Veto the Virus: HIV

Ages:

10-13

Grade Levels: 5-6 Time/Duration: 45 Minutes
Program Description:
Students see how the immune system keeps us healthy and how HIV weakens the immune system. Stages of HIV infection and modes of transmission of HIV from person to person are discussed. It is stressed that normal activities do not pass HIV from person to person. Students will learn the benefits of abstinence.
 
 
(Indiana Standards 5: 1.1, 1.5, 3.2, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.2) (6: 1.1, 1.7, 1.8, 2.8, 2.9, 3.4, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 7.1, 7.3)
(National Health Education Standards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)