Test Today!!!

Today we took the Unit 4 Test on Diseases and Viruses. The test lasted the whole class period, so we didn't have time to do anything else. At the end, Mrs. Stein passed back a lab we had done.

Homework:
Read 12.2 with a reading strategy of your choice!
(Skim the chapter and think about which strategy would be BEST)
---Make sure that on the top of your sheet, you write why you chose this strategy (This should be only one to two sentences).

I will probably be the scribe for tomorrow too because we did not do much today!

Intertesting Tuesday*

In the beginning of class, Mrs. Stein went over the agenda, which included the homework pass. Mrs. Stein described how important homework passes are and when we can get them. The deadline is next Wednesday, November 10, 2010. They are really reliable to stay away from a zero on your grade print-out. Nevertheless, next we went over Dana's scribe from the previous day about the lab we did. We then transferred to another topic on how the results were surprising. Some had swapped dirty objects and some other objects that were not as quite obvious to have many bacteria.

The Disease of the Day is: #6 Tuberculosis. (In our 'Current Infectious Diseases' chart).
- agent of disease: bacteria
- endemic
-spread through air (airborne)
-infects lungs, brain, kidney, and spine
-treated with antibiotics

In class we took notes on Antibiotic Resistance.
This just basically included:
-natural selection
-mutation~spontaneous
-conjugation
-problem in hospitals

In relation to the D.O.D., Mrs. Stein asked the class who was born in a different country. Nobody raised there hands . . . except me. I was born in Poland, and therefore, I have the vaccine mark on the my left shoulder ( a little lower). Mrs. Stein also said that I am immune to Tuberculosis, but if they tested me here in the United States, I would come out positive. Also, Mrs. Stein added that this doesn't mean that I have it, it just means that the vaccine/antibiotic is resistant/not resistant towards the disease. (I didn't really know how to explain this very well...)

For the rest of the class, we got to work on UP 22-25 (packet). We could, with a partner or individually. It was based on Eva's story on when she fell from her bike. If we didn't finish, unfortunately, it became homework.

Today, was full of information.


The Homework:

-UP 22-25 - tomorrow
-"Immune System" Tree Map

• read 35.2 / 1st page of 35.3-Postcard 11/8

-Postcard 11/8
-Test 11/9

• HW Pass by next Wednesday!

P.S. If you have trouble with the tree map, here is the link to the format on Moodle:

http://gbs-moodle.glenbrook225.org/moodle/file.php/1521/Reading_Strategies/Tree_Map.pdf

Immunity Monday

Hey everyone sorry for posting way to late, but here is your recap of our Monday class.

We finished our two labs about bacteria that we had started on Friday with Mr. Peck. For the first lab we had swabbed different areas around the class room and some groups even went around the school. Each group swabbed an area and tested for bacteria by putting three different area swabs in a petrie dish and leaving on section blank as a control, but we had to wait over the weekend to find out the results.
For my group, we tested the floor of the classroom, the top of teh germ-x container, and a sink handle. WE found there to be the most bacteria on the sink handle which is quite surprising because the floor is very dirt and was our hypothesis for having the most bacteria.

The other lab we finished on Monday was about antibiotics. We put peppercorn broth on a petrie dish and put on that same petrie dish three different antibiotic discs and then another blank disc as a control. After waiting we got to see the results today.
For my group, we found the neomycin was strongest against the bacteria, having a bigger diameter of non-bacteria around it then the other antibiotics.
Today we also had our Disease of the day.

Today our disease of the day was Malaria.

Malaria
-The agent of disease is protist
-transmitted by mosquito bites
-attacks the human liver
-prevented by bug repellents and reduction of standing water

Homework...
- finish UP 13-18
-read section 35.2 and 1st page of 35.3 about immune systems and use the note taking skill tree maps
-- Due Wednesday

Fridays Class

Fridays class had a sub. In the beginning of class we got our home work checked in for a stamp (UP- 12). After we got our homework checked in we went over it. We specifically discussed problems 8 and 9 because some people had difficulty answering those problems. After we talked about homework we talked about Influenza.

Influenza

• Virus
• endemic/respiratory infection transmitted by casual contact
• treatment for symptoms only
• prevented by vaccines and sanitation
• 40,000 in u.s year
• one million world wide

A video about Influenza ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvEOjwUOzJc

After discussing Influenza we went over the lab (UP 13-18 ).

Lab: How common are bacteria and how quickly do they reproduce?

The purpose of this lab was to learn about sterile techniques, expose nutrient agar to 3 objects to determine if bacteria are present on the objects, observe bacterial colonies on your agar plate, evaluate your sterile techniques and determine places where bacteria are likely to be found.

The four objects/surfaces my group tested were, 1- Locker, 2- water fountain, 3- top of a hand sanitizer bottle and 4- was unexposed.

The picture above is an example of what the trays looked like only our trays were cut in fourths.

Homework

UP 13-18

Post card 11/8

READ 20.3 w/ double bubble map "Bacterial vs. Viral Disease" - Monday

CLEVER TITLE FOR MY POST

When I first walked into class today I was all psyched for the test! Then we proceeded to take the test. After the test Mrs. Stein assigned the days homework which was...

