During the course of the project, curriculum and related
activities were developed and tested with students in the areas
of infectious diseases/HIV, mental health, cancer, environmental
health, and physical fitness. Activities are designed to
stimulate student discussion and debate about issues in
biomedicine. The resulting curriculum is available for free
download. This curriculum is recommended for use with students
in grades 9-12. HIV & Infectious Disease Many of the
misconceptions regarding infectious diseases are addressed in
this curriculum, including: types of infectious diseases, the
contagious nature of infectious diseases, symptoms of different
infectious diseases and how to treat different infectious
diseases. Learning about one's health and ways to prevent injury
is essential to living a healthy life. Students create their own
fitness and nutrition plan, and learn methods to prevent and
treat injury when engaging in physical activity. The environment
affects everyone's health and daily life. Stude