Documentary Resource Title: Coronavirus Explained. Episode 1: This Pandemic Netflix Link to Episode 1 Information: Producer: Vox Length: Each episode ranges from 20 to 30 minutes Rating: PG Release Date: The first episode was released April 26th of this year and the following 2 episodes were released June 16th. Description: I will mostly be discussing … Continue reading Middle School COVID-19 Media Resources
COVID-19 App Resource Name: COVID Coach: App Store Link Information: Developer: US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Developed in May 2020. Version 1.3 Cost: Free Description: This app comes with a variety of tools to help you practice self-care, stay socially connected, cope with anxiety and stress, and also provides resources to educate yourself about … Continue reading Middle School COVID-19 App Resource
Internet Resource for Students Resource: Khan Academy: Current Issues In Health and Medicine Description: This unit on Khan Academy has lessons for students to take a look at more modern disease outbreaks. Its a lesson on the Ebola outbreak as well as antibiotics. There are different activities and quizzes for these lessons. This is an … Continue reading Middle School COVID-19 Internet Resources for Students, Teachers, & Parents
Fiction Literature Resource Title: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Published September 2000 Description: The yellow fever sweeps Philidephia in 1793 and many have died and are ill. The book follows Matilda a young girl whose family owns a coffeehouse. Her mother gets sick and he and her grandfather are sent away from the city … Continue reading Middle School COVID-19 Literature Resources
Parents: informational, resourceful General Information: unicef Coronavirus (COVID-19) guide for parents This website has a variety of reliable articles that cover a wide range of up to date information regarding COVID-19. It is straightforward and easy to navigate. As a teacher, I would send this resource home to families in a newsletter. It would also … Continue reading unicef COVID-19 Parent Resource
General Information: I have discovered 3 interconnected FREE apps, all published by the same company (Excit-ed Community Interest Company) related to the topics of social media safety and avoiding predator danger. –TechSafe- Social Media is an app designed for kids and teens to learn about and explore some of the current dangers often found online … Continue reading “Tech-Safe” Integrated App Resources for Middle School Online Safety
Internet Resources for Students: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/brain-power/grades-6-9/introduction-to-brain-nervous-system-module-1 The general curriculum would be in the sciences Brain Power! Challenge this is a program that is designed to talk about the effects of drugs on the brain. There are 6 modules that start out by how the brain functions. The rest of the modules cover how substances can affect … Continue reading Internet Resources for students, teachers, and parents on substance abuse prevention
Nonfiction: Book: The Joey Song: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction Description: The story was written by the mother of an addict from her perspective. Talks about her son’s journey and the lessons she learned. Excerpt: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20702586-the-joey-song Select preview Core integration I believe I would read this book as a class and talk about … Continue reading Non-Fiction Book on Substance Abuse for a 6-8th grade classroom
General Information Name: Mouse Party Rights Holder: University of Utah, Genetic Science Learning Center, USA. Publication Year: 2006 Version Number: NA Cost: free Link: https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/ Summary: Students learn how certain drugs affect the brain by looking inside the brain of mice on drugs. In visual and written form they describe how the brain works before … Continue reading Grade 6-8 classroom game about affects of substances
Documentary Film Title: American Epidemic: The Nation’s Struggle With Opioid Addiction Producer: Wall Street Journal Year: 2016 Length: 34mins and 26 sec Rating: PG to PG-13 Mild language Drug paraphernalia Scenes of people on drugs Summary What the documentary is about This doc follows four families all affected by drug addiction. One family follows a … Continue reading Documentary and popular film clip for preventing substance abuse in 6-8th