Drew Health Ambassadors – Fall 2007
In collaboration with ENVS 408: Urban Asthma Epidemic
Grade Level: 3rd – 5th
Asthma Lesson Plan 5:
A Follow-Up Visit with the Residents from PresbyterianHospital
Aim: Students will gain a better understanding of athletic asthma, and the realities of the disease.
Performance Objectives:
- Students will review the asthma screening process.
- Residents will address athletic asthma.
- Students will learn what to do in the event of an attack
Materials:
Healthy snack
Markers, crayons, colored pencils, colored paper
Folders
Storyboard – decorated with “team name”
Storyboard materials (pieces of colored paper, stickytack, white cards)
Handouts/worksheets
1. Introduction (5 minutes)
Penn students will begin the lesson by asking the elementary students if they conducted their interviews, and ask if anyone needs help finding an asthma patient to interview.
2. Small Groups: Living with Asthma (10 minutes)
Elementary students and Penn students will break into smaller groups. Use these conversation starters, to show that living with asthma is easy, if you make the right decisions.
• Pets with fur or feathers can cause asthma attacks. What are some pets that might be better choices for a kid with asthma?
• Imagine that your friend has asthma. You love playing together after school, but being around your dog makes your friend start to wheeze. How could you and your friend solve this problem?
• Imagine that chalk dust bothers some of your classmates with asthma.
How could you make the classroom a healthier place for them?
3. Asthma Screening Process (5 minutes)
Residents or Penn students should briefly discuss the steps of the asthma screening process.
4. Athletic Asthma (15-20 minutes)
Residents will discuss, in the large group, the difference between chronic asthma and athletic asthma. (5-10 minutes)
Residents will then show elementary students exercises that athletic asthmatics can do in lieu of other, more strenuous activities. Elementary students should learn that athletic asthma can occur very quickly, and what to do if they feel that they may be suffering from an attack. (10 minutes)
5. What to do in the event of an attack (10 minutes)
----creative activity---- still in process.....
6. Homework review: Asthma interview.
Remind the elementary school students that they should complete it, and that we are interested in hearing about their interview. Ask if they are having trouble finding someone to be interviewed.
6. Storyboard & Conclusion
Same as previous weeks.
Depending on feedback from school, students will also be working on a ‘final product’ – poster, display, etc which may be begun this week.
Drew Health Ambassadors – Fall 2007
In collaboration with ENVS 408: Urban Asthma Epidemic
Grade Level: 3rd – 5th
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