“Malaria in Sri Lanka” Science Grades 5-8

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Malaria in Sri Lanka

Malaria in Sri Lanka is a science literacy lesson pack in 3 pages. Suitable for Grade 5 to Year 7 or 8.

In September 2016, this small country was declared free of this disease. Two stories, one is the Bible story of how David defeated Goliath. The other is the story of Sri Lanka’s long battle against malaria. One is a metaphor for the other.

Follow-up literacy tasks: **select the correct word, **changing nouns to verbs. **Review questions.

Some Links:   “Cholera and Science Methods” Grades 6,7,8,   “John Hawkins, Sailor” English Grade 6, 7  “Similes and Metaphors” Grade 5, 6,  “Fresh Start” Literacy Grade 5, 6,  Science in Time-Short Classrooms, Post.

This site presents some current facts about this disease at a suitable language level:  Link:  https://wellcome.org/news/advances-fighting-malaria-first-ever-vaccine

Suits any teaching and learning situation. Great for home education and the classroom. Through the humanities this package teaches science.