Aquaponic Parasites Liver Flukes in Humans: Lesson Plan, Worksheets & Google App

Aquaponic Parasites Liver Flukes in Humans: Lesson Plan, Worksheets & Google App

This educational resource is designed for educators to introduce liver flukes, a potential disadvantage of aquaponic systems. Specifically targeting students from grade 7 to grade 10 focusing on environmental science.

About the Teaching Resource

The lesson plan explains how liver flukes, an uncommon parasite in aquaponic agriculture, become dangerous threats in aquatic environments. It focuses on their lifecycle and elucidates why they pose risks while offering solutions on avoidance strategies.

Recommended Teaching Methods

• Educators could pair students for video watching and subsequent discussions.
• Group video sessions followed by individual question-based assignments.
• Assignment of specific questions to individuals for presentation of findings later.
• Efficacious lesson plan for substitute teachers or extra homework activities/topups/credit tasks related closely with topic taught during class hours.

Learner Outcomes

From this resource, Students will:
1. Understand the parasitic nature of liver flukes including consequences upon human hosts;
2. Learns how liver flukes propagate;
3. Demonstrate knowledge on preventive measures against these nuisances in aquaponics systems;

In essence, this HTML package contains a didactic toolkit that provides quality education to learners thereby enhancing their knowledge base.

1 PDF file.