The Common Cold Is Still Here! – Why Is It So Hard to Cure?
If you watched the video that I published on Wednesday you can hear me beginning to lose my voice. That’s because like everyone else in my house and seemingly everyone in my neighborhood, I had a cold last week. Thankfully, none of us had COVID-19. But it was a reminder that the common cold is […]
Influenza Archives – A History Lesson
Monday’s featured artifact on Today’s Document from the National Archives was “Nurse wearing a mask as protection against influenza. September 13, 1918.” As is often the case with items in the daily feed there was a link to additional information about the image. In this case the additional information was a National Archives collection of […]
Short Lessons on Colds and Flu
Well it’s that time of year when classrooms aren’t full because kids have a cold or the flu. 25% of my students were out today. I’ve been running a fever all afternoon. The only upside to this for me is that I am reminded of a few short video lessons about colds and flu. Colds, […]
Colds, Flu, and Boogie Wipes – Timely Science Lessons
As anyone who has heard me speak this week can attest, I’m getting over a miserable cold. I’m not the only one as this cold has affected my kids and many others in our community. We’re going through a lot of boogie wipes in our house. Thankfully, none of us have had the flu. But […]
Why You Need a Flu Shot Every Year – A TED-Ed Science Lesson
This morning Lifehacker ran an article encouraging people to get a flu shot (the title of the article is not school-appropriate so I won’t link to it). The point of the article was to remind people that getting the flu shot isn’t just about them, it’s also about helping to keep your community healthy. Reading […]
Cold and Flu Season Lessons
As anyone who has been in a webinar with me in the last week can confirm, I’ve been fighting a cold. Like a lot of people, I seem to get a cold or the flu around this time every year. Fortunately, it’s just a cold and not the flu. But what’s the difference between the […]
Why You Should Get a Flu Shot Every Year
I was at my local pharmacy yesterday and they had a sign encouraging people to get a flu shot. The small print on the sign pointed that you should get a flu shot every year. Your students might be wondering, “why do I have to get a flu vaccine shot again this year?” If that’s […]
Why Do We Get Sick? – A Lesson for Little Kids
My daughter and I have colds right now. While she’s still too young to understand why she has a cold, it won’t be that long before she does. When she’s older, I might show her this SciShow Kids video that explains to kids why we get sick and how to prevent getting sick. Applications for […]
Colds, the Flu, and You – Lessons on Staying Healthy
I am just getting over a cold that had me sniffling, sneezing, and coughing for about ten days. Fortunately, it was just a cold and not the flu. What’s the difference between the two? How can you avoid catching either? Those questions and more are answered in the following videos. Colds, the Flu, and You […]
Lessons on Colds & Flu
I jinxed myself last week by saying aloud, “this is the first winter in a few years that I haven’t gotten sick.” Less than a week after saying that I caught an annoying cold. What is a cold? What is the flu? And what are the differences between the two? Those questions and more are […]