Housekeeping Notes
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Activities Overview
Level II
1 - GERMS AND OUR BODY
Objective
Visualize the number of germs on our body and clothes.
Time: 30 minutes.
Method
- Review those areas of the body particularly vulnerable to germs, emphasizing they may not be obvious (hands, nose, mouth, genital area, clothes, etc.).
- Point out all the times we wash during the day.
• In particular, describe bath or shower and cleaning teeth. Be specific on how and with what we wash (role of soap, bath towel, toothbrush, etc.).
• Draw attention to the need to wash every day and after physical activity.
- Reinforce the need for clean underwear every day and to change dirty clothes.
2 - WHY SHOULD WE WASH OUR HANDS?
Objective
- Realize that we are surrounded with things that only look clean and that our hands are prime targets for contamination by germs.
Material
- Magnifying glasses.
- Microscopes.
Time: 1 hour.
Method
Most of the experiment is done collectively, with some parts done individually.
- Ask the children their opinions on how and where we get dirty hands.
- In class, the children look through a magnifying glass at all the marks we cannot see by eye on things we touch all the time, e.g. door handles, tables.
- Next, the children should gather some items (paper, wrappings, pens, etc.) from places where they spend time (classroom, playground, canteen, toilets, etc.).
- Put the items under the microscope and look at the germs living on them.
- Get the children to draw in their exercise books what they see through the microscope.
- In the light of the experiment, collectively draw conclusions, with emphasis on washing hands:
• Are our hands often dirtier than we realize?
• What makes hands dirty?
• In which professions is hand washing a must?
• When should we wash our hands?
- Emphasize the need to wash our hands every time we touch something which could contaminate (any living creature or dirty object), after sneezing or blowing our nose, after...
Level II
1 - GERMS AND OUR BODY
Objective
Visualize the number of germs on our body and clothes.
Time: 30 minutes.
Method
- Review those areas of the body particularly vulnerable to germs, emphasizing they may not be obvious (hands, nose, mouth, genital area, clothes, etc.).
- Point out all the times we wash during the day.
• In particular, describe bath or shower and cleaning teeth. Be specific on how and with what we wash (role of soap, bath towel, toothbrush, etc.).
• Draw attention to the need to wash every day and after physical activity.
- Reinforce the need for clean underwear every day and to change dirty clothes.
2 - WHY SHOULD WE WASH OUR HANDS?
Objective
- Realize that we are surrounded with things that only look clean and that our hands are prime targets for contamination by germs.
Material
- Magnifying glasses.
- Microscopes.
Time: 1 hour.
Method
Most of the experiment is done collectively, with some parts done individually.
- Ask the children their opinions on how and where we get dirty hands.
- In class, the children look through a magnifying glass at all the marks we cannot see by eye on things we touch all the time, e.g. door handles, tables.
- Next, the children should gather some items (paper, wrappings, pens, etc.) from places where they spend time (classroom, playground, canteen, toilets, etc.).
- Put the items under the microscope and look at the germs living on them.
- Get the children to draw in their exercise books what they see through the microscope.
- In the light of the experiment, collectively draw conclusions, with emphasis on washing hands:
• Are our hands often dirtier than we realize?
• What makes hands dirty?
• In which professions is hand washing a must?
• When should we wash our hands?
- Emphasize the need to wash our hands every time we touch something which could contaminate (any living creature or dirty object), after sneezing or blowing our nose, after...