America’s Most Wanted Disease
America’s Most Wanted Disease
Research Project
Background Information:
Students will:
1. Research a pathogen (disease-causing agent)
2. Produce a "Wanted Poster"
3. Produce a three-dimensional model of the pathogen or create a PowerPoint presentation of the pathogen.
Model Requirements:
• NO food products or flammable items are to be used.
• Must be light and sturdy enough to hang from the ceiling.
• Must have string attached and be ready to hang from the ceiling.
• Must include a title with its scientific name, your name, and class period.
• Must be a typical viral or bacterial shapes (Use your book)
• Appropriate parts must be labeled: DNA, protein, plasmid, etc.
PowerPoint Requirements:
Your PowerPoint must follow these format requirements:
-A Title Slide -A picture in every slide
-At least 3 different backgrounds -At least 1 different slide transition
-No smaller than 28 font used -At least 1 animation
-5 X 5 rule (5 bullets, 5 words)
Project Rubric:
|Criteria |Point value |
|Model |20 |
|Poster |20 |
|PowerPoint |20 |
Diseases:
-Dysentary -Polio -Gangrene -Typhus
-Measles -Rubella -Strep Throat -Tuberculosis
-Mumps -Chickenpox -Herpes Simplex Type II -Thyphoid Fever
-Bubonic Plague -Smallpox -Toxiplasmosis -Malaria
-Hepatitis -HIV -Ulcers-Heliobacter pylorii -African Sleeping Sickness
Most Wanted Poster Requirements:
| | |Example: |
|Photo(s): 2 required |Electron micrograph or microscopic picture | [pic] [pic] |
| |Photo of the infection if possible | |
|Name: |Disease name |Pertussis |
|Alias: |Common name |Whooping cough |
|Causative agent (Bacteria/Virus): |Scientific name |Bordetella pertussis |
|Symptoms: |Describe the symptoms |runny nose |
| | |slight fever (102°F or lower) |
| | |severe, repeated coughs that: |
| | |diarrhea |
| | |choking spells in infants |
|Physical description: |What it looks like under a microscope |Aerobic, gram positive, micron in length |
|Modus operandi: |What part of the body does it attack and how it |Interferes with the reproductive system and cause |
| |works |swelling of the brain |
|Known associates: |List any other diseases closely related |Various poxes |
|Treatment: |Cures |Past: Leeches and flogging |
| | |Present: Antibiotics |
|Prevention/precautions: |Explain its method of transmission and how can you|Immunization in early childhood |
| |prevent yourself from getting it | |
|Known Hangouts: |Explain the area(s) in the world that this |[pic] |
| |pathogen is typically found. Include a map as | |
| |well. | |
[pic]
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related searches
- america s most wanted fugitives
- america s most wanted 2019
- america s most wanted captured list
- america s most wanted official site
- america s most wanted episodes
- america s most wanted episodes youtube
- america s most wanted season 1
- america s most wanted videos
- america s most wanted first episode
- america s most wanted show episodes
- america s most wanted female fugitives
- america s most wanted season 2