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Title:    AIDS ; Am I at Risk?
 

Activity Page:
The word has leaked out than one of your teachers has AIDS.  No adult at your school site wants to talk about it.  You don't know who it is and now you are worried you may have been exposed to the disease. You know that the school district is supposed to be teaching this topic but you haven't learned about this topic in class and you feel that you need some correct information.  The major stumbling block is that the School Board has been dragging their feet in developing and implementing AIDS curriculum for high schools in your school district. Teachers have not been trained to deliver this information to you.  You want them to get the necessary training so they can teach you the facts.

Review the following pieces of information.
 

Board Policy on Sex ed/AIDS? resources section
Letter to school from angry parent?
Letter to the editor from local AIDS advocacy group?
 
 
 

Your task is to research and prepare a presentation to your school board to convince them of the importance of learning about this topic.  You want AIDS education to being immediately!!
 
 
 
 
 

Show your stuff:
 

You can make your presentation in various ways.
    Video presenation (10-15 minutes)
    Power point presentation (8-10 minutes)
    Skit presentation (10-15 minutes)
 
 

Team Page
 
 

Resources

Web sites:
Health framework requiring these topics
CDC:  DHAP - (Basic Statistics) - Cumulative Cases ,
DHAP - (Basic Statistics) - Ten States/Territories and Cities Reporting Highest Number of AIDS Cases
 CDC-NCHSTP-Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Site Map
State Education code
 The NAMES Project Foundation: AIDS Memorial Quilt
 CDC-NCHSTP-Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) Home Page
Local and Community resources:
    Sacramento has two agencies that are available to help with AIDS education in the community
    and the schools:Welcome to the CTAP/SCORE Internet Academy Home Page
    CARES - Center for AIDS Research and Education Services (web site?  )
    SAF - Sacramento AIDS Foundation (web site?  )

We have also have the University of California, David Medical Center  (web site? )and UCD close by.
The Sacramento County Office of Education (web site for resources?  ) is also a good resource.

You may have county offices of education, hospitals, clinics, and speciality AIDS facilities in your region; feel free to call them for information and suggestions for other resources.

 

How Did You Do?

6    The board unanimously approved your presentation; all high schools will be using the curriculum you have recommended at their sites.

5     The board has approved your presentation by a 2/3 majority; high schools may or may be using the curriculum you have recommended or some other AIDS curriculum.

4      The board has approved your presentation by a simple majority; high schools may continue to do what they want, as long as it addresses State Mandates.

3        The board has not approved your presentation.  You must come back, with revisions to your presentation, to a future board meeting.

2        The board has not approved your presentation.  You must come back, with major revisions to your presentation, to a future board meeting.  Major issues were not addressed.

1        The board has not approved your presentation, because you were not ready to make the presentation and did not get on their agenda.  Start over!!

 How Did You Do?
 

Teacher Page:

The Standards Addressed
Biology/Life Sciences  -  Physiology
10. Organisms have a variety of mechanisms to combat disease. As a basis for understanding the human immune response, students know:
a. the role of the skin in providing nonspecific defenses against infection.
b. the role of antibodies in the body's response to infection.
c. how vaccination protects an individual from infectious diseases.
d. there are important differences between bacteria and viruses, with respect to their requirements for growth and replication, the primary defense of the body against them, and effective treatment of infections they cause.
e. why an individual with a compromised immune system (for example, a person with AIDS) may be unable to fight off and survive infections of microorganisms that are usually benign.
f.* the roles of phagocytes, B-lymphocytes, and T-lymphocytes in the immune system.

Investigation and Experimentation

1. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful  questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept, and to address the content the other four strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
a. select and use appropriate tools and technology (such as computer-linked probes, spread sheets, and
graphing calculators) to perform tests, collect data, analyze relationships, and display data.
d. formulate explanations using logic and evidence.
g. recognize the use and limitations of models and theories as scientific representations of reality.
k. recognize the cumulative nature of scientific evidence.
l. analyze situations and solve problems that require combining and applying concepts from more than one area of science.
m. investigate a science-based societal issue by researching the literature, analyzing data, and communicating the findings. Examples include irradiation of food, cloning of animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer, choice of energy sources, and land and water use decisions in California.

On-line resources for teacher background:
Welcome to the CTAP/SCORE Internet Academy Home Page 
 PRe-Publication Version-Science Content Standards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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