Health Issues and Diease Prevention

Scientists and Mathematicians

Topic: Health Issues and Diease Prevention

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Participate in a sustained conversation about health issues such as nutrition, exercise, and maintaining good health.
    
  • Analyze information pertaining to science and medicine.
    
  • Discuss the major heath issues in our society.
    
  • Discuss diseases of the last two decades (e.g., AIDS, Monkey Pox, SARS).
    
  • Explain causes and prevention of a variety of diseases.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Understand spoken and written information on health issues and disease prevention from a variety of sources such as short stories, TV, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet.
    
  • Understand and analyze current research on a variety of diseases.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Describe problems related to substance abuse, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and poor sleeping habits.
    
  • Explain causes and prevention of a variety of diseases.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Explore attitudes towards socialized medicine, comparing and contrasting the heath care programs in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    
  • Examine health issues and diseases as related to the lifestyles of Spanish-speaking people.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Use knowledge of disease prevention and nutrition acquired in health classes.
    
  • Use information gained in social studies classes to discuss the political implications of disease and health issues in Spanish-speaking societies.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries towards health issues.
    
  • Explore the emphasis on sports and exercise in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Compare and contrast eating habits in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    
  • Compare the Spanish use of the perfect tense and the contrasting uses of the preterite and imperfect tenses with English past tenses when reading materials on health issues and medical discoveries.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Locate and use authentic resources in to broaden understanding of scientific contributions to the field of disease prevention.
    
  • Locate and use community resources and/or the Internet to broaden understanding of health related issues and disease prevention.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to scientific and medical terminology
  
• Expressions of conviction, doubt, opinions, and agreement or disagreement
  
• Use of the subjunctive mood and passive voice

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Topic: Scientists and Mathematicians

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Maintain a discussion pertaining to scientists and mathematicians.
    
  • Discuss inventions in science.
    
  • Discuss scientific contributions from Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss or debate the application of scientific research in medicine.
    
  • Analyze information pertaining to science and medicine.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify and analyze scientific research and inventions.
    
  • Identify diseases, illnesses, and cures in oral and written materials.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Present well-organized spoken and written presentations on scientists, mathematicians, and medicine.
    
  • Research and report on advancements in medicine to include curable and incurable diseases.
    
  • Perform an activity about a scientist or mathematician from a Spanish-speaking country.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Explore attitudes when reacting to scientific discoveries.
    
  • Explore attitudes towards socialized medicine, comparing and contrasting the heath care programs in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Recognize a connection to various school subjects to include science, mathematics, and social sciences.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries towards science and mathematics.
    
  • Explore the emphasis on mathematics and science in schools in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Compare the Spanish use of the perfect tense and the contrasting uses of the preterite and imperfect tenses when reading scientific materials.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Locate and use authentic resources to broaden understanding of scientific and mathematical contributions.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to scientific and mathematical terminology
  
• Expressions of conviction, doubt, opinions, and agreement or disagreement
  
• Use of the subjunctive mood and passive voice