Mosquito Module 3 (Mosq3)
“The World’s Most Dangerous animal”
We’ve all learned to live with the risk of catching a disease, and it is not easy. In many places in the world, mosquitoes spread germs (including viruses and parasites) and people have to prevent getting the diseases these germs cause. Malaria is a tropical disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes.
A lot of effort is put into preventing people from getting malaria by protecting them from mosquitoes. Pupils will discuss how to socially distance from a mosquito, what methods of prevention could be used, and will explore how mosquitoes develop ‘tricks’ (adaptations) to avoid our control measures.
If you are using our teacher-led format: don’t forget about our accompanying resource boxes and the Common Question cheatsheet for questions from pupils.
Module guide:
Download Mosq3 Module Guide
Teachers, grab the Mosquito 3 Module Guide. This contains all information you’ll need, including how the module fits in with Curriculum for Excellence and all the module ANSWERS!
Worksheets & Slides:
Download Mosq3 Pupil Worksheet ‘Independent’
This is the complete Module 3 pupil worksheet with background information for independent learning.
Download Mosq3
Pupil Worksheet ‘Taught’
This basic worksheet is designed for teacher-led learning, combined with the narrated powerpoint.
Mosq3 Powerpoint
This narrated powerpoint is a teaching tool, and can be combined with the “Taught” Worksheets. It acts a visual guide to assist pupils working through the module.
Discussion slide
These slides provide visuals for the class discussion activity at the beggining of Mosq3
Mosq3 Fill-out forms
Black and white forms that can be printed to let pupils answer questions from worksheets that are shown on the smart board.
Pipetting Guide
This instruction sheet pairs with the “Diagnosing Malaria” activity and is provided as part of a resource box. Also see video tutorial ‘diagnose malaria’ below.
Videos:
All our videos are hosted on Vimeo.com:
Mosq3 Overall Introduction
Introduce the module to your pupils with this video
Tutorial Activity Diagnose Malaria
This video pairs with our Mosq 3 “resource box” and is a tutorial for teachers wanting to run the “Diagnosing Malaria” activity with their class.
Alternatively, videos can be downloaded as a single file here: