Click here to read Seeking the Cause: Ebola and Measles: Identifying Patient Zero. DIRECTIONS: Click on Patient Zero: Ebola. Read the paragraph and in your JW document, answer in complete sentences the following questions. 1. Describe patient zero in the Ebola virus epidemic. 2. How did he get infected? 3. Briefly describe how Ebola spread from him. Click on Patient Zero: Measles. Read the paragraph and in your JW document, answer in complete sentences the following questions. 4. Describe patient zero in the Measles outbreak of 2015 in the U.S. 5. Where did the child contract the virus? 6. Look at the map, name 3 states that reported 1-4 measles cases in 2015. 7. What State had more than 20 measles cases in 2015? To find the name of patient zero for your period, look somewhere on this virus page.
Click here to view the Infectious Disease Timeline. DIRECTIONS: Click on the Smallpox tab on the left to learn more about the virus. 1. In your science notebook the following information about the disease. Name, Type, Spread, Symptoms, Treatment, Deadly, Status. 2. Using the arrows at the bottom of the timeline, follow the disease and write the following: When was the earliest evidence of the disease? Name one scientist associated with the disease and briefly tell what he or she did. Name 2 events that happened and when did it happen. Do the same for the HIV/Aids virus.
Click here to view the video Microbiology – Viruses (Structure Type and Bacteriophage Replication). DIRECTIONS: Watch the video and in your science notebook take notes and draw diagrams on the following virus topics: virus size, virus structure (draw and label all parts), shapes of capsid (draw and label), virus envelope, types of viruses (draw and label), virus classification, bacteriophage replication, the lytic cycle (draw and label), the lysogenic cycle (draw and label).
Click here to read what Tourist are Hearing about the Dengue Fever Outbreak on the Big Island
Patient Zero Period 6: Kealohi
Click here to view Video on How a Virus Works. In your science notebook, explain 1.What are keys and locks? and 2. What is the copy machine in the cell and what does it copy?
Click here to view Dengue Fever Map of the Big Island as of November 25, 2015
Patient Zero Period 4:Kacelyn
Click here to take the Virus Survey
Patient Zero Period 5: Elias
Click here to view Virus Size and Scale
Click here to view images of viruses
Click here to read the article: Are Viruses Alive?
Click here to watch: Killer Virus: Hunting the Plague. DIRECTIONS: As you watch the video, list all the viruses (in your notebook) that were talked about in the video, name the animal that started/contains the virus and describe how it is transmitted from person to person. For example, Ebola – bat – contact with infected person.
Patient Zero Period 3: Mina
Click here to watch Are Viruses Alive Video
Click here to read an Article about Ebolaʻs Patient Zero
Click here to view the Patient Zero graphic organizer on, Ebola: How the Outbreak Started
Click here to view Virus Evolution Video
Patient Zero Period 1: Keala