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Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Gross Science: How Far Do Sneezes and Vomit Travel?

Subject Area

Health Education

Grade(s)

5, 6

Overview

Learn how far coughs, sneezes, and vomit travel, in this episode of Gross Science from NOVA. Scientists can use technology to track the liquids that fly out of noses and mouths and study how far germs can travel. Researchers at MIT used high-speed cameras to reveal that the droplets in a cough or sneeze travel in an invisible gas cloud, which can carry germs much farther than people previously thought.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

    Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 5

    HE19.5.1.4

    Develop strategies and skills used to promote personal hygiene.

    Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 5

    HE19.5.7.1

    Implement a variety of healthy practices and behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.

    Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 6

    HE19.6.1.2

    List ways to reduce or prevent injuries and illness.

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    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
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    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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