Period 4

Observations on Websites-
-Alot of kids in band class were absent
-classes with more people had more people absent
-going back to school before fully cured
-the majoritry of the kids were out ssick on May 20th
-Potentially West Nile Virus
-from 4/24 to5/26 Jackson Middle school had the most people out
-besides the 33.3% all the percents seemeed to be the same as the other schools
-out of the entire time fram, Jackson and Truman had the most amountof students absent from class
-in the band class at Truman the highest amount of people absent was 33.3% and 3 days later there was 0% of absents so all of the sick kids were back
-Assumptions: were kids really sick
-The food at some of the resturaunts could be caussing some of the sickness

Did we see a pattern between the schools?

Period 4

Our last nights home work was to read an article about World of War Craft. There was a glitch that caused a disease to spread just like a real disease in the real world. Scientists were able to study how the disease spread and what people did about it. They used this to figure out what to do in the real world if an epidemic was to actually break out. For example, it gave the scientists an idea of what kind of curfew people would kneed to get better and how much quarentine they should institute. The scientists are epidemeology scientists which means that they are scientists that study epidemics.The scientists used how the players reacted to the disease and compared it to what would happen in the real world. On the plus side, The scientists had no control over anything other than observing. Since it is a game, some people act and talk meanly or shyly. This makes it even more like the real world because there are people who act like that. All in all this this game was just like every other game until there was a glitch that helped scientists understand more about epidemics.

Many people in the class had many technical dificulties or computer issues with theri home work. Mr. Finley has told us multiple times that there are many things we can do to fix it. Since Mr. Finley is the best science teacher ever, he has provided a page on his webpage for just the problem. On his webpage, he has put a tab called thechnology help. On this page and different internet browsers, if you are having trouble with the one you have, and there areflash players so we can watch our homework one way or another by just downloading either adobe java or quick time. Also, Mr. Finley added a free microsoft word download so you can open the files. It is called open office instead of microsoft office but basically does the same thing. If that doesnt work than you can always phone a friend or email Mr. Finley about your problem and see what he has to say to help you.

Whenever you kneed extra help you can just email Mr. Finley and set up an appointment. If he is not there when you get to his room whether before or after school, feel free to text him and ask him where he is. He might be stuck in traffic or in another room. If you are ever questioning some science related or not just run by Mr. Finley and ask for help or advise.

Today durring class, we began investigating a possible epidemic at one of Mr. Finley's friends school. They gave us limited acess to their school website and a link to community health center that is researching the disease. We had to pull anything interesting we read and try to use it to figure out if there actually was a disease or not. Not many people got very far but we know that we have to make up a hypothesis, prediction, write down our evidence and other questions we might have. This is a very cool experiment beacuse it is an actual school with this problem not a simulation.

Period 4 Science 9/28/10

Transmission tree- a diagram used to organize data with branches and circles or squares. Transmission trees can be used to display facts and to show cause and effect. They help us solve problems. See above for image. An example of using a transmission tree - Let's say I am an infected person and share the disease with 4 people. I would make branches to the four other people who are now infected and write the order I shared with them. If i shared with Matt first, then the branch going to Matt's circle would have a 1 next to it, closer to my circle.

Patient Zero- the person who started the disease

Today in class we continued working on finding "patient zero". To find "patient zero" we used transmission trees to find who started the disease. We also extended yesterdays list of the none "patient zero" people. We extended our list to 15 people that could not have been patient zero. Our list includes:

Colin
Garett
Caroline
Rachel
"Lelo"
Alysse
Chloe
Carolina
Sam
Ally
MaryKate
Ariel
Elizabeth
Jodi
Tori

We did not check to see if these people were possibly patient zero:

Tim
Mark
Laryssa
Claudia
Natalie
Matt
Sara
Corina

The clean people who were not infected at all:

Colin
Ally
Caroline
Sammantha
Corina
possibly more...

Eventually, after working on this Mr. Finley told us that I ( Tim) was "Patient Zero" and started the whole disease. I felt so proud.

By T.S. Period 4

Period 4 - Patient Zero... Who could it be?!?!

PATIENT ZERO-Who could it be?!! No one knows!!! 9/27/10

Today in class we tried to figure out who the patient zero was from our experiment the other day transferring your water from your valve to 2-9 people other people. But, before i go on, let me tell you what Patient Zero is! Patient Zero is the person that started the virus from the beginning and who had it first;the origin. So, in class we wanted to find out who started it all, who gave most of us this terrible virus!!! Well lets find out...

BUT FIRST-What are we going to do with all the information we find out?!! How will we keep it neat and organized?!! I have a solution!! We will use a TRANSMISSION TREE DIAGRAM!! OOOHHHH LLLAA LAAA!! Sounds fantsy! Well actually a transmission tree diagram is like a web. Its an easier way to organize things. It connects one thing to another thing to keep your information clearer to read and study. Now enough definitions-lets find out who is problem to the virus!!!

To find out in class who our Patient Zero was we had to ask some questions. We first started with Garrett, he was our first suspect. We asked him who he gave his water to and if his valve of water turned pink, in the end. Garrett exchanged water with Colin, Matt, Corina and Claudia.(me) Also, Garrett's valve in the end, turned pink. Could it be Garrett who started it all?!! Lets check! After that, we asked Colin who he exchanged water with and if his valve of water turned pink! The people Colin exchanged water with was Caroline, Rachel, and Lilo.(Plus Garrett) In the end, Colin's water didn't turn pink!! You want something unusual, check that out!!! So on our list of people who aren't Patient Zero are Garrett because he didn't get Colin in his track and its not Colin because his water didn't even turn PINK!

Then, we kept going with the process. We asked Rachel, from Colin's group who she passed it on to and if her valve became pink. She passed her water on with Alysse and Alysse passed her water to Sam and Chloe. Then Sam and Chloe passed it on to Mary Kate and Carolina. Then Carolina passes it to Elizabeth and Ariel. That's all we got to in class, but this is the process we will keep using. Who exchanged water with who?! Who's water turned pink?!Who started all of this?!

We know that these people are NOT Patient Zero:

1. Colin
2. Garrett
3. Caroline
4. Rachel
5. Lilo
6. Alysse
7. Chloe
8. Carolina
9. Sam
10. Allie
11. Mary Kate
12. Elizabeth
13. Ariel.

We still have to finish up all of our questions to the rest of the people in the class tomorrow.

We haven't found out the mystery of who started this terrible virus, but we will find out soon!!!

By: C.L. <333