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YOU can stop the spread of germs that
cause illness. But you’ll need two important
pieces of equipment to get the job done –
SOAP and WARM, RUNNING WATER.
roper hand washing
requires vigorous
lathering for at least
20 seconds –about
as long as it takes
to sing the ABC song.
Germs that cause colds and flu are called
viruses and bacteria.
1. When a virus germ gets inside your
body, it finds a healthy cell and digs its
way inside.
2. Then it begins to multiply. One virus
germ becomes two. Two become four.
Four become eight.
Use whatever soap gets you scrubbing.
Regular soap works well!
3. Soon the cell is full of hundreds of
virus germs.
CLIP AND TAPE TO YOUR BATHROOM MIRROR
4. The germs break out of the healthy cell.
Lather up both sides of your hands, around your
wrist, between your fingers and around your nails.
5. Each germ finds another healthy cell
and begins multiplying. Soon there are
millions of virus germs in your body.
Standards Link: Health: Students understand the causes and recognize symptoms of common diseases.
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 43
hen you
touch a germ,
it clings to
your hand.
Then when
you touch your
mouth, eyes or nose, the germ
slips into your body. Or if you
touch some food, the germ
moves onto the food, and when
you eat the food, the germ gets
inside you.
When someone sneezes, germs
fly into the air. Those germs
can land on surfaces and, if you
touch those surfaces, germs get
on your hands. GROSS!
Find the two identical germs.
Rinse well to remove all the soap.
Dry hands with paper towels. Tip: use a paper
towel to turn off the faucet after washing hands.
The way a movie vampire covers his face with his cape is a
good way to stop the spread of germs. It’s called the Vampire
Cough. Next time you cough or sneeze, cough
into the inside bend of your elbow. If you
cough into your hands, the germs from
your mouth get spread around. Think
about it—what was
the last thing
you touched
Hand
with the inside
Washing
of your elbow?
At the library, I talk with kids about
washing their hands both before and after
they read our books. They should wash
before to help keep the books nice and
clean. That helps the library. Then they
should wash after they’re done reading to remove germs they
picked up from the books. And that helps kids stay healthy.
Get more Germ Patrol info and activities
at kidscoop.com/scrub-squad
Standards Link: Health: Students recognize behaviors that
promote healthy living.
Keep track of how many times a day you wash your hands for one full week. Every time you wash
your hands, make a check in that day’s bubble. Take a guess before you begin, then fill out the actual
number after the week is over. Did you wash your hands more or less often than you thought?
I think I wash my hands
times a day. I discovered I actually wash my hands
Standards Link: Health: Know how to prevent the spread of disease.
Place the numbers
1 to 12 in the
circles so that the
sum of the
numbers in the
four circles will
equal 26 along
any straight line.
Standards Link:
Mathematical
Reasoning:
Solve problems
using logic.
Cause and Effect
Find an article or advertisement that
describes a health problem. What is the
cause of the problem? What is described
as a solution or “cure” for the problem?
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Understand cause
and effect.
GERM
WASH
WEAPON
VIRUSES
BACTERIA
HEALTHY
VAMPIRE
COUGH
ELBOW
EQUAL
CAUSE
HUNDREDS
SOAP
HANDS
BUG
times a day!
Before
and After
Look through the
newspaper to find
pictures of people
doing various
things. Mark it
with a red B if
people should
wash their hands
before this activity.
Mark it with a blue
A if they should
wash their hands
after this activity.
How many photos
did you mark with
both an A and a B?
Standards Link: Health: Understand how disease
spreads; know how to prevent the spread of disease.
Standards Link: Writing
Applications: Students
write narratives that follow
a logical sequence.
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
… washing your hands
before meal times.
B E C H C S D N A H
B G S A G E A Y N S
A A U E N U H D E D
W S C G S T O R L E
This week’s word:
E F R T L U I C B R
The noun bacteria means
microscopic organisms
that cause disease.
A M F A E P R U O D
P G E R M R G I W N
O H P A O S I R V U
N E V E E Q U A L H
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
BACTERIA
Washing your hands
keeps harmful
bacteria away.
Try to use the word bacteria
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Germs Make
Me Sick!
Write tips for kids on how
to avoid getting sick. How
can you stop germs before
they get you down?