Lab 6 Viruses

Directions

This is an Inquiry about viruses.  Create a portfolio of information about viruses.  Create a Google Doc. 

 You will present the information to the class. Create a  report with:   Part A, and One Disease; B,C,D,or E.  

You will present one of the diseases to the class in a Google Slides presentation. 

PART ONE : Research: 

Do provide a Works Cited for PART ONE

A.  Is a virus alive? ( EVERYONE does this part.)

    1. Web Research :  Answer the key question, "Is a virus alive?". What evidence supports your claim.  Explain your reasoning.

    2. Describe the structure of a virus.  Find a diagram of a virus with labels.

  Directions : Pick one of the following ( B,C,C,D,E)  

B. Ebola 

    1. What is Ebola?

    2. What countries have been affected by Ebola?  Find a map that shows this.

    3. What are the symptoms?

    4. What is the treatment?

    5. How is Ebola transmitted?

    6. Find a TEM or SEM image to include in your report.

C. HIV 

    1. What is HIV?

    2. What countries have been affected by HIV?  Find a map that shows this.

    3. What are the symptoms?

    4. What is the treatment?

    5. How is HIV transmitted?

    6. Find a TEM or SEM image to include in your report.

D. HepC

    1. What is HepC?

     2. Who is the most vulnerable to HepC?  

    3. What are the symptoms?

    4. What is the treatment?

    5. How is HepC transmitted?

    6. Find a TEM or SEM image to include in your report.

E. Zika

    1. What is Zika?

    2. How is it transmitted?

    3. What effect does it have on a fetus?

    4. Is there a vaccine or medicine to treat it?

    5. Is this a newly discovered disease causing agent?

    6. Where does Zika originate?

F. COVID-19

    1.  What isCOVID-19?

    2. How is it transmitted?

    3. What effect does it have on a person?

    4. Is there a vaccine or medicine to treat it, name some?

    5. Is this a newly discovered disease causing agent?

    6. Where did COVID-19 originate?

PART TWO : Presentation

1. You will present one of the viruses for class discussion. 

2. The presentation MUST be a Google Slide 

 presentation, and may have a YouTube Video link.  You may also have some other presentation idea...

            Tips: You can make many slides...so do that. Put one or two sentences on one slide. Put a picture or diagram on each slide.   Use at least a 24 point font that is easy to read...like Ariel)

            - ADD to your researched information from part one.  

            - Include images: a TEM or SEM of the virus, a CGI image of the virus, patients with the virus, maps,         diagrams, the vector for the virus (if this applies.)...images.

3. You must include a four question quiz for everyone about your virus presentation.  This may be a paper quiz, a Google Form, or a verbal game format. Quizzes are formative and do not count as grades for the students taking them.

Rubric 

Ebola