Resources by Grade Level
There are three major preventative strategies that help slow the spread of germs:
Hand washing- how long and how often
Covering coughs and sneezes
Staying home when sick/Physical distancing/Allowing face coverings
In addition, there are supports for your child’s school to support instruction on wearing a facial covering properly (if applicable), as well as videos to help understand how far apart 6 feet is for physical distancing.
Each section has resources that will reinforce learning at school and may be used at home to cultivate a Culture of Preventative Health and Wellness now and beyond our current interruptions to education.
Handwashing
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Preschool - 2nd Grade
Watch and Learn:
Wash Your Hands Song - Hopster (1:53 mins)
Wash Your Hands Steps - CDC (0:30 mins)
Germs, Germs, Go Away - Daniel Tiger from PBS Kids (0:55 mins)
*Translations are available in Iowa’s most used languages in the Translations tab.
3rd - 5th Grade
Watch and Learn:
How Does Hand Sanitizer Work? - Mystery Science Doug (4:29 mins)
Top 5 Tips to Fight Germs - Mystery Science Doug (5:00 mins)
UV Light Activity: How to See Germs Spread - Mark Rober (10:20 mins) - clip of black light experiment for upper elementary
Read and Do:
Healthy Schools, Healthy People: It's A Snap! - Website geared towards administrators, teachers, school nurses, and students with activity sheets, story books, and more on handwashing.
Global Handwashing Partnership - View campaign photos from around the world. Download free “resources” to begin your own handwashing campaign.
*Translations are available in Iowa’s most used languages in the Translations tab.
Middle/High School
Cough/Sneeze Mitigation
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Preschool - 2nd Grade
Watch and Learn:
Germs, Germs, Go Away - Daniel Tiger from PBS Kids (0:55 mins)
Cover Your Coughs and Sneezes - Kids - CDC (0:18 mins)
Cover Your Mouth - Hopster (2:47 mins) - video/song about cough/sneeze etiquette.
Journey of a Germ - Sid The Science Kid (2:52 mins) - video/song about how germs spread with a sneeze.
*Translations are available in Iowa’s most used languages in the Translations tab.
3rd - 5th Grade
Watch and Learn:
Safely Cough and Sneeze - WebMD (0:42 mins)
Cough Grosser Than Sneeze? Mike Rowe, Curiosity - World’s Dirtiest Man (2:50 mins)
Top 5 Tips to Fight Germs - Mystery Science Doug (5:00 mins)
UV Light Activity: How to See Germs Spread - Mark Rober (10:20 mins) - clip of black light experiment for upper elementary
Middle/High School
Watch and Learn:
How to Safely Cough and Sneeze - WebMD (0:42 mins)
Cough Grosser Than a Sneeze? - Mike Rowe (2:50 mins)
Nothing to Sneeze At - MIT Applied Mathematics (5:03 mins)
The Safest Sneeze - MythBusters (4:10 mins) - Note: Contains the word crapload
Social Distancing
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Preschool - 2nd Grade
Watch and Learn:
Explaining Social Distancing to Children - A short video (1:00 mins) from PBS to help parents explain social distancing.
Read and Do:
*Translations are available in Iowa’s most used languages in the Translations tab.3rd - 5th Grade
Watch and Learn:
How Far is 6 Feet? - YouTube (0:49 mins)
Two Meters Away (6 Feet): Social Distancing Song - Hopster (2:07 mins)
Read and Do:
Identify “6 feet apart,” using local measurement of objects or creating posters:
City of Valdez, Alaska (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Middle/High School
Watch and Learn:
Video of Mousetraps and Ping-Pong Balls Explaining Why Social Distancing Works - WKYC Channel 3 (0:30 mins)