Students will:

• Understand the science involved in keeping people and animals healthy
• Understand the importance of keeping people and animals healthy

• Humans and animals have similar basic needs (food, exercise, water)
• Humans and animals need preventive care from doctors/veterinarians to stay healthy
• Humans and animals need the help of a doctor/veterinarian when they are sick

• How and what health issues affect both people and animals?
• What preventive steps can be taken for both people and animal health?
• What types of tools are used determine health and sickness in people and animals?
• How can data collected be used to inform doctors and veterinarians of their patient’s health?

• Identify and compare similarities and differences among people and other animals (pets)
• Describe how people and pets use nutrition and exercise to stay fit
• Discuss and illustrate how pets act as exercise partners and friends to keep you healthy
• Describe how doctors prevent illness in people and animals through examinations and vaccinations
• Explain how doctors help people and animals when they are sick through diagnostic testing and prescribing medicines
• Explore tools used to determine health and sickness in people and animals like the scale, thermometer and stethoscope
• Collect data through the use of live animals and models

The project described is supported by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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