Epidemics

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has a collection of Museum in a Box loan kits which are available for loan to schools in Edinburgh and surrounding areas. Our loan kits are designed to be used with students from p5 to S2 and are packed with objects and activities that relate to the medical history of Scotland.

The Epidemics box includes historical objects and archives from four separate infectious diseases: Smallpox, the Plague, Cholera and Covid-19. The star object is a replica of the type of plague mask used in Scotland. The activities in this box challenge students to build a city plan for a fictitious infectious disease and challenges them to stop a disease from spreading in their own classroom.

Contents of Epidemics (pdf)

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