Small Whale · Reading worksheet
HIV/AIDS
High school (ages 12+)
Human Body
Name:
Date:
Step 1 · Read the article
Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.
https://smallwhale.org/articles/hivaids
Step 2 · Questions
1. Who discovered HIV/AIDS?
2. What is the type of virus?
3. What is the primary target cells?
Step 3 · Words to know
Write what each word means, using the article.
Retrovirus
Opportunistic Infections (OIs)
Viral Load
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
Step 4 · Two facts in your own words
Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.
1.
2.