COMMUNICABLE OR NON-COMMUNICABLE

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ?

By Beau Benhardt

Teacher page

It is important to know whether a disease is Communicable (able to spread from one person to another), or Non-communicable (not transmissible from person to person).

In your journal, copy down the listed diseases. Then place a (C) next to it if you think it’s Communicable or an (N) for Non-communicable.

*Extra credit: Tell what pathogen or life style factor is responsible for the disease listed.

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

INFLUENZA

ASTHMA

RINGWORM

POLIO

LUNG CANCER

HEART ATTACK

DIARRHEA

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

INFLUENZA

ASTHMA

RINGWORM

POLIO

LUNG CANCER

HEART ATTACK

DIARRHEA

N

C

N

C

C

N

N

C

Cholesterol

Virus

Allergy/stress

Fungus

Virus

Tobacco use

Diet, Heredity

Bacteria

EPILEPSY

KIDNEY STONES

SICKLE CELL

COLD

EMPHYSEMA

MEASLES

TUBERCULOSIS

A.I.D.S.

EPILEPSY

KIDNEY STONES

SICKLE CELL

COLD

EMPHYSEMA

MEASLES

TUBERCULOSIS

A.I.D.S.

N

N

N

C

N

C

C

C

Injury/congenital

Diet, water intake

Heredity

Virus

Tobacco use

Virus

Bacteria

Virus

STROKE

PNEUMONIA

HEPATITIS

DIABETES

GONORRHEA

ALZHEIMER’S

MENINGITIS

ATHLETE’S FOOT

STROKE

PNEUMONIA

HEPATITIS

DIABETES

GONORRHEA

ALZHEIMER’S

MENINGITIS

ATHLETE’S FOOT

N

C

C

N

C

N

C

C

Hypertension

Virus/Bacteria

Virus

Obesity/Heredity

Bacteria

Heredity

Virus

Fungus

Muscular Dystrophy

Syphilis

Herpes

Hemophilia

Chicken Pox

Hodgkin’s Disease

Bubonic Plague

Ebola

Muscular Dystrophy

Syphilis

Herpes

Hemophilia

Chicken Pox

Hodgkin’s Disease

Bubonic Plague

Ebola

N

C

C

N

C

N

C

C

UNKNOWN

Bacteria

Virus

Heredity

Virus

Type of cancer

Virus

Virus

THE

END

Teacher’s Page

Objective: 1) Gain insight into the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases. 2) Awareness of the cause and effect relationship between various life style factors and the conditions they cause.

Activity: The student will copy the different diseases listed, in their journal. They will then write a C for communicable or an N for non-communicable behind each of the diseases. Lastly, they should try to identify which pathogen, in the case of communicable, or life style factor, for non-communicable, causes each of the diseases.

Process: 1) The teacher will click through each of the slides, reading the information and instruction to the students. 2. On each slide that lists the various diseases the teacher should give the students 3-5 minutes to copy the diseases and

carry out the activity before proceeding to the answers on the next slide.