HOTT Futures

Day 1 - Mock Car Accident

Day one of the curriculum features a mock car accident. When the students enter the room they are informed about the accident and told the patient is being brought to their hospital. The students are placed in seven different hospital departments which represent 21 different careers in healthcare. For each career, there is the following information:

• * Duties performed


• * Education/Training required


• * SD average hourly wage


• * "Prop" used in that career

Day 2 - GSI: Germ Scene Identification

Day two emphasizes the spread of epidemic diseases with the "Typhoid Mary" activity. In the activity, students exchange solutions (that could represent bodily fluids) with others in the class.

A pathogen in one student's original solution is passed to other students to simulate the spread of an epidemic disease.

After exchanging solutions with others in the class, everyone is 'tested' to see who is now carrying the disease.

After recording who is infected, the class traces the disease back to the original carrier.

The HOTT Futures curriculum meets the following South Dakota Grades 6-8 Health Education Standards/Indicators:

1.3. Students will analyze how medical research, government regulations, and public health policies influence health promotion and disease prevention.

2.3. Students will analyze and evaluate situations requiring professional services.

3.1. Students will evaluate health-enhancing behaviors which promote wellness.

HOTT Futures kits can be reserved and checked out from your local community health nurse. There is no charge for the use of these kits!

Contact your local community health nurse for more information or to reserve the HOTT Futures kits.