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How Your Dog Can Protect You Before You're Born Instructional VideoHow Your Dog Can Protect You Before You're Born Instructional Video
Publisher
MinuteEarth
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
2:41
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Technology
Video
Internet Access
Year
2014
Usage Permissions
Fine Print
Language
English, Spanish
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How Your Dog Can Protect You Before You're Born

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Are there things mothers can do to prevent their unborn children from having asthma? It turns out the answer is related to the household pets. The video explains how dogs and cats seem to protect the health of babies and children. It also relates the decline in infectious diseases with the increase in allergies and asthma.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

dogs, allergies, the immune system

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Take an informal survey of pet ownership and asthma among students
  • Discuss the differences between correlation and causation

Classroom Considerations

  • Comments include inappropriate words for the classroom, so display the video carefully
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Provides a long list of references to continue learning more
  • Presents subtitles in Arabic, English, Spanish, and Thai

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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