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Curable Versus Manageable STI Classifier

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About this MicroSim

Curable Versus Manageable STI Classifier is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students classify named STIs (by text label only, no imagery) as curable or manageable-but-not-curable, and justify each classification using the bacterial-versus-viral distinction.

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Bloom's Taxonomy level: Evaluate (L5) — classify, justify, differentiate

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Grades 6-8. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students classify named STIs (by text label only, no imagery) as curable or manageable-but-not-curable, and justify each classification using the bacterial-versus-viral distinction.

This activity targets Bloom's Evaluate (L5) (classify, justify, differentiate).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Evaluate-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 3: Healthcare Access and Sexual Health.

Type: microsim
**sim-id:** curable-versus-manageable-sti-classifier<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy: Evaluate (L5)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: classify, justify, differentiate

Learning objective: Students classify named STIs (by text label only, no imagery) as curable or manageable-but-not-curable, and justify each classification using the bacterial-versus-viral distinction.

Layout: A deck of text-only infection name cards (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, herpes, HPV) with two click zones: "Curable with Treatment" and "Manageable, Not Currently Curable."

Interactive controls: Click-to-sort each card; feedback confirms placement and explains whether the infection is bacterial or viral and what treatment achieves; progress counter; "Reset Deck" button.

Instructional Rationale: Classifying and justifying against a clinical framework is Evaluate-level, so a sorting task requiring a stated reason is used rather than simple recall, reinforcing that "not curable" does not mean "untreatable" or "hopeless."

Implementation notes: p5.js. Card data as objects with infection name, correct category, and bacterial/viral explanation string; text labels only, no anatomical or clinical imagery.

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