Lessons

Students investigate the different ways vaccines are made, how passive immunity works, how herd or community immunity works and the role vaccines play in herd immunity. Students explore resources to identify the different types of vaccines and how they are made. Students conduct research to understand the difference between active and passive immunity and use a computer model to simulate herd immunity. Students use statistics and graphs to analyze data and compare how different immunization rates confer varying degrees of protection on vaccinated and unvaccinated populations. In an optional extension activity, students identify different types and functions of vaccine ingredients and fact check the online information they encounter.