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Additional Materials

Click HERE to download the FULL set of  Mission Two teaching materials
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(OR download individual components below)

Mission Briefing

•  Synopsis of "Peril in Prokaryon" (for Teachers) [185KB pdf]
•  National Science Education Content Standards Correlation [195KB pdf]
•  National Health Standards Correlation [124KB pdf]
•  Vocabulary Terms [182KB pdf]
•  Mission Log [389KB pdf]

Mission Debriefing Activities

•  ACTIVITY 1: Disease Detectives [224KB pdf]
  The student will learn about epidemiology and the process epidemiologists use to determine the source of an unknown disease.
•  Disease Detectives Slides (PowerPoint file) [423KB ppt]
  To download this file, right-click (ctrl-click on a Mac) and select "Save Link As..."
  Use "Notes Page" view for presentation teaching notes.
•  Disease Detective Slides (PDF file) [907KB pdf]
  This pdf includes the slide notes.

 

•  ACTIVITY 2: Water Is Everywhere, But Is It Safe To Drink? [352KB pdf]
  The student will explore the relationship between clean water and disease, learn about the treatment for diarrhea and cholera (ORS), and devise ways to improve the process by which ORS is generated in the field.

 

•  ACTIVITY 3: No Room For Rumors [848KB pdf]
  The student, using presentation software, will develop an overview of an infectious disease spread by water.

 

•  ACTIVITY 4: MedBay: One Cell, Two Cells, Four Cells, Eight [340KB pdf]
  The student will learn how to grow bacteria and how hand-washing can impact the presence of bacteria.

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