In this guide you will have suggestions of lesson plans that have been designed by the Education National Coordinators using the Xplore Health materials.

1. Educator’s guide on
malaria
(Lesson plans)
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2. Lesson Plan for module 4 – toward a malaria-free
world
I. Introduction
This document provides a number of suggestions of lesson plans on topics linked to the fight against
malaria including time needed to organise the activities in class and the links with different schools
subjects.
II. Lesson plans
The lesson plans are meant to give teachers an idea of how the tools can be used within a lesson.
The lesson plans will be preceded by a table displaying some general information concerning the
suggested plan, such as the age level of the students, the tools that are used, etc.
The structure of the lesson plans is made in a way that objectives of the activities, as well as materials
needed for the implementation, the procedure of the activities and the timing of each of the single
activity are stated.
Abbreviations:
T: Teacher Ss: Students Ind: Individual work
S: student OHT: overhead transparency Pw: Pairwork
Gw: Groupwork
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3. Lesson plan 1: The fight against malaria
General information:
Author of the lesson plan: Laurent Martorell
Subject of the lesson: How to set priorities when fighting against
malaria?
Age level of the students: 15-18 years old
Xplore Health’s tools used: • Video: Malaria : an ethical issue
• Video: Facing an underestimated
malaria
Link with different school This subject can be linked to various aspects
subjects/integration in the curriculum: of the curricula whenever a disease is involved
or a treatment is applied.
Can the topic be linked to different subjects in
your school? Does it fit to your curricula?
Pre-knowledge required by students: • Malaria and its causative agents
• Transmission modes of malaria
• Parts of the world mainly concern and
affected by malaria
Suggested background reading for Teachers’ guide: Background information
Teacher:
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4. Lesson plan:
Activity Objective of activity Material, tools Interaction Procedure Time (min.)
Introduction Provide an • Video: Gw All, teacher and pupils 10
introduction on Malaria : watch the video.
malaria, its causative an ethical
agents and issue
transmission modes
• Video:
Facing an
underestim
ated
malaria
Teacher Introducing activity - T → Ss The teacher summarises 10
speech the concepts detailed in the
2 videos and explains
students the procedure to
be followed.
Each student group has to
prepare a presentation
related to one of the
biological or ethical aspects
of the topic:
• Individual and/or
collective protection
• Protection against the
parasite and/or the
vector
• Bed net and/or wide
spread use of
insecticide
Class Find out about the - Ss Gw → T Student group work 20
activity use of stem cell to presentations followed by a
cure illness and the classroom debate
ethical implications
Teacher Conclude the - T → Ss The teachers makes a 5
speech activities summery of the outcomes
of the debates
Total time 45
of the
lesson
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5. Lesson plan 2: The complexity of treatments
General information:
Author of the lesson plan: Carlos de Paz
Subject of the lesson: The complexity of treatments
Age level of the students: 15-18 years old
Xplore Health’s tools used: • Game: Stop Malaria
• Video: Working for a Malaria-free world
• Experiment: investigate a malaria vaccine
Link with different school • Biology: Health and disease
subjects/integration in the curriculum:
• Biology: Immunology, Microbiology and
Can the topic be linked to different subjects in Biotechnology
your school? Does it fit to your curricula?
Pre-knowledge required by students: • Cellular organisation (differences between
virus, bacteria and protozoa)
• Basic concepts of immunology system.
Suggested background reading for Teachers’ guide: Background information
Teacher:
Information on the problems to apply vaccines
with endoparasites, like protozoa and
helminths, in animals and humans.
Lesson plan:
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6. Activity Objective of activity Material, tools Interaction Procedure Time (min.)
The teacher
Create the introduces the
Video: Working for a T→S topic and then
scenario Introduce the topic 10
malaria-free world Gw everybody
watch the
video.
Define clearly the
Teacher
task. Multimedia
Computers defines the
Explaining the
product on problems
classroom (LMS, T→S task. Students
to use vaccines with 10-20
task classroom blog or Gw have to take
pathogens different
similar) the role of
than viruses and
researchers.
bacteria.
Students work
• Game: Stop
combining, in
Malaria.
this order,
S
• Experiment: individual work 60 -120
Experiment Learning by doing Investigate a Pw for game, pair
malaria vaccine work for
Gw
experiment and
• Guided web group work for
research web research.
Set in order what we Classroom (LMS & Gw Exhibition of
Evaluation learned about the computer with T (as products and 50-60
issue. projection) moderator) group debate.
Total time of 3 sessions
the lesson (50-60/each)
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7. Lesson plan 3: Debating Ethical, Legal and Social aspects of the
fight against malaria
General information:
Author of the lesson plan: Katarzyna Kozlow and Anita Cwalina
Subject of the lesson:
Debating Ethical, Legal and Social aspects of
the fight against malaria
Age level of the students: 15-18 years old
Xplore Health’s tools used: • Game to engage in a dialogue –
PlayDecide: Malaria
• Video: Working for a malaria-free world
• Video: A shelter from malaria
• Video: Facing an underestimated malaria
Link with different school Knowledge about Society, Chemistry, Personal
subjects/integration in the curriculum: Health and Education
Can the topic be linked to different subjects in
your school? Does it fit to your curricula?
Pre-knowledge required by students: • Cellular organisation (differences between
virus, bacteria and protozoa)
• Basic idea of immunology system
Suggested background reading for Teachers’ guide: Background information
Teacher:
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8. Lesson plan:
Activity Objective of activity Material, tools Interaction Procedure Time (min.)
Day 1: To provide aim of the T→S Teacher introduce 5
Creating the lesson the aim of the
scenario lesson and facilitate
a first discussion
about malaria to
find out the opinion
and basic
knowledge of
students before
starting the activity
Lecture Providing information T↔S Introduction to 5
about lesson aim and Xplore Health
introduce the resources on
program Malaria
• Video: Working
Watch Video presentation T↔S Students and the 15
for a malaria-
teacher are
free world
watching Video
• Video: A
shelter from
malaria
• Video: Facing
an
underestimated
malaria
Teacher Malaria aspects Educators’ guide: T↔S The teacher is 15
presentation introduction Background presenting the main
information on topics from
Malaria materials (1)
Summary Collecting students Educators’ guide: S↔T Dc – Discussion 5
opinions about Background with teacher
malaria aspects information on
Malaria
Homework To be prepared for Game to engage Ind Students receive 20
Game – PlayDecide: in a dialogue – paper version of
Malaria PlayDecide: the Game to
Malaria prepare for the
next lesson
Day 2: To explain the rules T↔S Students are 5
Introduction of the game and set introduced to the
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9. the class for the rules of the games
game. and split into
groups of 4-8
Game to To talk in a simple Game to engage in T ↔ Ss The teacher acts as 80
engage in a and effective way a dialogue – moderator during
Gw
dialogue about controversial PlayDecide: the dialogue,
issues linked to the Malaria students are given
fight against malaria specific roles in the
dialogue
Summary Collecting students S↔T Dc 5
opinions about
Teacher facilitated
malaria aspects
group discussion
• To summarise
Share Decide Game T↔S Teacher will upload 10
the knowledge
Upload results group response of
gained on
each group results
malaria
to the website
• To upload the www.playdecide.eu
class shared
group response
to the website
Total time of 3 times 45
the lesson min in class
+ 20 min of
homework
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