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Monday, February 3, 2020

preparation exercise for the disease simulation

SLIDESHOW ON DISEASE

Before you do your CDC simulation next day, you will analyze the following scenarios :  




CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL  CASE STUDIES                             
  
CREATE DISEASE SUMMARY SHEETS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION in pen. Each worth 15 marks total of 45 marks.  You may work in a group. 


1. case study: covid 19 on a cruise ship in Japan
article on cruise ship in Japan

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/02/07/coronavirus-outbreak-on-quarantined-japan-cruise-ship-spreads-61-passengers-now-affected/#21bb8de328c4

2. case study: Ebola outbreak in North America
watch the video first


3.  Case study: Measles in BC, a resurgence of an old disease


and a summary of BC CDC response:



CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL             
NAMES of group_________________


Name of disease:
Symptoms of the disease: ( 2 marks )


Age, sex and other details of the certain victims who are mentioned in the articles above 
 ( 3 marks )


Possible disease vectors, consider multiple vectors:  (2 marks)             
         Food
         Water
         Aerosol
         Soil
         Animal
         Human contact
                  Blood, mucous, saliva,
                  Feces, sexual contact 

Give  Evidence of this disease vectors                                                                     
(3 marks)


List the major events of the outbreak and the response of CDC in the order that it took place:  

Using drawings in ink and colour:  Number the events and highlight the events.  List measures taken  to contain the outbreak successfully. 

(5 marks)

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Create a cartoon summarizing the following article on the Microbiome


Read this article on the Microbiome .  And draw a cartoon summary of the main points of this article.   If it includes the main points, is in colour and inked and handed in next day, I will mark it out of 20 and add this to your test score

RUBRIK
17-20/20 .  You included all the main points in your own words and It is excellent and very creative.
                    In fact, you use creativity to make an analogy of the microbiome
                   It is in ink and in colour

13-16/20     It is extremely well done. I'm impressed with the way you included most of the
                    main points.    It is in pencil or it is in ink and  not in colour

0-10/20       You had a good start but for some reason, you didn't have enough time to put all your
                    talents into this project.
                    You did a really good job but you handed it in late...two weeks late after spring break!

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Read these two articles about coronavirus and create a poster

These are articles written by reporters who lived through the SARS outbreak.  That coronavirus also came out of an animal market and that virus caused respiratory distress.  These were the precautions that people took

Foreign Policy reporter, Laurie Garrett
How to stay safe, and not wear a mask

South China Morning Post article by Ian Young
Those Asian People wearing masks are not crazy or stupid!

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

disease assignment - due on Jan 20

Disease assignment

MAKE A POWERPOINT ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ON DISEASES or PROPOSE YOUR OWN DISEASE
 /30


1.  the presentation answers all the questions /5
2.  you summarize the information in an engaging way  /5
3.  you include photographs to tell your story /10
4.  You offer insightful commentary and opinion on this topic which shows you did your reading 
/10



DISEASE  QUESTIONS
What was the disease caused by, which microbe? 
What are the symptoms of the disease? 
What was the disease vector?
Who became ill? What factors influenced and exacerbated the disease outbreak?
How did people respond to treat the disease?
What measures were taken to control the spread of disease?
Show us some pictures


1.  Ebola: 
a.      Describe the disease

News articles
c.      HOSPITAL FROM HELL
d.      TREATING EBOLA

Anna

2.     2.  ZIKA outbreak in South America. It was linked to Guillain Barre Syndrome and microencephaly.
a.      Describe the disease Zika  https://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html

News articles


b.      News articles on treatment
c.     outbreak details


4.  LYME DISEASE
nick


5.  MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE
emily

6.  Flesh eating disease caused by streptococcus
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw140405

DISEASE OVERVIEW QUESTIONS.  Many diseases may be affecting a population at the same time. What is the community affected by many diseases
What are the factors that makes this community more vulnerable to the diseases mentioned. What are recommendations for reducing the disease


DISEASE OVERVIEW TOPICS

d.     HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE:  A variety of diseases can affect people living in extreme poverty.  What diseases are the most common and what are the challenges to treatment? Write an overview of the diseases and describe how health workers are responding. 


e.      EFFECT OF WAR ON MEDICAL TREATMENT:  MEDICENS SANS FRONTIERES:  DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS an independent organization. The attack in Kabul on MSF clinic, the apology by president Obama.  And head of msf Dr.Joanne Lui “received” the apology but did not accept it. What happened in the attack in Kunduz?  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack-msf-idUSKCN0S10SX20151007

Monday, January 6, 2020

INTRO TO MICROBIOLOGY - WE WILL VISIT THE BEATY MUSEUM ON FRIDAY

Today you will go over the Introduction to Microbiology Notes, which cover Virus, and Monerans, with a mention of unicellular fungi.  

STEPS TO THE LYTIC CYLE: memorize AESAR
  • Attachment
  • Entry & degradation of host's DNA
  • Synthesis of new viruses 
    • duplication of virus' genetic material
    • creation of new virus parts
  • Assembly of parts into new viruses
  • Release of new viruses


 video shows lytic cycle




 steps to the lysogenic cycle:  memorize AEIM
  • Attachment
  • Entry (no degradation of host DNA)
  • Integration using integrase enzyme
  • Mitosis
    • Host+virus DNA duplicated
    • cytokinesis
  • A virus that uses the lysogenic life cycle is termed either a provirus or prophage. What causes various proviruses to shift to the lytic cycle is not completely understood, but in some cases stress is the stimulus.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

EVOLUTION TEST coming up. Make study notes on the following materials

THURSDAY, Dec 19
Multiple choice questions based on the following materials
intro notes on evolution, 
and also we went over
How evolutionary change occurs
and these slides which show illustrations
natural selection

And this presentation on evolutionary timeline
 this online fossil lab here

plus the videos in this post.

antibiotic resistance graphics from WHO

Also a video on antibiotic resistance below

CREATE STUDY NOTES ON THIS MATERIAL AND SHOW ME YOUR NOTES.  IN TWO COLUMN FORMAT OR FLASHCARD FORMAT.

5 marks


FIELD TRIP TO BEATY MUSEUM IN JANUARY 10

Our field trip to the beaty museum has been postponed to JANUARY 10:

Details are:

10am meet at the museum for attendance. 
10-11am visit the museum collection
11am.  regroup and visit the museum of the Earth
11:30 . dismissal to go back to school

Travel time and lunch time will be third block
Fourth block back at school. 

ADDRESS
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Vancouver Campus
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

HOW TO WALK THERE FROM THE BUS LOOP AT UBC