Monday, April 27, 2020

WEEKLY AGENDA + ASSIGNMENTS, APRIL 27 - MAY 1, 2020

WEEKLY AGENDA + ASSIGNMENTS, APRIL 27 - MAY 1, 2020

**This weeks LIVE sessions: 
              Wednesday @11:30 AM: Office Hours for Questions (https://tinyurl.com/BioOfcHrs)
Please note--the LIVE sessions are not required.

Evolution Project Instructions: You will have 3 weeks to work on this project. This week, you will focus on Part 3 and you have an opportunity for extra credit. Check your teacher's blog or Google Classroom for a checklist to use as you progress through the project. 
Standards:
SB6.e: Model the role of natural selection in biological resistance. (e.g., pesticides, antibiotic resistance, and influenza vaccines)
Part 3 SB6e: Learning Target: I will understand how pesticides, antibiotics, and vaccines evolve and change. 
Choose one:
  1. Write a journal from the perspective of a virus, bacteria, and/or insect explaining  how they developed resistance to vaccines, antibiotics, and/or pesticides respectively.
  2. Draw a comic strip of how  a virus, bacteria, and/or insect explaining  how they developed resistance to vaccines, antibiotics, and/or pesticides respectively
  3. Create a video or slide show showing you using materials around the house to model how  a virus, bacteria, and/or insect developed resistance to vaccines, antibiotics, and/or pesticides respectively. Explain your model to us.
EXTRA CREDIT:
We are currently experiencing the outbreak of a newly discovered virus, SARS-CoV-2. Research  the SARS-CoV  (SARS) outbreak in 2002-2004 and compare and contrast it to the current outbreak. Also, compare and contrast the two viruses and their diseases. Cite your sources

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