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What Is a Virus?

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What Is a Virus?
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Summary

The StoryBots explore what a virus is and how it can make us sick. A bright, catchy short that drops easily into a lesson, a center, or a brain-friendly review.

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All ages
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Discussion questions

Discussion

Healthy habits -- washing your hands, brushing your teeth, eating well -- keep your body strong and help stop germs from spreading.

  1. What healthy habit does this video teach?
  2. How does it help keep you, or others, from getting sick?
  3. When during the day should you do it?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: germ, healthy, habit, wash, spread.

Try it: Make a quick checklist of the healthy habit from the video and check it off for one whole day.

What Is a Virus? — TV on a Rolling Cart