of a discussion of current events and challenges to global health and economics. Have students create multimedia presentations using Voicethread reviewed here to share on a class wiki or a cafeteria kiosk to present accurate information about HIV/AIDS during a health fair or World AIDS day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AIDS Education in School - AVERT.org
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Explore this site as you decide how your school should manage AIDS education. Use it in discussions with parents' groups and administration as you plan for this sensitive topic. This page is part of a larger site with extensive HIV/AIDS resources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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HIV/AIDS Among America's Youth - Centers for Disease Control
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Plan an HIV/AIDS awareness activity in your health class. Have students research global HIV/AIDS statistics, then compare them with this information about American youth. You may want to use a data visualization tool such as Many Eyes, (reviewed here) to locate AIDS data in a visual form for sharing on interactive whiteboard (Search Many Eyes for "AIDS" to find many visualized forms of HIV/AIDS data from around the world).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AIDS Education Lesson Plans - AVERT.org
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Try one of these lessons as is or extend it by having students research and present their own HIV/AIDS multimedia presentations using Voicethread reviewed here to share on a class wiki or a cafeteria kiosk for World AIDS Day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AIDS in Africa - AVERT.org
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Use this site in your health class or as part of a discussion of economic and cultural challenges in Africa. You may want to use a data visualization tool such as Many Eyes, (reviewed here) to locate AIDS data in a visual form for sharing on interactive whiteboard (Search Many Eyes for "AIDS" to find many visualized forms of HIV/AIDS data from around the world). Have students use the interactive whiteboard to present their findings and hypotheses about the relationships between health data and economic data in Africa.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Worldwide AIDS Statistics - AVERT/org
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): hiv/aids (14)
In the Classroom
Plan an HIV/AIDS awareness activity in your health class or as part of a discussion of current events. Have students research global HIV/AIDS statistics, then present this information to their peers. You may want to accompany this data from AVERT.org with a data visualization tool such as Many Eyes, (reviewed here). Invite student groups to share both numerical and visual HIV/AIDS data on interactive whiteboard (Search Many Eyes for "AIDS" to find many visualized forms of HIV/AIDS data from around the world).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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