Module 5 introduces students to a public health perspective on their city, exploring the choices people make to exercise and eat healthy. Access to quality food, water and air, as well as infectious disease and the green space to either hinder or bolster one's health.

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Curriculum Support Materials

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Assessment and Answer Key, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 1: Public Health and Cities

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Data Spreadsheet - Mortality rates of children in urban populations around the world, Center for Urban Resilience

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Lesson Plan: Public Health and Cities, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Investigating Public Health Data, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 2: Choices and Health

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Lesson Plan: Choices and Health, Center for Urban Resilience

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PowerPoint - Environment, Choice, and Health, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - How Healthy is my Lifestyle?, Center for Urban Resilience

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Teacher Questions - How Healthy is my Lifestyle, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 3: Water Quality and Public Health

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Lesson Plan: Water Quality and Public Health, Center for Urban Resilience

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PowerPoint - What is in My Drinking Water? A Primer on Potable Water Treatment, Center for Urban Resilience

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Reading - The Challenge of Clean Drinking Water, Center for Urban Resilience

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Water Filter Student Design Plan, Center for Urban Resilience

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Water Quality Test Results, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 4: Clear Air, Good Health

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Lesson Plan: Clean Air, Good Health, Center for Urban Resilience

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PowerPoint - Ozone Maps, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key - Is the Clean Air Act Working in New England, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key - Smog City!, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Is the Clean Air Act Working in New England, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Smog City!, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 5: Infectious Disease and Human Density

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Student Pages - Answer Key - You Are the PHI, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - You Are the PHI, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 6: Income and Food Options

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Lesson Plan: Income and Food Options, Center for Urban Resilience

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Reading - The Wealth Connection in Public Health, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Shopping List Handout - Where Can I Get Food in My Neighborhood?, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Where Can I Get Food in My Neighborhood?, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 7: Green Space and Public Health

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Lesson Plan: Green Space and Public Health, Center for Urban Resilience

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PowerPoint - What is Type 2 Diabetes?, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key - What Do You Typically Do on a Winter Day? Summer Day?, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - What Do You Typically Do on a Winter Day? Summer Day?, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 8: Green Space, Social Networks, and Crime

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Lesson Plan: Green Space, Social Networks and Crime, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key - How Can You Gather the Most Information?, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - How Can You Gather the Most Information?, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 9: Neighborhood Health and Wealth

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Lesson Plan: Neighorhood Health and Wealth, Center for Urban Resilience

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PowerPoint - New York City’s Neighborhoods: Relationship between Median Household Income and the Public Health Issues of Diabetes, Obesity and Asthma, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Answer Key - NYC Neighborhoods: Health and Wealth, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Comparing Two NYC Neighborhoods, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - New York City Neighborhoods: Health and Wealth, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - New York's Asthma Rates, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - NYC Neighborhoods: Health and Wealth, Center for Urban Resilience

Lesson 10: Action Plan

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Lesson Plan - Public Health Action Plan, Center for Urban Resilience

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PowerPoint - Identify Resources, Center for Urban Resilience

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Student Pages - Public Health Action Plan, Center for Urban Resilience