Period 4, Being the Teachers

Today in class we read articles in a group and then presented it to the class. The articles we read were either about bacterium or viruses. My group read about cholera, which is posted above. Once we read the article with our groups, we presented it to the class. In our class only one group got to go, my group. When my group and I went up, we talked about the questions that we had for homework and some other important facts. For example:
* The cause of the disease.
* Any other name it is called by.(Ex. Swine flu = H1N1)
* Some symptoms of the disease
When we were up we also made a concept map on the board. We showed the causes, the possible symptoms, and a easy way to cure the disease. (Shown to the left.) Some words that were hard for our group and the class to under stand were:
1. Vibrio Cholerae: another name for cholera
2. Feces: poop


E.M.

Period 4, Presenting to the Class

Today

Period 4, Presenting to the Class

Period 4, Virus Bacteria, Germs, and parasites.

Period 4

Virus, bacteria, Parasites.
We made a venn diagram of virus, bacteria, and parasites. Are parasites germs? A germ is a micro-organism that can cause a disease, and a definiton for virus and bacteria is that they are both types of germs.A germ is a very general term our class found.A parasite is possibly a germ, tecnically a organism along with parasites. A parasite could cause Malaria by mosquitos who take in the parasite, then insert it into the human it bites. But not all parasites are small, like lice and ticks are visible from the naked eye. then a common question comes up are they alive? A virus is not living so it cannot become a organism. A parasite can, so can bacteria. but not germs. You can not use both virus and bacteria, because they are both interchangeable. They are different sizes and Bacteria is living.

V.F.

Concept Maps

Today in class were learning about the differences between bacteria, parasites,and more things like that. Such as how germs in bodies, and that bacteria is already in your body. Also we talked aout concept maps and how they branch out to out things like the giants, their coached by Coughlin, they are the best team, they practice in the Meadow lands. That kind of thing. Also how an illness connected to a disease, and how a disease connected to a parasite because each have a way of going into your system except the difference is that a parasite comes from a very small bug that go into you body.

Dimi

Epidemics

I think the majority of the kids went to Cheep chicken hut when they were done because alot of kids after the battle of the bands could have eaten bad food and spread the disese around. Also kids spend alot of time being in contacts in other schools. I don't think it could have been the lake water because not all the kids swam, so alot less kids could have not gotten sick. I'm pretty sure that it was the resturants food because alot of kids complained that thier stomach and head ached.Thet were with other people so the kids from the concert who went to cheep chicken hut were interacting with other students who got sick as well.

Period 4 - Epidemics

We started off with sharing our ideas on how the band class got sick on May 20 and 21. Here are some of our ideas:

• The effect of food poisoning lasts for 2 days and after the battle of the bands, the bands were out for about 2 days.


• Some parents thought their kids had the flu or food poisoning.


• One school possibly got a disease from a recent college field trip


• A student came home from band and complained of a head and stomach ache.


• The students may have healthy immune systems and faught the virus quickly

Some people wanted some information from Mr. Finley's friend. Here is what they wanted:

• I want to know where they went after the battle of the bands.


• I want to know where th battle of the bands was held.


• Who got sick and what they did that was different from anyone else.

Mr. Finley liked our ideas and will try to get back to us on our questions.

After that, we continued figuring outwhat got the kids sick. A lot of people think it's the West Nile Virus. I am one of those people. I think it is the West Nile Virus because the symptoms match. Some other people think it is food poisoning. They believe that because the sickness lasted for the same amount as food poisoning would.

We just got a list of the places the kids ate and what they did. Most of the people went to Cheep Chicken Hut or Biff's Restaurant. Nobody got sick from Biff's, but a lot of people got sick from Cheep Chicken Hut.