Microorganism "Wanted Poster"
Objective: research one pathogen and one
chemical and create 2 "Wanted Posters.”
Student
Requirements: Select a pathogen from the list below and select one chemical
off the list or choose their own. Make
a wanted poster for one of the pathogens. Poster is to be on http://piktochart.com. No big posters. Include your answers to the following items
in a creative display that makes it sound like you’re looking for a person.
Include:
a. “Photo” (electron micrograph or microscopic picture preferably in color with magnification)
b. Description- bacteria, virus, protozoa, parasite, chemical: tetragen, mutagen, hormone disruptor, carcinogen full scientific name and classification. Who hosts this germ or chemical?
c. Organism’s m.o (police jargon) (How the organism attacks and spreads, what it does to the cells in particular)
d. Hide out of the culprit and how many victims it has claimed. Use the map function on your info graphic to show this or graphing application.
e. Most common injury done to victim. What are the symptoms?
f. Is it considered armed and dangerous? Rate the degree of damage caused. A pie chart?
g. Most effective weapons against the germ. How does one avoid getting it?
h. Historical information: what they used to think it was, famous outbreaks, how it may have changed the course of history in anyway
Procedure: Do your research first on a
separate piece of paper or google doc
Add information
creatively to infographic
Site at least two sources at the bottom of the page.
Evaluation: Students are graded by the above
standards
Choose one
Disease and One Chemical
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Diseases |
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) |
Bordetella petussis (whooping cough) |
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Clostridium botulinum (botulism) |
Clostridium perfringengas (gangrene) |
Clostridium tetani (tetanus) |
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Corynebacterium diphtheria (diphtheria) |
Escherichia coli (acute pyelonphritis) |
Bird Flu |
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Hemophilus infuenzae (meningitis) |
Mycobacterium lepraeleprosy (Hansen's disease) |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis) |
Neisseria gonorrheoae (Gonorrhea) |
Neisseria meningitidis (spinal meningitis) |
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Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus) |
Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever) |
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Salmonella typhimurium(food poisoning) |
Shigella dysenteriae (dysentery) |
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Streptococcus (Group A)(Scarlet Fever) |
Streptococcus (Group A) Rheumatic Fever |
Treponema pallidum (syphilis) |
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Treponema pertenue yaws |
Vibrio cholerae (cholera) |
Yersinia pestic (plague) |
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Herpes I II |
Malaria |
Yellow fever – |
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Measles |
Hepatitis A and C |
Rubella |
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HIV |
Shingles |
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Ebola |
H1N1 Spanish Flu |
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Lyme Disease |
Encephalitis |
Pneumonia |
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Chicken Pox |
Polio |
Mumps |
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Bronchitis |
Rabies |
Trichinosis |
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Strep Throat |
African Sleeping Sickness |
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Small Pox |
Mad Cow
Disease |
West Nile
Virus |
Chemicals:
1. Benzene
2. Thalidomide –
3. Alcohol –
4. PCBs –
5. Atrazine –
6. Malathion
7. MethylBromide
8. Perchlorate
9. Chromium
10. Cadmium
11. Lead
12. Mercury
13. Selenium
14. Arsenic
15. Chlorine
16. Nicotine
17. propylene Glycol
18. sodium lauryl (laureth/lauryl sulfate)
19. phthalates
20. Formaldehyde
21. Dye: Red 40
22. rBGH
23. DEET
24. DDT
25. Roundup (Glyphosate)
26. Oxalic acid
27. ethylene glycol
28. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB
29. Methamphetamine
30. Radon
31. PVC
32. BPA
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Disease or Substance |
Agent or source |
Outbreak locations |
Fatality |
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