bacteria around our school... and a surprising update from Japan

Your data is here


To analyze the data,

HYPOTHESIS:
Create a hypothesis about what area of the school will yield the fastest growing bacteria and the most number of colonies.

OBSERVATION
 Next, create a data table showing in the following columns

1.  names
2.  a. location of sample
2.b. is this a high traffic location for human contact?
2c.  is this a dry, sticky, wet, warm, cold location, or don't know?
3.a  number of colonies
3b.  and their relative size of colonies (estimate size of each dot or circle diameter based on petri dish size

4.  colour of colonies

5.  Any mold sample?

Note that a nil result tells you something too!


ANALYSIS
1. Tell me some patterns that you are noticing in the collection of these samples.
2. Which locations are yielding the most samples.
3.Why might some samples yield more bacteria or faster growing bacteria?
4. What are some limitations of this study and some sources of experimental error?

CONCLUSION
Write a well reasoned conclusion based on your observations.

EVALUATION   IS OUT OF 25 IN TOTAL

5

presentation is out of 5.  for 5/5 it is typed  with illustrations or photos and emailed to msngscience@gmail.com.     for 4/5 it is pretty good but there are a few spelling mistakes.  for 0-3 out of 5 it is in pencil or messy.  I prefer this to be printed

10

Clear writing is out of 10.  for 9/10 or 10/10, it is written with no English mistakes and it clearly communicates each part of the lab report.    7-8/10  it is very well written     for 5-6/10 some parts are not so clear and the reader must guess what you are trying to say.  0-4/10, it is minimally communicating what happened

10

Paragraphs are insightful and your observations are well done. this is out of 10.

             9-10/10,   your observations and conclusions are well written and logical.  It is brilliant

              7-8/10   your observations and conclusions are very well done

               5-6   your conclusions don't really logically follow from your results

                0-4   your conclusions are not relating to your results at all

     

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

write all names and who contributed what including the % of their contribution. so two people who contributed equally would be50%

And an article on the cruise ship off of Japan
here 

CDC WRITE UP

CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL             NAME__________________

Symptoms of the disease: ( 5 marks )

Age, sex and other details of the certain victims who are mentioned in the articles above  ( 5 marks )

Possible disease vectors:  (2 marks)             

        

Food

         Water

         Aerosol

         Soil

         Animal

         Human contact

                  Blood, mucous, saliva,

                  Feces, sexual contact 

Give  Evidence of this disease vectors                                                                     
(10 marks)

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 actions that eventually made the outbreak worse.  List measures taken by the following countries to contain the outbreak:

China
Japan
Hong Kong
British Columbia

(10 marks)

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

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrOde-JYs0

here is the case study: https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/ebola-america-timeline/story%3fid=26159719

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

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/measles-in-b-c-how-we-got-here-and-what-you-need-to-know

and a summary of BC CDC response:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2019/measles-update-may2019.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi1yvrT9r7uAhVLHzQIHbIQCLoQFjACegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw3B1SCyd7RHx_OoGIMdFUln

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)

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!

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!

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

 https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html

News articles

b.     https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/world/africa/ebolas-cultural-casualty-hugs-in-hands-on-liberia.html

c.      HOSPITAL FROM HELL

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/world/africa/ebola-spreading-in-west-africa.html

d.      TREATING EBOLA

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/world/life-death-and-careful-routine-fill-the-day-at-a-liberian-ebola-clinic.html

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.     https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/zika-virus

3.      3. SARS https://www.cdc.gov/sars/about/fs-sars.html

b.      News articles on treatment

c.     outbreak details

http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/sars/

4.  LYME DISEASE

https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html

nick

5.  MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE

https://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/index.html

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. 

Hepatitis C in Vancouver in the Downtown Eastside: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-residents-dying-at-8-times-the-national-average-1.3223569

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

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.