classroom activities

Assessing Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

In an interactive workshop, students learn to identify the risks for and manage type 2 diabetes.

Closing Wounds

Students practice suturing and topical adhesive techniques and learn how advances in technology can facilitate wound closure.

Creating a Marketing Campaign

Students work as a team to create a marketing campaign for an innovative Johnson & Johnson consumer product.

Deconstructing Autism

Through simulation activities, students not only learn about but understand the major obstacles that individuals with Autism face on a daily basis.

Designing a Corporate Social Responsibility Program

Students work as a team to create a program model to recommend for inclusion in Johnson & Johnson's corporate social responsibility portfolio.

Identifying and Treating Schistosomiasis

Students identify the stages of a schistosome life cycle and follow the development of the parasite through the snail and human hosts.

Maintaining Healthy Living

Students research and depict what healthy living means, the visible signs of healthy living, and the effects of healthy and unhealthy living on internal organs.

Researching Johnson & Johnson

Students conduct Internet research and surveys in order to learn more about the history of the Johnson & Johnson company, its products and consumer assumptions.

Understanding Diabetes — Biochemistry, Metabolism, and the Endocrine System

Students study the endocrine system to understand why diabetes is a long-term disease and why keeping blood sugar in the normal range requires frequent monitoring and proper nutrition.

Understanding the Effects of Garbage, Refuse, and Sludge

Students learn about the effects of garbage, refuse, and sludge, including pollution, diseases and infections.