1. Caring for yourself
A2) describe selected examples of infectious and non-infectious diseases, identifying their detection and prevention.

2. What’s the difference? You can’t catch it from another person
NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASE
InfectiOUS DISEASE
You can’t catch it from another person
Not contagious
Some of these diseases are heriditary
You CAN catch it from another person (blood, bacteria, air-borne, sexually transmitted, etc…)
Contagious
Not heriditary

3. What are the similarities?
Can affect people of any age
Can affect a person’s physical health (cause a part of a person’s body to not work right)
Can affect a person’s mental health
Can affect a person’s social health
Can affect us in economical ways (cost money)

4. Non-infectious diseases
Asthma
allergies
diabetes
Heart disease
cancer
arthritis
epilepsy
Multiple sclerosis
Anorexia, bulimia

5. Infectious Diseases Food poisoning Measles Chicken Pox Cold Nile Virus
E.coli virus
Mononucleosis (Mono)
Warts
Influenza (flu), H1N1

6. Assignment
Research FOUR diseases (two infectious and two non-infectious)
For each disease, find:
What is the disease ( create a definition in your OWN words)
How is it transmitted, and if not, how is it developped?
What are the 3 symptons on the body?
What can be done to prevent or lessen the chances of getting this disease (medication, protection, habits, health choice, etc…)? If not, how do you treat it. (3)

7. Information on Diseases

8. Sharing your research
When it’s your turn, present ONE infectious and ONE non-infectious disease to your group.
When you are not presenting, you will need to take notes on what your group members are saying! For ONE of the diseases that is presented to you, write a short summary of what you’ve learned.
For ex: “Malaria – I learned that it is transmitted through mosquito bites. It can give you fever, chills and even kill you. It’s common in Africa and South America.”

9. Assignment
Create a color poster that shows FOUR ways to prevent infectious 0r non-infectious diseases
Underneath, write a paragraph explaining your FOUR drawings
For ex: “One way to prevent infectious diseases is to wash your hands because bacteria is transmitted through touch. Another way is to eat healthy because….”

10. How do we prevent diseases ????