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Learning Objectives

Mission Two:
Peril at Prokaryon

1. Apply the scientific method to the investigation of a mystery disease.
2. Analyze and interpret epidemiological data - maps, graphs, and patient profiles - to reach a hypothesis about a disease.
3. Associate the bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, with the disease it causes.
4. Classify bacteria into each of three basic shapes: bacilli, spirilla, and cocci.
5. Relate the importance of Germ Theory to our understanding of present-day diseases.
6. Recognize the interaction between population, resources, and the environment.
7. Identify the symptoms of cholera.
8. Determine the treatment for cholera.
9. Describe the best ways to prevent the spread of cholera (sanitation and hygiene).
10. Recognize the health risks associated with a collapse of infrastructure caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods.
11. Describe what epidemiologists do.
12. Recognize the name John Snow and his contributions to the early field of epidemiology.
13. Associate Robert Koch, Louis Pasteur, and Joseph Lister with their contributions to Germ Theory.
14. Observe the cooperation required by individuals with different areas of expertise in scientific investigation.
15. Summarize the storyline.

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