Vaccination New 2016 GCSE

Lesson looking at the process of vaccination and herd immunity.

Starter - Picture on the board of child being vaccinated. Students answer 3 questions relating to the picture as a means to open discussion around the topic.

Main 1 - 3 teacher led slides designed to first define, explain, then apply the concepts of Antibody's, Antigens and Pathogens and their role in immunity. Students then use this as a springboard to complete the pictures of a storyboard in relation to how vaccines work.

Main 2 - Students are introduced to Herd Immunity very simply then watch a 2 minute video (Link in notes section) before answering 3 questions on Herd Immunity with 1 challenge question added in.

Plenary - Summarising today's learning in the form of a 140 character "tweet"

Objectives:

4 – DESCRIBE why people are vaccinated.

5 – EXPLAIN how vaccination works

7 – EXPLAIN how vaccinating a large number of a population reduces the spread of a pathogen

Additional guidance in the notes section of the slides. As always, and feedback in appreciated :)