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3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 Drama Ecosystems F-2 Futuring History Human Impact Science Species Introduction/Removal

Warm-Up: Infectious Diseases

Help your students understand how humans, plants, and animals are affected by infectious diseases and the measures that can be taken to control their transmission with this easy warm-up based on Wink Murder.

Author: Dr Danielle Hradsky

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Danielle is a drama/arts educator and researcher, gardener, and bushwalker. She is passionate about the power of the arts to create change in education, particularly in the areas of (re)conciliation, de/colonisation, and sustainability. Danielle lives and works on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations.

Year Level

Primary F-6
Secondary 7-10

Learning Areas

Drama
Science
History

Sustainability areas

Ecosystems
Futuring
Human impact
Species introduction/removal

Warm-up description

These warm-ups take classic Drama games and give them a sustainability twist. Each warm-up will take a minimum of 15 minutes, but could be stretched into an entire lesson.

Infectious Diseases (Wink Murder) helps students understand humans, plants and animals are affected by infectious diseases, and what measures can be taken to control their transmission. You will engage with the sustainability concepts of systems, world views, and futures.

Timeframe

15 minutes (minimum)

Resources

  • Optional: Art/craft supplies to represent species, diseases, and preventions/cures.