Name: ___________________________ Date: ____________________

Health & Safety Mini-Lesson #1 Team: ___________________

Health & Safety Mini-Lesson #1

Part One: Understanding COVID-19
Focus: Today we are going to begin a series on mini lessons that will help us better understand the
coronavirus – or COVID-19. We promise you that as a community, we are taking the right steps to
make sure everybody is safe! When we learn more about COVID-19, we will be able to make sure
that we understand the virus and are careful to take all the necessary steps to being safe. In today’s
lesson, we will start by learning more about what a coronavirus is and how it spreads. By
understanding how it spreads, we can take the right steps to keeping ourselves healthy and stop the
spreading.

Directions: Watch the BrainPop video this virus and quarantining. As you watch the
video, take notes in the box below to help you answer the questions that follow.
Notes from Video
(https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/)

1. **What is a virus?

2. **The video states that a “coronavirus” is one type of virus. Which common illness does
a coronavirus usually cause?

3. The video states that the COVID-19 “symptoms are mild” for kids. What does this
mean?
4. What is an “outbreak?”

5. *When a city “quarantines” what does it mean?

6. **What are some things we can do to help prevent the spread of COVID-19?

7. **What can you do if you are feeling anxious (worried)?