CENTRE
FOR DISEASE CONTROL 32 marks
Biology 11
Purpose
of activity:
- Research different
disease-causing agents: Virus and Bacteria
- Take notes on disease
vectors and different virus and bacteria
- In class: take part in a
disease simulation
OUTBREAK
ACTIVITY:
Rules:
- As Centre for Disease
Control, you have the power to shut down restaurants, quarantine areas,
immunize a group, issue a boil water advisory etc. Your job will be to gather information
about the outbreak and decide what to do.
- You may ask any question
for which the answer is yes or no.
- If you decide to do a blood
test to test for the presence of a disease organism, you must be very
specific. For example, you cannot
say: ”I want to test for a bacterium.
But you could say: “ I want
to test for Stapholococcus Aureus”.
If you decide to prescribe any medication, you must be specific and
state the exact medication. Also,
if you wish to vaccinate, you must name the specific virus to vaccinate
against.
- Every 2 minutes, 2 weeks will pass. There will be new victims if your actions were not successful
WRITE
UP:
Each
person will fill out the outbreak sheet separately.
Bonus
marks for the group who correctly names the disease causing organism. AND,
bonus for the group whose action stops the outbreak.
CENTRE
FOR DISEASE CONTROL NAME__________________
Symptoms
of the disease: ( 5 marks )
Age,
sex and other details of the victims: (list victims in order) ( 5 marks )
Possible
disease vector: (2 marks) Evidence of this disease vector: (10 marks)
Food
Water
Aerosol
Soil
Animal
Human contact
Blood, mucous, saliva,
Feces, sexual contact
List the
events of the outbreak and the response of CDC in the order that it took place: List this accurately and completely. Number the events and highlight the action
that eventually stopped the outbreak
(10
marks)
