PLC 5 SUMMARIZED NOTES FOR SCIENCE [2015]

Topic: Personal Health & Environment (Infectious Disease)

Year: 5
Reduce & then Recite
Create questions which elicit
critical thinking, not 1 word
answers
Write questions directly
across from the answers in your
notes
Leave a space or draw a
pencil line separating questions

1. What are germs?

Germs: harmful organisms that cause diseases.

Name two groups of microorganism

that cause diseases.
2. What
are
diseases?
3. How
can
spread?

Record for Review

Write headings and key words in colored pencil
Take sufficient notes with selective (not too much verbiage) &
accurate paraphrasing
Skip a line between ideas and topics
Use bulleted lists and abbreviations
Correctly sequence information
Include diagrams or tables if needed for clarification or length

a.
They are found everywhere, especially in dark and
moist
places.
b. Two groups
of micro-organisms that cause diseases are
bacteria and viruses.

infectious Diseases that can spread to people

diseases Infectious diseases can spread through:

4. How to prevent
spread of
infectious
diseases?

the

Air for e.g. Influenza, Common Cold, Tuberculosis (TB)

Food and water for e.g. food poisoning, diarrhea, cholera
Physical contact for e.g. Red Eyes disease, Chicken Pox
Animals for e.g. Malaria, typhoid, Dengue fever

1. Caring for our body.

Keeping our body clean with soap and water.
Having a balanced diet.
Exercising regularly.
Having enough sleep and rest.
2. Eating clean and healthy food.
Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables
Eat cooked food. Cooking can kill germs present in the
food.
Check the expiry date before you buy or consume the
food.
Keep food covered with food covered.
Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating
them.
Boil water to kill germs present in the water.
3. Keeping things clean
Clean floors, bathrooms and toilets with disinfectants.
Disinfectants kill germ.

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Garbage should be properly sealed and stored in rubbish
bin.
4. Caring for others
Wear a face mask or cover your mouth and nose when
you cough or sneeze.
Do not share things or food with an infected person.
Stay home or rest rather than go to school if you have an
infectious disease.

5. State how you can stop Empty out or overturn any water containers around your
mosquitoes
from home.
Change the water in vases regularly.
spreading Malaria or
Make sure the toilets and bathrooms are kept dry.
Dengue fever.
Use insect repellants.
6. What are some of the Keeping food storage and preparation areas such the kitchen
things we can do to cleans.
Keeping rubbish in sealed plastic bags.
prevent the spread of
Keeping food covered or put it inside the refrigerator.
diseases by animals?
Taking measures to prevent being bitten by mosquitoes.
Taking measures to prevent the mosquitoes from breeding.

Reflect & Recapitulate

In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3 4 sentence summary paragraph. Your
summary should cover the main concepts of the notes, be accurate, and have adequate details.

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