Didactic proposals
This page offers various proposals on teaching and learning methods on the subjects of dermatitis. When we gathered the information, we tried to offer a broad range. There are short activities and larger projects. You will find various proposals from simple discussions rounds to multimedia projects.
The didactic proposals will be described in detail below. We gathered for you content, forms or realization, variations and the requirements in time and technical equipment. For every didactic proposal we also provide a detailed description (in some cases including worksheets and supplementary texts).
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Practical investigation: Dermatitis in our school |
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Content & goals The four friends enter Professor Prurit’s laboratory and get in touch with the subject of investigation in medicine. Medicine needs investigation in order to make progress and to improve prevention and therapy of diseases. In this activity, the pupils will be familiar-ized with this aspect regarding dermatitis. This is done by granting the pupils insight into the procedures of medical studies and by having them realize their own small study around dermatitis at their school. |
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Realization - Can be integrated into classroom lessons - Cross-disciplinary goals are possible (Biology, Mathematics, Computer Sci-ence/Data Processing/Word Processing) - International links are possible |
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Variations Team work; design and presentation of an own small study |
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Requirement of material and media - Texts of the learning module „Dermatitis“ - Working sheets - Hand calculator - Word processing programmes |
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Time requirements - Preparation time: medium time need (2 to 3 hours) - Need of class time: (prepare and realize enquiry): at least 4 double periods (4 x 90 mins.) or 1 project day - Wrap-up time: medium time need (2 to 3 hours) |
 Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 33KB)
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| Case report: Tracing dermatitis triggers |
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Content & goals Starting point is the nickel allergy of Thelma’s friend. Substances that may lead to der-matitis can be found in all kinds of surroundings: at home, at school, in leisure activities or at the workplace. If people know these substances and their occurrence, they will be able to protect themselves against their impact. The pupils are supposed to develop awareness for substances triggering dermatitis, for the places where they can occur and for the possibilities to avoid their negative influence. For this, the pupils will invent such situations in their real environment and design a case report on this. |
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Realization - Can be integrated into classroom lessons - Cross-disciplinary lessons are possible (Biology, English, Computer Science/Data Processing/Word Processing) - International links are possible |
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Variations Team work; (digital) story telling possible in some variations (e. g. paper-pencil story, wiki, photo story); optional: poster design |
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Requirement of material and media - Learning texts on the learning platform - Prepared working sheet |
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Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) - Need of class time: at least 2 double periods (2 x 90 mins.) - Wrap-up time: medium time need (2 to 3 hours) |
| Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 28KB)
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| Experiments: Skin-irritating substances vs. skin protection measures |
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Content & goals Point of reference is the nickel allergy of Thelma’s friend. Various substances (allergens, irritants) can affect the skin and lead to (allergic resp. subtoxic-cumulative) contact der-matitis. This can often be avoided (e. g. by applying skin protection measures). In vari-ous experiments the pupils learn about the hurtful impact of (strongly) irritating sub-stances and the protective effect of skin protection measures. The pupils’ action-result expectancy will be influenced in a positive way. |
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Realization - Can be integrated into classroom lessons - Cross-disciplinary goals are possible (Biology, Chemistry) |
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Variations Experiments in team work |
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Requirement of material and media - Texts of the learning module „dermatitis“ - additional material for practical experiments |
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Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) to medium time need (2 to 3 hours) - Need of class time: 1 single period (45 mins.) - Wrap-up time: low time need (up to 1 hour) |
| Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 20KB)
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