Health - Environmental Hazards All Around Us
Health - Environmental Hazards All Around Us
Grade Level: 7th-8th
Subject: Health
Duration: 1-2 (50 minute period)
DOK Level: 4
SAMR Level: 4
Indiana Standards:
8.1.3 Analyze how the environment impacts personal health
8.2.6 Analyze the influence of technology on personal and family health
Objective:
Students will examine and connect the relationship between household environmental hazards and the impact on one’s health. Students will analyze precautions/alternatives one can take to reduce health risks that are reasonable to implement .
Essential Question:
- What hidden household environmental hazards exist in our homes of which we are not consciously aware?
- What is the impact of such hazards on our health?
- What are the alternatives or concessions to be made in order to reduce our health risks as they relate to household environmental hazards?
Procedure:
- Students will examine the prevalence of household environmental hazards and their impact on health by viewing the video entitled, The Healthy Home: Hidden Household Dangers: How Healthy is Your Home?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-GGiziJvFI
- Students will work in randomly selected groups of four to create a Coggle Mind Mapping diagram. Each person in the group will create a section that flows from the title, Environmental Household Hazards. Individual sections must include the following:
- Identified hazard
- Location(s) of hazard in the house
- Potential health impact on humans and/or pets
- Precautions/Implemented Changes/Alternatives to reduce health risk(s)
NOTE: Students are encouraged to use various online resources for their research which could include: https://www.nachi.org/hazards.htm, http://www.greenandhealthyhomes.org/home-health-hazards
Product or Assessment:
Each group will submit a completed Coggle Mind Mapping that meets criteria listed.
Accommodations:
Students could complete an individual Coggle Mind Map or a diagram using a different diagramming app. Students could verbally relay the necessary information to the teacher.
Enrichment:
Students could build one 3-D model of a home with hazard symbols indicating environmental hazards and one 3-D model of a “green” home with safer alternatives.