North Lake College A Mutation that Protects Against AIDS Otherwise Shortens Live First assignment: ignment (65.5 KB) To encourage you to make the connection between textbook biology and biology that appears in daily newspapers and weekly periodicals, you will write a short paper that will help you recognize how science and technology influence and contribute to modern culture. Begin by clicking the Biology in the News link above, then select the Evaluation Criteria file to view the instructions for this assignment. 10:13
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Biology 1409 Special Event: Microbe Hunters
Directions:
1. You may want to print the following questions before
you begin the video. You will find that they are in
sequence with the lecture.
2. Copy and paste the following into your address area of
the internet:
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/microbe-hunters-
tracking-infectious-agents
3. There are a couple of display options, scroll down the
page until you see:
Lecture One-Microbe Hunters: Tracking Infectious
Agents
4. Select your computer connection speed. Either 56 K
moden or Cable/DSL/ TI from the Lecture One
5. The lecture should immediately load and begin.
Assignment:
1. Name the person giving the lecture.
2. What diseases has he investigated?
3. What causes the Bubonic Plague?
4. What did scientists believe about infectious diseases in
the 1960’s?
5. Where did you see art incorporated into the idea of
infectious diseases?
6. Do viruses fit our criteria for life? Explain.
7. How did the lecturer illustrate the relative sizes of
viruses and other organisms?
8. Describe the mechanism by which viruses enter cells.
9. Describe the process that viruses use to make new
viruses.
10. What is an epidemiologist?
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Special Event: Microbe Hunters
Attached Files:
BIOL 1409 Special Event Grading Rubric.docx (12.743 KB)
Biology1409-Special_Event Microbe Hunters (31.5 KB)
Please click on the Special Event: Microbe Hunters link
above, then select the attached file to watch a one hour
video from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday
Lecture Series entitled Microbe Hunters. You may start
and stop the video as you answer the questions found in
the file. Please save the Word document once you have
completed all questions, attach, and submit. There
are 20 questions worth one point each, so the
assignment is worth 20 points total.
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5. Where did you see art incorporated into the idea of
infectious diseases?
6. Do viruses fit our criteria for life? Explain.
7. How did the lecturer illustrate the relative sizes of
viruses and other organisms?
8. Describe the mechanism by which viruses enter cells.
9. Describe the process that viruses use to make new
viruses.
10. What is an epidemiologist?
11. How do epidemiologists decide if the illness is an
epidemic?
12. What are some traditional methods of finding the
pathogen that cause a disease?
13. Lab scientists take charge when it is determined there is
an epidemic. What new ways of searching for
microorganisms are being used?
14. What is the #1 tumor of AIDS patients?
15. Name and describe two life styles of the Herpes virus.
16. List Koch's postulates.
17. Can Koch's postulates be used for all pathogens?
18. What is the advantage of latency for a virus?
19. Explain why some patients are resistant to HIV.
20. What is the interaction between viral DNA and human
DNA?
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Biology in the News
Biology in the News Assignment
Attached Files: BITN Assignment (65.5 KB)
To encourage you to make the connection
between textbook biology and biology that
appears in daily newspapers and weekly
periodicals, you will write a short paper that will
help you recognize how science and technology
influence and contribute to modern culture. Begin
by clicking the Biology in the News link above,
then select the Evaluation Criteria file to view the
instructions for this assignment. This is where you
will attach your completed paper in the form of a
Word document, which is worth 20 points. Late
work will count half credit. Before beginning your
paper, please also view the checklist, rubric, and
examples that are provided.
Biology in the News Checklist
Attached Files: BITN Checklist (21.442 KB)
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Special Event Rubric
This assignment consists of 20 questions. Each question is worth
1 point for a total of 20 points in the assignment. Each question
will be evaluated with the levels of achievement listed below.
The range of points available for each question is 0-1 pt.
Novice
Competent
Answer is incorrect. Answer is partially
inaccurate or
incomplete.
Proficient
Answer sufficiently
addresses the question.
Category
Answer content for
each individual
question will be
evaluated with the
following levels of
achievement.
Total Points Possible
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