objectives
1. Identify five types of infectious agents and ways in which infection can be spread.
2. Describe bacterial and viral infections.
3. Explain how antibiotics fight bacterial infections.
4. Describe how the body keeps germs out and how the body fights diseases internally.
5. Describe the causes and symptoms of three common bacterial infections.
6. Identify three common viral infections.
7. Explain what a vaccine is.
8. Identify situations and behaviors that increase or decrease the risk of catching an infectious disease.
9. Describe four ways to prevent infectious diseases from spreading to others.
10. Explain the importance of getting vaccinations.
11. Explain what a noninfectious disease is.
12. Explain the relationship between risk factors and noninfectious diseases.
13. Identify three strategies for preventing noninfectious diseases.
14. Describe how genes are related to hereditary diseases.
15. Give three examples of hereditary diseases.
16. Describe how metabolism and nutrition are related to disease.
17. Identify two examples of metabolic diseases.
18. List two ways to prevent metabolic diseases.
19. Explain what it means to have an allergy.
20. Describe two ways to treat allergies and autoimmune diseases.
21. Explain how the growth of cancer cells is different from the growth of normal cells.
22. Identify three ways to treat cancer.
23. Identify four possible sources of environmental poison.
24. Describe how environmental poisons may cause cancer.
25. Explain how accidents and injuries may cause disease.
26. Identify strategies to prevent accidents and minimize injuries.
2. Describe bacterial and viral infections.
3. Explain how antibiotics fight bacterial infections.
4. Describe how the body keeps germs out and how the body fights diseases internally.
5. Describe the causes and symptoms of three common bacterial infections.
6. Identify three common viral infections.
7. Explain what a vaccine is.
8. Identify situations and behaviors that increase or decrease the risk of catching an infectious disease.
9. Describe four ways to prevent infectious diseases from spreading to others.
10. Explain the importance of getting vaccinations.
11. Explain what a noninfectious disease is.
12. Explain the relationship between risk factors and noninfectious diseases.
13. Identify three strategies for preventing noninfectious diseases.
14. Describe how genes are related to hereditary diseases.
15. Give three examples of hereditary diseases.
16. Describe how metabolism and nutrition are related to disease.
17. Identify two examples of metabolic diseases.
18. List two ways to prevent metabolic diseases.
19. Explain what it means to have an allergy.
20. Describe two ways to treat allergies and autoimmune diseases.
21. Explain how the growth of cancer cells is different from the growth of normal cells.
22. Identify three ways to treat cancer.
23. Identify four possible sources of environmental poison.
24. Describe how environmental poisons may cause cancer.
25. Explain how accidents and injuries may cause disease.
26. Identify strategies to prevent accidents and minimize injuries.