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Objective
Objective
Students use the internet to research some parasites that take over their hosts to create some of nature’s real zombies. They then present what they discover and choose the creepiest example.
Materials Needed
Materials Needed
- internet access
- a data projector to allow students to show an image or video clip of their parasite and its host
Helpful Links:
Helpful Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie
Those Latin phrases below aren’t spells: they’re the scientific names of what can cause some of nature’s real zombies! Each one is a parasite that has a creepy, gory way of using or controlling another creature – but which one is the worst?
Those Latin phrases below aren’t spells: they’re the scientific names of what can cause some of nature’s real zombies! Each one is a parasite that has a creepy, gory way of using or controlling another creature – but which one is the worst?
Your task:
Your task:
Research one of nature’s real zombies then argue why it’s the worst!
Research one of nature’s real zombies then argue why it’s the worst!
- Choose one of the scientific names below:
- Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
- Glyptapanteles glyptapanteles
- Euderus set
- Ampulex compressa
- Leucochloridium paradoxum
- Spinochododes tellinii
- Cymothoa exigua
- Paragordius tricuspidatus
- Carefully type the name into a search engine and find out more about it:
- Does the parasite have an everyday name?
- Where is the parasite found?
- What creature does it affect?
- Remember, the animal that a parasite lives inside is called its ‘host’.
- How does the parasite control its host animal?
- Why is the parasite creepy?
- Plan how you’ll share what you’ve discovered. You’ll only have one minute to persuade your friends that you’ve chosen nature’s worst zombie parasite!
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