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Middle school lesson plan topics - Surveillance Active and Passive Surveillance Students will learn the meaning and process of “active” and “passive” surveillance (or tracking) as it applies to the study of water nitrates and of birth defects. First, the students will apply the beginning of the process of active surveillance by gathering water from various locations and analyzing it for nitrate content. Then, students will use passive surveillance to investigate national trends in birth defects. These applications demonstrate the wide range of surveillance practices. High school lesson plan topics - Surveillance Surveillance: Collecting Data for Epidemiology Students collect data about their class using active and passive surveillance. Students then analyze their data and compare the various results obtained by using the different surveillance methods. Surveillance of Population Trends Students will use passive and active methods of ascertainment to obtain information on population trends, specifically trends in infant death. Return to Top

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