KS4 Vaccinations

This section contains a series of educational resources for young adults aged 15-18 and covers immunity and vaccinations, and highlights the importance of getting vaccinated, not just for an individual's health but for others in the population.

Last Updated October 7, 2020 Medium English Acquired immunity, Antibodies, Antigen, Herd immunity, Immune system, Immunisation, Innate immunity, Vaccination

Overview

What will you learn?

The e-Bug vaccination lesson plan explores common misconceptions about vaccinations:

The main activity allows students to understand how the media influences public opinion about vaccines.
A short PowerPoint activity introduces students to the Andrew Wakefield MMR vaccination scare. Students then use Public Health England surveillance data to plot a graph to understand the impact the MMR scare had on vaccine uptake and measles infection rates.
Animations and a student worksheet cover how our immune system works and reacts to infectious diseases and vaccines.

Learning Objectives:

Vaccination helps individuals to develop immunity against an infection(s) and helps to fight off the infection(s).
Why vaccines are important to students now and throughout their life.
The important diseases prevented by vaccines, and why these are important to young people, including students.
How the media, and epidemics, can affect vaccine uptake positively and negatively.

Requirements:

Graph paper for completion of the main activity.

Curriculum Links:

Science: Working Scientifically, Experimental skills and investigations, Analysis and evaluation
RSHE: Health & Prevention
Geography: Human and physical geography, Geographical skills and fieldwork

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Department for Education Recommendation

The Department for Education have listed e-Bug in their guidance for education and childcare during coronavirus. e-Bug resources are recommended for teaching Infection prevention and control topics, including hand and respiratory hygiene.

NICE Endorsement

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that schools, educational and residential settings for children and young people, use Public Health England’s e-Bug resources to teach about hygiene, infections and antibiotics. e-Bug supports implementation of NICE guidance on antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population (NG63).

e-Bug is a free educational resource, operated by Public Health England, which contributes to the government’s ongoing action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance. e-Bug resources make learning about microbes, antibiotics and the spread and treatment of infection, engaging and accessible.

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DISCLAIMER: e-Bug was developed for use in schools pre-COVID-19 and so some activities may require modification based on your school’s distancing guidelines.

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KS4 Vaccinations

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