Homework:

1)UP 12-due tomorrow

2)read 20.3-double bubble map "viral disease v.s. bacterial disease" -due monday

3)post card-11/8

After the homework was assigned we watched an interesting video on Malaria. In the video we learned many intriguing things.

*Over one million die of malaria a year

*Malaria is caused by a parasite that invades red blood cells

*Malaria enters the body through mosquito bites

*MANY african children are suffering

*Many Places all over the world used to have malaria until DDT was used to kill mosquitos that spread the disease, it killed much more than just the mosquitos and was banned-Africa was never reached with the chemical so malaria still remains in Africa

It was crazy to think about America at one point suffering from malaria. The video brought up some very interesting factoids about malaria. When the video finished so did class.

John Snow and Cholera

Since I am such a John Snow fan...i found these videos that i thought you might exjoy.  Watch them and email me the answers to the following 2 questions..
1.  Who was often spared from cholera outbreaks and WHY?
2.  What was the name of the other 'protagonist' in Stephen Johnson's book Ghost Map?

About The Day: 10/25/10

This morning we started the class off by turning in our cancer papers in the red bin. Then we discussed our thoughts on the Small Pox film from last week. We will be watching more videos from this series later on in the year. We answered questions and wrote them down from our homework. Mrs. Stein brought up the epidemic in Haiti and how it relates to today's lab (Who Infected Whom? UP 6-9). The point of todays lab was that there was a virus being spread in GBS. Many people were coming down with this illness. Out of all the people that got the illness, one person was carrying the illness in their body but they had no symptoms. This person is called a carrier. In our lab Ed was the carrier. We did this lab until the bell rang. If you need help with the Picture+ Words here is the general format.

Homework for 10/25/10:

-Finish UP 6-9: due tomorrow

-Read 20.2 w/ "In Picture + Words": due Wednesday

-Postcard: due 11/8/10

-Quiz Thursday

The next scribe is Alex

Video Thoughts?

Did anyone have any thoughts about Friday's film? I have seen that film many times now, and everytime I watch it I always really admire those 'disease warriors' who worked so tirelessly to bring vaccines to remote parts of the world. I feel that so many people are only concerned with themselves... to travel to places like India and Africa to try and rid the world of such horrible diseases really says something about those volunteers.. They really made a difference in the world... not everyone can say they have done so. How amazing would it be to be able to rid the world of HIV like they did with smallpox? What were your thoughts? Reply to my post with a comment as to what your thoughts or reflections were on the movie.





The cover of a World Health publication from 1980.

"Teach Me How to Bucky?" Scribe- October 21, 2010

Hey Class!

On October 21, we started off class by listening to Mrs. Steins new favorite song, "Teach Me How to Bucky", while writing down the homework for the weekend. Next, Mrs. Stein had us go up and get our homework checked in (which was pages 4 and 5 from the Unit Packet) and she also gave us a NEW homework stamp sheet. Then, we discussed our homework and the zapper game from last class. We went over how the Zapper game and viruses are similar. We discussed how computer viruses and disease-causing viruses are alike, as well. Since someone was absent the day we played the Zapper game, we begged Mrs. Stein to play it again. So the entire class played two more games of Zap! After that, Mrs. Stein pulled up the slide show and we took notes on "Spread of Diseases". We learned that diseases are spread by physical contact, contaminated food or water and vectors which are animals that carry diseases. Lastly, we watched a video about "Disease Warriors. This video was interesting because it showed us how viruses could be spread, wether it was from another person, or by animals. It also showed how some vaccines were created. Earlier in class we were assigned homework for the weekend. The homework is the following:

~Read section 20.1 with 6 questions AND answers

~Watch out, Grandma! Disease postcard project ( Due November 8th)

~Remember to finish the Cancer Paper (Due Monday)

If you need any rubrics or the format for 6 types of Q's and A's, then look on Mrs. Steins homepage!

The next Scribe is....... Adrian!

"Does everyone know how to wink?"

Hello! So In todays class, we did many things. We started off with everyone recieving a grade report, then you collected your papers off the lab benches if you did them. Although Mrs. Stein didn't hand back our tests, the grades are on the grade reports. If you have any special questions or if you want to go over your test, please go to the TLC or ask her for special questions. Also, by now you should have your turnitin.com account completely set up. If not, ask Mrs. Stein for help. Or you can look on moodle. While discussing the cancer paper assignment, which is due monday, we talked about plagerism and how to site your quotes and information. Dont cheat! Also, Mrs. Stein said that she will be posting a link on moodle to show you how to correctly site your information.
Next, We started our new unit on infectious diseases. Heres a little bit of the notes that we took:
Disease: Any change that disprupts the bodys functions.
Pathogens: Agents which cause infectious disease.
We didnt take many notes today, because we spiced it up and played a game! ZAP! In this game, you tried to avoid getting "zapped" by the person who was infected by the disease in which our case was Swine flu. In the second round, a little more than half the class was vaccinated and there was still one zapper. I think that a lot of people in the class really enjoyed this game!
Hw for tonight: - UP 4-5
- Finish your cancer paper!!! Due Monday. ( If you need a copy of the rubric, look on moodle!)
Thats all! The next scribe is... Caroline! ^.^