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How Germs Spread and How to Stop Them

  • Grade 5
  • Physical and Health Education
  • 1 min 14 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC5-PH-09

A sick child and a healthy friend are joined by three numbered paths, one for each common way germs spread: drops from coughs and sneezes, hand to hand, and shared things like a door handle. Then washing hands for at least 20 seconds, coughing into a tissue or elbow, and staying home with a trusted adult close the paths one by one, and the video ends on the recap "Wash hands, cover coughs, stay home when sick".

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The question this lesson answers

How do germs spread from one person to another?

Germs are too small to see, so we draw them big.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How do germs spread from one person to another?

Germs are too small to see, so we draw them big.

Illnesses that can spread from person to person are called communicable.

Here are three common ways germs spread.

Coughs and sneezes spray tiny drops that can carry germs.

Germs on hands can pass to other hands when we touch.

Germs can stay on things we share, like door handles.

Germs can get into the body through the eyes, nose and mouth.

So how can we help stop germs from spreading?

Wash your hands with soap and water.

Scrub for at least 20 seconds, then rinse.

Clean hands pass on fewer germs.

Cough or sneeze into a tissue or your elbow.

When you are sick, staying home helps keep your germs away from others.

If you feel sick, ask a trusted adult for help.

Wash your hands, cover your coughs, and stay home when you are sick.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 5

Physical and Health Education, Healthy and active living: practices that promote health and well-being, including those that prevent communicable and non-communicable illnessesBC5-PH-09

Previous: Choosing foods for energy and healthNext: Four Healthy Habits That Lower Your Risk

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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