Fight for Clean
We know that there are highly infectious pathogens wreaking havoc on populations all around the globe. Because of lack of information and resources many people perish from a lack of sanitation that could be used to mitigate or reduce the spread of these pathogens. For this project you will be responsible for researching and developing a public service announcement (PSA) to increase awareness and reduce infection of at risk populations through the use of a chemical that is able to kill the disease/pathogen.
Deliverables & Standards
Science
Students will choose a cleaning agent and use their knowledge of molar conversions and stoichiometric calculations determine how to create enough product to distribute to a small village and increase sanitation. Students must also demonstrate and understanding of Actual vs. Theoretical yield along with Limiting and Excess reactants in their calculations.
Standards
4e. use mathematics and computational thinking to apply concepts of the moleand Avogadro's number to conceptualize and calculate percent composition,empirical/molecular formulas, and mass, mole and particle relationships
4f. use mathematics and computational thinking to identify and solve different types of reaction stoichiometry problems (i.e., mass to moles, mass to mass,moles to moles, and percent yield) using significant figures
4g. plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate the conceptual principle of limiting reactants
Language Arts
Students will use logos, ethos, and pathos in order to convince a local government to adopt the production of a chosen compound to save their village and educate citizens on how to increase sanitation levels.
SUMMATIVE DELIVERABLE for Proffitt: Turn in ONE PAPER PER GROUP in MLA FORMAT, that DEFINES, IDENTIFIES, AND EXPLAINS how you (the authors) used rhetoric (persuasive language) and rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos) to advance your purpose (Hint: one must know their purpose to advance or explain it).
Standards
WRITING
LA09.B.15: (this is a reading standard that will shape your writing) determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose
LA09.C.20.e: provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented
LA09.C.20.c: use words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims
LA09.C.20.a: introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
LA09.D.33: present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task
LA09.D.34: make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest
LA09.D.35: adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate
Math
Model the growth and decay of infections viruses
Standards
Graphical representation and calculation of growth/decay of pathogen
Alg 1: 54.F.BF.1_a write a function that describes an exponential relationship between two quantities by determining an explicit expression, a recursive process, or steps for calculation from a context (e.g., if Jimmy starts out with $100 in savings and withdraws half his savings every week, the explicit expression 100 ∙ ( )x can be described recursively as “to find out how much money Jimmy will have tomorrow, multiply his total today by one-half” or Jn = Jn-1 ∙ ( ), J0 =100)
Geo: 44.G.MG.2 apply concepts of density based on area and volume in modeling situations (e.g., persons per square mile, BTUs per cubic foot)
Acc Geo: 26.F.IF.7 graph functions expressed symbolically and show key features of the graph, by hand in simple cases and using technology for more complicated cases* (Limit to exponential and logarithmic functions)
14.A.CED.1 create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. Include equations arising from linear and quadratic functions, and simple rational and exponential functions*
ENG/IDT
Students will create a website using html or a video PSA using Premier pro to convey their campaign
Standards
TEC1.A.3:Demonstrate effective professional communication skills (oral, written, and digital) and practices that enable positive customer relationship
TEC1.A.4: Identify, describe, evaluate, select and use appropriate technology
TEC1.A.8: Create and organize webpages through the use of a variety of web programming design tools
STEM-FET6 – Apply fundamental principles of the engineering design process.
STEM-FET-7 Use appropriate technology to collect, record, manipulate, analyze, and report data.
STEM-FET-8 Students design a solution to an engineering problem applying math and science principles.
STEM-FET-9 Demonstrate the application of STEM in the real world.
Engineering Design Process
Investigate (1/14-28)
Biggest barriers stopping the spread of infectious diseases
Find a pathogen impacting a developing nation of your choice
Modes of transmission (Graphical representation of Growth and decay of disease) Math
Growth rate
Mortality rate
Length of illness
Research the best/ most feasible chemical to help eradicate the pathogen (see Mr. Martin for a list of possible chemicals) Science
Possible Chemicals
H2 + O2 → H2O2 (peroxide)
NaOH + Cl2→ NaOCl + H2 (sodium hypochlorite)
2Cl2 + 2Ca(OH)2 → Ca(ClO)2 + CaCl2 + 2 H2O (Calcium hypochlorite)
C2H4 + H2O → CH3CH2OH (ethyl alcohol)
O2 + CH3CHO → CH3CO3H (Paracetic Acid)
1/16
Plan (1/28-31)
Plan how to manufacture the required amount of chemical for a given population
Choose their mode of communication (how they plan to be persuasive)
How are you going to implement ethos, logos, pathos? Language Arts
Design (2/3-5) **Present in individual groups for feedback
Design a website layout/ video PSA that will communication the facts of the pathogen and chemical that could be used to help mitigate the pathogen using pathos, ethos, and logos
Script/outline/Storyboard of website or video Language Arts/IDT
Create (2/6-13) 1 week for a mock-up prototype, another half a week to make corrections based on feedback)
Work on the production of the PSA (prototype)
Submit your stoichiometric calculations for the production of your chosen chemical Science
Evaluate/Reflect
Final Product due 2/20