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Show your kids how diseases like the flu or common cold are passed by facilitating this fun activity.
Each student is given a dixie cup filled with water. One of the cups has mix of cornstarch and water in a diluted solution. *note - you want there to be just enough cornstarch so that the water isn't cloudy. I also use white plastic cups as opposed to paper.
You instruct students to exchange liquids by pouring the water back and forth between their cups a couple of times.
They repeat this procedure three more times. When done, have them return to their seats. **IMPORTANT: Make sure they write down who they exchanged with and in what order.
When done, place a few drops of iodine in each up. If the water turns black, they have the disease. If it remains yellow, they are healthy.
You may wrap this activity up however you would like. In my 7th grade classroom, we draw a concept map of everyone who was infected and we act like epidemiologists to determine who it was that started the infection.
This can be used in health class, science class or even FACS.
Each student is given a dixie cup filled with water. One of the cups has mix of cornstarch and water in a diluted solution. *note - you want there to be just enough cornstarch so that the water isn't cloudy. I also use white plastic cups as opposed to paper.
You instruct students to exchange liquids by pouring the water back and forth between their cups a couple of times.
They repeat this procedure three more times. When done, have them return to their seats. **IMPORTANT: Make sure they write down who they exchanged with and in what order.
When done, place a few drops of iodine in each up. If the water turns black, they have the disease. If it remains yellow, they are healthy.
You may wrap this activity up however you would like. In my 7th grade classroom, we draw a concept map of everyone who was infected and we act like epidemiologists to determine who it was that started the infection.
This can be used in health class, science class or even FACS.
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Description
Show your kids how diseases like the flu or common cold are passed by facilitating this fun activity.
Each student is given a dixie cup filled with water. One of the cups has mix of cornstarch and water in a diluted solution. *note - you want there to be just enough cornstarch so that the water isn't cloudy. I also use white plastic cups as opposed to paper.
You instruct students to exchange liquids by pouring the water back and forth between their cups a couple of times.
They repeat this procedure three more times. When done, have them return to their seats. **IMPORTANT: Make sure they write down who they exchanged with and in what order.
When done, place a few drops of iodine in each up. If the water turns black, they have the disease. If it remains yellow, they are healthy.
You may wrap this activity up however you would like. In my 7th grade classroom, we draw a concept map of everyone who was infected and we act like epidemiologists to determine who it was that started the infection.
This can be used in health class, science class or even FACS.
Each student is given a dixie cup filled with water. One of the cups has mix of cornstarch and water in a diluted solution. *note - you want there to be just enough cornstarch so that the water isn't cloudy. I also use white plastic cups as opposed to paper.
You instruct students to exchange liquids by pouring the water back and forth between their cups a couple of times.
They repeat this procedure three more times. When done, have them return to their seats. **IMPORTANT: Make sure they write down who they exchanged with and in what order.
When done, place a few drops of iodine in each up. If the water turns black, they have the disease. If it remains yellow, they are healthy.
You may wrap this activity up however you would like. In my 7th grade classroom, we draw a concept map of everyone who was infected and we act like epidemiologists to determine who it was that started the infection.
This can be used in health class, science class or even FACS.
Report this resource to TPT
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My students loved this activity because it was truly gross and engaging. It did create great discussions about how viruses spread and why hand washing is so important.
My students absolutely adored doing this experiment. They were so engaged and so eager to see the results. I love that it fit in perfectly with our immune system unit, and was timely and a great teachable moment given the pandemic. I would do this experiment every year I teach science.
My students loved this activity!
Kids loved this as an intro to immune system!
thank you
Great lab. I would love to see the directions and exactly how much cornstarch in the lab procedures.
My students loved this lab - be sure to use enough corn starch and mix well or it will not work.
Easy to implement!
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