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What is an iAdventure?	An iAdventure is a collection of scenerios which students must become informed on a particular subject.  After collecting information they are then faced with making a decision.  Ultimately they are to create an open ended product that will exhibit their knowledge of the subject.
Grade Level	6th to 8th grade
Subject Area	Students will learn about Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungi, that can cause diseases and how to prevent or treat these illnesses.
Amount of time needed?	(90 minute class periods) 5 to 8 class periods.

   This site map will give you an overview of the structure of the iAdventure.

 

Background Information

This iAdventure is intended as an extension of units presented on cells and the classification of organisms.  The students should have knowledge of the basic make up of cells, how we identify the parts of cells, and the general knowledge of the use of laboratory equipment that would be required for identifying bacteria and viruses.
 
 

Curriculum Standards

This iAdventure was designed to address the following Missouri Show-Me Performance Standards.

          1.2 (Goal 1, Standard 2) Conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas
          1.4 Use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information
          1.8 Organize data, information, and ideas into useful forms for analysis or presentation
          1.10 Apply acquired information, ideas and skills to different contexts as students, workers, and citizens
          2.1 Plan and make written, oral and visual presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences
          2.2 Review and revise communications to improve accuracy and clarity
          3.2 Develop and apply strategies based on ways others have prevented or solved problems
          3.5 Reason inductively from a set of specific facts and deductively from general premises
          3.6 Evaluate the extent to which a strategy addresses the problem
          3.7 Assess costs, benefits and other consequences of proposed solutions
          4.5 Develop, monitor, and revise plans of action to meet deadlines and accomplish goals
          4.7 Identify and apply practices that preserve and enhance the safety and health of self and others
 
 

Frameworks for Missouri Science Curriculum
Showme Standards for Science
Science Content Standards for Grades 5-8
 
 

Resources Needed

This iAventure is designed to be used either as an individual student assignment or can be used as an assignment for a small group.

• computers with internet access
• paper and pencil
• video camera

 

Assessment

Thoughout this iAdventure the students will have several task in which they will collect information from the websites which they will visit.  An online tutorial is also a part of the iAdventure.  These will be scored on an individual basis.

Creating Conclusions and Student Products

The culminating event in this iAdventure is to create a video clip or power point presentation on a particular pathogen.  The format should be in the form of America's Most Wanted.  This scoring guide should be provided to students.

Prompt:  To inform other rookie Germ Cops of the wretched pathogens that are always lurking about, just waiting to cause mass hysteria in Frank.  You need to create a video clip or power point presentation on your choosen microbe.  We want this format to be in the spirit of the great TV show America's Most Wanted.

You need to include:

• A detailed description and at least one picture of your pathogen.
• Information on how and where these infections occur.
• Information on past infections of this type.
• Information on what methods are used to identify the pathogen.
• Information on how to fight, protect, and prevent the infection by your choosen microbe.

Scoring Guide for Most Wanted Project
Criteria	Score
Overall Appearance of presentation.	5	3	1
Evidence of research is present.	5	3	1
Presentation is creative.	5	3	1
All components listed above are present.	5	3	1
Information is accurate and correct.	5	3	1
Total
Comments:

Click here for a printable copy of scoring guide.

 

Acknowledgements

About the Author: Suzanne Bush 7th Grade Science teacher  Clinton Middle School sbush@clinton.k12.mo.us

Thanks to Stan Smith for creating iAdventures and providing us with the opportunity to share with other teachers.
This iAdventure concept was developed in the Warrensburg, MO school district, as part of the "Learning with
iAdventures" program. This program was funded by a Competitive Technology grant from the Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

For more information on iAdventures, visit the iAdventure Home Page.

Resources used for this iAdventure:

Viruses
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.html  Grades 6-12

http://www.microbeworld.org/htm/aboutmicro/microbes/types/virus.htm  Viruses and some virus like agents

http://science.howstuffworks.com/virus-human.htm  How viruses Work, has links to more information.

http://www.virology.net/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html  The Big Picture Book of Viruses

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ Influenza 1918

http://www.teenoutreach.com/Online_Help/health/ebola/ebola.html  Ebola

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html  virus structure

http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/bvirus.htm  Viruses  lots of links from here.

http://www.microbe.org/microbes/virus1.asp  Site with general information on viruses.  Links to other sites that might be useful.

http://www.cellsalive.com/hiv0.htm  HIV Overview
 

 Bacteria
http://ebiomedia.com/
gall/bacteria/index.html  Pictures of bacteria.

http://www.microbeworld.org/htm/aboutmicro/microbes/types/bacteria.htm  Bacteria

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html  Bacteria Cell Structure.

http://www.microbe.org/microbes/bacterium1.asp  Site with general information on Bacteria.  Links to other sites that might be useful.

http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/main1.shtml Museum of Bacteria.

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/1998/bacteria.html  Bacteria  a essay by a 13 year old girl.

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap20.html  Bad Bug Book

http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c1.html  Bacterial Infections

http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/ecoli.html  What the heck is E. coli?

http://www.personalmd.com/news/klebsiella_102299.shtml  KLEBSIELLA: ONE POTENTIALLY NASTY BACTERIA

The Flesh Eating Bacteria

Bacterial Skin Infections

 Fungus
http://www.herb.lsa.umich.edu/kidpage/factindx1.htm  Fun Facts About Fungus

http://www.microbe.org/microbes/fungi1.asp  Site with general information on Fungus.  Links to other sites that might be useful.

http://www.doctorfungus.org/  Dr. Fungus  a website with all the information on Fungus.

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/Antibiotics_Attack/bb_4.html  Shows how a fungus infection occurs.
 

All Three
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm#microbiol  Cells Alive Microbiology

http://www.microbe.org/index.html  Stalking the Mysterious Microbes  Great site for an activity to do along with iAdventure

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html     Bad Bug Book-Gives individual viruses, bacteria, and fungus
along with descriptions of symptoms of diseases caused by the pathogen.

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/news/news.html  Microbes in the news.  Gives links to  accounts of microbes in the past heroic, dangerous, ancient, and strange.  A must use.

http://www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways/TeachersGuide/Activities/BrownRot/lessonplan.htm
an activity to use with the students during the iAdventure.

http://www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways/TeachersGuide/Activities/BrownRot/Top.htm  The students page with activities.

http://www.cdc.gov/  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://science.howstuffworks.com/immune-system.htm  How your immune system works.

http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/preparing.html  Great site for activities to use with iAdventure
how to prepare slides for bacteria and fungu.

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/index.html  Perfect Website.  Infections Detection Protection.

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm   FDA Kids Homepage.

http://library.thinkquest.org/11170/epidemics/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0612  Thinkquest on Epidemics.  Use this one!

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002353/  Thinkquest Germs, Germs, Everywhere

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/Antibiotics_Attack/opening.html  Great site for all three, a tutorial about diseases and antibiotics, including interactive quizzes and movies.

http://osmosisjones.warnerbros.com/   Osmosis Jones Website