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Autoimmune Curriculum for Grades 3-8

ATTENTION TEACHERS!!!

Autoimmune Association has launched a FREE autoimmune curriculum for grades 3-8 that align with the Common Core Standards.

It features the video which was shown to kids, parents and teachers at the 3rd Science & Engineering Festival in DC in April. Autoimmune Association has launched the first-of-its kind autoimmune curriculum for teachers of grades three through eight.

Working with life sciences curriculum experts from the Education Center, LLC, Autoimmune Association has developed and is making available free to elementary and middle school teachers across the United States grade appropriate curriculum materials that align with the Common Core Standards.

“If we want all Americans to truly understand what autoimmunity is and how the autoimmune response in individuals can cause any one or more of the more than 100 known autoimmune diseases, what better way than to begin educating them at the earliest possible age,” said Virginia T. Ladd, President of AARDA.

“With this curriculum, The Education Center is helping us do precisely that, and doing it in a way that is informative, engaging and age appropriate, while meeting the highest educational standards.”

The curriculum also is designed to educate teachers about ADs. Researchers believe the school environment may contain more triggers for ADs than other work environments, putting teachers at higher risk of developing these diseases.

The comprehensive curriculum materials include teacher guides, information on how the immune system works and how an unhealthy, malfunctioning immune system prompts the autoimmune response, student research and report projects and activities, and a parent send-home component.

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Student Reading and Projects by Grade Level

GRADES 3-4

 Grades 5-6

 Grades 7-8

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