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Why Vaccines Work

Secondary, Middle

Description

Why Vaccines Work offers students a dose of reality about vaccines. The video explores the origin of vaccines, explains how they work, makes the case for their success, and argues for their continued use to combat disease. 

General Assessment

Recommendation of how and where to use it

Why Vaccines Work supports those units in Health and Science course that require students to consider strategies/policies for individual and community health and may form part of a larger study in which students consider current debates over a number of health issues. Such a study may also help to strengthen student skill in critically analyzing competing information sources. This skill is central to English Language Arts units that focus on managing ideas and information.

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    • Grade 11
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      • Science
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        • Science for Citizens 11:Scientific processes and knowledge inform our decisions and impact our daily lives
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    • Grade 11
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        • Manage ideas and information
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        • Science 24: Disease Defense and Human Health
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    • Grade 10
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        • Science (Academic):Biology: Tissues, Organs and Systems of Living Things
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        • Science (Univ./College Prep.) Science and Public Health Issues
        • Science (Workplace Preparation): Disease and Its Prevention
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        • Health Science 20: Diagnostics and Treatment
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        • Science for Citizens 11:Scientific processes and knowledge inform our decisions and impact our daily lives

Themes Addressed

Human Health & Environment (1)

  • Health Promotion