ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE DENGUE MOSQUITO

Dengue is a disease that worries the entire country and needs a lot of awareness. Therefore, teachers can take advantage and apply some activities about dengue. It is interesting to share activities at home for students to do with their parents.

Teachers can work together with the students to eliminate all the focuses they find in the school. If you have an assistant teacher and if the class is not very crowded, the teachers can also take the students to the field or square if it is close to the school. It is important to explain each focus and show the importance of cleaning. In addition, teachers can ask students to do the same with their parents. This is a form of awareness at school and at home.

Teachers can assemble an illustrative and informative text about the concern with the dengue mosquito. Then they can print it out and ask students to distribute it at school. They can also put up a mural about dengue care and prevention. Know some symptoms of dengue that can be reported to students.

• High fever;
• Headaches;
• Pain in muscles and joints;
• Stomach pains;
• Eye pain;
• Indisposition;
• Nausea;
• Vomiting;
• Lack of appetite;
• Red patches on the skin.

Some precautions that must be taken to prevent the spread of the dengue mosquito and protect yourself at home.

• Avoid accumulation of water;
• Put screens on windows;
• Put sand in the potted plants;
• Be aware of your garbage;
• Put disinfectant in the drains;
• Clean the gutters;
• Clean pools and aquariums;
• Use of insecticides and larvicides;
• Use of repellent;
• Empty the pet bottles and leave them upside down;
• Do not leave a tire in an open place that can fill with water;
• No accumulated classes.

Several texts and activities about Dengue, great to apply to students in the summer, when it is the time where most cases of this disease occur.