Infectious+Disease

** How do diseases affect me, my community, and the world? **
Complete the pages listing your vaccines.
 * January 9**- How do you get sick? How are infectious diseases transmitted?

Dread Red activity
 * January 11**- How are infectious diseases transmitted?


 * January 15**- Choose your final project and submit the form with your choices by January 19. You can choose to read a fiction or nonfiction book about infectious diseases, write a report about a disease, visit NAMRU and write a report on a scientist, or choose your own project. The mid-point check is on January 30.[[file:Final Project Choices1.doc]]

Here are the rubrics that list the requirements for each project.







A list of diseases. Partial list of scientists and infectious diseases

Final project due February 13th!

 * January 17**- Work on your project. Read this article about the eradication of polio in India. [[file:India scores major victory in battle to eradicate polio – The Washington Post.docx]]
 * January 19**- What is the job of public health in reducing or eliminating disease?

Disease Warriors

In “Disease Warriors” we hear the opinions of 2 groups from very different parts of the world. Both groups resist vaccinating their children. One group is villagers in India. The other group is the affluent parents from Vashon Island in the US. What are their reasons for not wanting their children vaccinated? Do you agree or disagree with their reasoning? What are the health implications for each group if their children are not vaccinated? Answer these questions and explain your thinking in paragraph form. Upload your paragraph to Moodle.

January 26- Use this link [|Quizlet] to study for the quiz on January 30. [|Types of immunity explained]

Play Sneeze. [|Infect as many as you can] Work on your project.

January 30- Mid-point check. Here is an example of a disease research report. Study for quiz.

February 1- Which is better regular soap or antibacterial soap? [|Bacteria!] Read these articles for background information about the types of soaps. [|Pros and Cons- Regular and antibacterial]

 Investigation Materials and Procedures [[file:Hand washing.docx]]
February 7- The data from this class investigation has been shared with you on Google docs. Analyze the data from the hand washing investigation and write the conclusion. You will submit a copy of the conclusion to Mrs. Mosier on Google docs.

February 9- Work on your project. It is due next class.

February 13- Your final project is due today!