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This activity (on pages 15-23) combines interactive role-playing and graphing to introduce learners to the health affects of pollen. In the first part, learners role-play a detective on a medical case and the main character in the case. Learners formulate a hypothesis about a patient's illness. In the second part, learners graph evidence based on pollen counts and create a "final report" about what caused the patient's health problem. This activity smoothly combines health education, environmental science, and math.
- 10 to 30 minutes
- 1 to 2 hours
- 1 cent - $1 per group of students
- Ages 8 - 14
- Activity
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per group of students)
- 4 colored pencils
- pen or pencil
- highlighter (optional)
Subjects
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Life Sciences
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Diversity of Life
- Plants
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Human Body
- Muscles and Skin
- Health and Nutrition
- Medicine
- Respiration
- Immune System
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Diversity of Life
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Mathematics
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Data Analysis and Probability
- Data Collection
- Data Representation
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Data Analysis and Probability
Informal Categories
- Crime Science
- Nature and Environment
Audience
To use this activity, learners need to:
- see
- read
Learning styles supported:
- Involves teamwork and communication skills
- Uses STEM to solve real-world problems
Culture, ethnicity, and gender
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Girls
- Explicity developed for this group
Other
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Access Rights:
- Free access
By:
Source Collection
- Science After School Consumer's Guide
Rights:
- All rights reserved, University of Nebraska State Museum and Nebraska 4-H, 2001
Funding Sources:
- NSF Informal Science Education Program, 9909496
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute