Threadworm Unit 7-11 yr olds (Clean Hands)
Introduction
This section covers several aspects of the 5-14 Guidelines for Science and Health Education. The intention is to provide online content and activities for pupils, along with additional teacher support in the form of suggestions and ideas for classroom work and downloadable activity sheets.
The pupil content begins with an introduction on good hygiene and leads to basic information on Threadworms with advice on prevention and treatment.
Curriculum references
Scottish 5-14 Guidelines
Health Education - Taking responsibility for health
Strand - Physical health
- Level B - show their knowledge and understanding of what individuals need to do to be healthy
- Level C - Identify ways of reducing risks of infection
Environmental Studies - Society, Science and Technology
Knowledge and understanding - living things and the processes of life
Strand - Variety and characteristic features
- Level B - give some of the more obvious distinguishing features of the major invertebrate groups
Strand - The processes of life
- Level B - Recognise stages in the life cycles of familiar plants and animals
- Level C - Identify the main organs of the human body.
Strand - Interaction of living things with their environment
- Level B - Give examples of feeding relationships found in the local environment.
Classroom Applications
Clean Hands for Health
Learning outcomes
- To label the parts of a hand.
- To describe features of the hands.
- To follow the route of a micro-organism through the human digestive system and alimentary canal.
- To use good hygiene rules.
- Learn that medicines need to be used safely.
Extension work
'Sticky hands test' PDF
Multiple choice questionnaire on basic hygiene rules.
'Journey of a Threadworm' PDF
Diagram of the alimentary canal with missing labels. Questions to answer after completion.
'Where do Threadworms Come From And Where do They go?' PDF
Information page.
Additional Resources
The Clean Crusaders pack contains the following:
- 1 x Lesson Plan
- 1 x A3 Poster to display in classroom
- 2 x sheets of stickers to be handed out to children
- 2 x colouring sheets to be photocopied
- 50 x leaflets to be handed to parents
(This free pack excludes the video which needs to be ordered separately by sending a cheque for £9.99 - see details below)
Clean Crusader videos are also available to educate and entertain the children with hygiene messages. These can be ordered by sending a cheque for £9.99 payable to 'McNeil Ltd' to:
Clean Crusaders Campaign
McNeil Ltd
Enterprise House
Station Road
Loudwater
High Wycombe
HP10 9UF
Please include your delivery address details with your cheque and write 'Clean Crusaders Campaign' on the back of the cheque.
For further information contact McNeil Ltd on 01494 453 692.
Useful web links
Downloads
Pupil Section Exe Files
This is a version of the pupil material for this topic that you can download and use offline. Simply save the .exe file to your desktop and double-click it.
Clean Hands
PDF files
Where do Threadworms Come From And Where do They go? PDF
Letter to Parents containing general advice about threadworms
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