What's Happening to My Body When I'm Sick?

by Melvin Feng, Jessica Hawkins, Jennifer Park, George Joseph

Introduction
Anchor Video
Concept Map
Project Calendar
Lesson Plans
Letter to Parents
Assessments
Resources
Modifications
Grant

Resources List

Web Resources:
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/vlab.html
“Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Virtual Bacterial Identification Lab”
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/readmore.html
“Nobelprize.org, Blood Typing”
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/blood/types.cfm

“University of Utah, What are Blood Types?”
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/diseases/guide/activity3-2.htm#labprep

“Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious diseases: A Teacher’s Guide"
http://www.belleville.k12.wi.us/bjhs/schmitz/bacteria.htm

“Introduction to bacteria”
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html

“Introduction to bacteria”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterium

“Bacteria”
http://science.howstuffworks.com/immune-system.htm

“How your immune system works”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold

“Common cold”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergy

“Allergy”
http://health.howstuffworks.com/allergy.htm

“How allergies work”
http://163.150.128.65/ADE/Curriculum Folder/Mojave Curr PowerPoint Web 01/Biology 01/Biology Unit 8 01/Biology PowerP Unit8 Ch19.htm
“Virus lecture powerpoint”
http://sun2.science.wayne.edu/~gk12/lessons/LabSkills/Lesson Plan-Basic Skills of Microscopy.doc
“Basic skills of microscopy lab”
http://sciencespot.net/Media/microparts.pdf

“Parts of light microscope worksheet”
http://sciencespot.net/Media/micropuzzle.pdf

“Microscope word search worksheet”

Supplies Needed:
(6) Petri dishes each for groups of 3
(3) Capped test tubes each for groups of 3
(100) Plastic 1-ml pipets
(1) Pipet pump
(1) Glass rod spreader
alcohol (for sterilizing the glass spreaders)
(1) Autoclave
Red, green, blue, and yellow post it notes
(1 set) red, blue, and green colored pencils
(1) Overhead of graph and data table
(1 set) red, blue and green overhead pens
20 transparencies
Compound microscope (one for each group of two)
Wax pencil for each group of two
Cover slips
Instructor's choice on which scientific, biological prepared slides to examine

For class of 24:
(2) Ward's Simulated ABO and Rh Blood Typing Lab Activity
(3) Box latex gloves (100 gloves each)
(24) Inoculating chucks and wire
(24) Glass test tubes
(12) Plastic test tube racks
(12) Bunsen burners
(1) Laboratory incubator
(1) Liquid culture strain of E. coli
(1) Liquid culture strain of S. epidermis
(1) Liquid culture strain of M. luteus
(1) .5 liter each: glucose, lactose, mannitol fermentation broths
(1) Gram Stain set: (4) 8 oz. bottles of crystal violet, iodine, decolorizer, and safranin
(1) Box glass slides (contains 72 slides)