Lesson FocusLesson Focus:What are the impacts of malaria?What are the impacts of malaria?

What: What: identify what malaria is and what causes it.How: How: describe the impacts that malaria is having in parts of Africa and suggest solutions to the problem.Why: Why: to understand the economic, environmental and social impacts malaria has.

Connect: Use the mind map to write down everything you already know about malaria. You

may want to use these posters to help you.

What is malaria?

• Malaria is a disease that is caused by a parasite that is passed to humans through mosquito bites.

• Parasite = an organism that lives off another living organism.

Activate: What are the symptomssymptoms of malaria?

• Dr Cox has a patient come to him asking about malaria. Read the statements and match the questions with the correct answers.

• Extension: What other questions would you like to ask Dr Cox about malaria?

Do all mosquitoes transmit malaria?

• No, only a certain species of mosquitoes can carry malaria.

• It is only the female mosquitoes who can transmit the disease.

How can you tell if you have malaria?

• Symptoms of malaria include fever, headache and vomiting.

• If not treated, malaria can quickly become life-threatening by disrupting the blood supply to vital organs.

How does it infect humans?

• Once in the body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells.

• The job of the red blood cells is to carry oxygen around the body.

How many people does malaria kill each year?

• Malaria kills around 1 million people every year, mostly in Africa.

Malaria in Africa.

What are the impacts of malaria in Africa?

Impacts can be split up into…

• 1. Social: How will it affect people in their daily lives?

• 2. Economic: How will this have an impact on money and wealth?

• 3: Environmental: How will this have an impact on nature?

Demonstrate: What are the impacts of malaria in Africa?

• Read the statements describing the different impacts of malaria. Decide whether they are social, economic, environmental or a mixture. Write them into the correct spaces on your Venn diagram.

• Extension: Which impact do you think is most important to solve and why? Can you think of any solutions to this problem?

environmental

economicsocial

Mixture of environmental, economic and social impacts.

How can malaria be prevented?• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcZWXFgqWUI (malaria, a political issue)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnYfJrTkh0k (from 4½ mins for prevention)

• Lots of charities work to help prevent malaria in poorer countries.

• Reflect: Reflect: Watch the video clips and write down as much information as you can to show the different ways malaria can be prevented. You can present this however you want e.g. list, bullet points, description or mind map.

Review: Review: go back to your mind map…

Check list:Add:

-1 new fact about malaria.-1 social impact of malaria.-1 economic impact of malaria.-1 environmental impact of malaria.-1 solution to prevent malaria.-1 more thing you’d still like to know.