In Conclusion

In conclusion the class went incredibly well I thought. Here is an online game where you can pick a germ, create a disease with your choice of symptoms, choose method of infection, and see how effective it is:

Pandemic II

Presentations Due Monday

We created a rubric in class and it says:

____ / 50pts for doing the presentation
____ / 10pts for describing symptoms (and if is it deadly)
____ / 10 pts for describing the treatment (and if it is curable)
____ / 10 pts How is it spread (and how easily)
____ / 10 pts What region or in what communities is it most common

____ / 100 pts total for presentation

____ / 400 pts paper (5 page research paper with bibliography)

World AIDS Day Amazing Summary Videos

AIDS ISN'T GONE!!!!!

Door to door HIV testing in Kenya: http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=hiv%20animations&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=hiv&hl=en&emb=0&qvid=hiv&vid=2390911878233116719&view=2

Here is a great video that has history, explanation, and description of the disease including an interview with the head of the CDC:

http://health.discovery.com/videos/world-aids-day-hiv-aids-advances.html

Whoopi Goldberg on the View: http://www.hulu.com/watch/111990/the-view-hot-topics-world-aids-day

3 year old video on "HIV 101" http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=hiv%20animations&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=hiv&hl=en&emb=0&qvid=hiv&vid=1262634773405042898&view=2

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is December 1st. There are some events happening around town. A dedicated mass, speaches and exhibits at the Interstate Kaiser, and exhibits at PSU. See this link: World AIDS Day in Portland

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is December 1st. There are some events happeneing around town. A dedicated mass, speaches and exhibits at the Interstate Kaiser, and exhibits at PSU.
World AIDS Day in Portland

Make Up Work

Missing class? need make up work? Go to this site and do either the virus, bacteria, or protist worksheet. All of them are four pages.

Don't have a printer? Answer the questions on a different sheet.

Ten Deadliest Plagues

Someone in class asked me what are the deadliest diseases. Well it depends. Depends on if you mean which could infect people the easiest, which is most likely to kill the host, or which is incurable?
Here is a slide show of the ten deadliest diseases with information bout each.