Activities & Educational Resources

This section provides educational resources for 4-H leaders, teachers, or parents on how to teach youth the importance of One Health such as hands on activities, lesson plans, flyers, posters and much more.

For 4-H Leaders:

Swine Activities

• Swine Day Lesson Plan – provided by the State of Ohio.
  • This lesson plan provides an interactive activity to explain to youth how diseases can spread and mutate.
• A Champions Guide to Youth Swine Exhibition “Biosecurity & Your Project Pig” – provided by the State of Ohio
  • Here youth can learn what biosecurity is, how diseases spread, general swine health, how to select a pig for your project, how to prepare for show and much more. 
• Poster on how diseases can spread between humans and swine– provided by “Becoming a Swientist” from Ohio.
  • This poster provides information on what a zoonotic disease is and how it can spread to pigs and humans. 
• Preventing Disease in Swine Poster– provided by “Becoming a Swientist” from Ohio.
  • This poster provides information on what diseases can look like on pigs and how to prevent the spread of disease while at shows. 
•  Bring Home the Blue, not the Flu– provided by the State of Iowa
  • Two free online courses, one for elementary students (ages 7–12) and one for middle and high school students (ages 13–18), that are meant to encourage showmanship and animal involvement while keeping both animals and humans safe and healthy

Activities for All Species

• Mucus Swap Activity– provided by “Becoming a Swientist” from Ohio.
  • The mucus swap activity provides a hands-on opportunity to show how disease can easily spread. 
• Mucus Swap Game Using Food Coloring– provided by the State of Kentucky
  • This is an easy game that youth leaders can do with youth to show how diseases can be easily spread using food colors and plastic cups.
• Disease Comparison Chart with Answers– provided by the State of Iowa
  • Click here to use our interactive website for youth to find answers for the disease comparison activity chart. 
• Health for One, Health for all– provided by State of Michigan
  • Includes a short lesson plan and hands on activity to show the spread of disease. 
• Germ-O-Game – provided by the State of Maine
  • Germ-O is a card game based around the rules of UNO. Cards are labeled with several different zoonotic diseases and their typical hosts.
    • Germ-O Instructions
    • Germ-O Box
    • Back of Germ-O Cards
    • Blue Germ-O Cards
    • Green Germ-O Cards
    • Red Germ-O Cards
    • Wild Germ-O Cards
    • Yellow Germ-O Cards
• Bring Home the Blue, not the Flu– provided by the State of Iowa
  • Two free online courses, one for elementary students (ages 7–12) and one for middle and high school students (ages 13–18), that are meant to encourage showmanship and animal involvement while keeping both animals and humans safe and healthy
• Lesson Plans on Zoonotic Diseases– provided by the State of Iowa
  • Here you can find 6 lesson plans on preventing disease in animals and humans along with learning objectives and answers to each learning objective.

For All Youth Leaders (4-H leaders, school teachers, homeschool teachers, camp counselors, etc.)

• Lesson Plans on Zoonotic Diseases– provided by the State of Iowa
  • Here you can find 6 lesson plans on preventing disease in animals and humans along with learning objectives. Answers to each learning objective is provided. 
• Mucus Swap Activity– provided by “Becoming a Swientist” from Ohio
  • The mucus swap activity provides a hands-on opportunity to show how disease can easily spread.
• Mucus Swap Activity Using Food Coloring– provided by the State of Kentucky
  • This is an easy game that youth leaders can do with youth to show how diseases can be easily spread using food colors and plastic cups.
• Disease Comparison Chart Activity with Answers– provided by the State of Iowa
  • Click here to use our interactive website for youth to find answers for the disease comparison activity chart.
• Health for One, Health for All– provided by the State of Michigan
  • Includes a short lesson plan and hands on activity to show how disease spread.
• Germ-O game – provided by the State of Maine
  • Germ-O is a card game based around the rules of UNO. Cards are labeled with several different zoonotic diseases and their typical hosts.
    • Germ-O Instructions
    • Germ-O Box
    • Back of Germ-O Cards
    • Blue Germ-O Cards
    • Green Germ-O Cards
    • Red Germ-O Cards
    • Wild Germ-O Cards
    • Yellow Germ-O Cards
• Be a Frog Scout– Spring is the time for frogs and frogs might live near you! Click on the link to learn more about frogs such as how you can identify different breeds and tips on where you might be able to find frogs!