2. Being Alive in The Micro World A Glimpse into the World of Microorganisms

3. Let’s Read This

4. Guide Questions a. What is the mystery behind Typhoid Mary? b. How important are the facts of the case, in order, for the policemen to solve the mystery? c. If you were in the shoes of the policemen, how would you solve the mystery?

6. I will learn… Characteristics of Living Things Levels of organization Microscopy Animal and plant cells Bacteria and Viruses Microorganisms: Fungi, Algae, and Protists

7. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS EQ1: How do you know that you are alive? EQ2: Where does life begin? EQ3: Why do we interact with the world we can’t see?

8. Transfer Task Goal To tell the story about how you contracted a disease, how you felt, how you were treated, and what recommendations would you make to others to prevent them from getting the disease. Role A person infected with a disease.

9. Transfer Task Audience The public. Situation You have contracted a serious disease unexpectedly and have to tell others about your experience.

10. Transfer Task Product Write a creative story describing what happened to you when you got a particular disease. It should be 2-3 typed pages double- spaced and include a page of references. Drawings or illustrations are encouraged, but not required. Standard Meaningful Relevant Full of Scientific Meaning within simple ideas Coherence Conciseness Grammar

11. Creative Story Particulars 1. Your story should have a title page and be 2-3 typed pages, double spaced in 12 point type in Arial font with 1” margins all around.

12. Creative Story Particulars 2. Drawings or illustrations are not considered a part of the page requirement. (You are encouraged to include pictures with your story; however, you are not obligated to do so. You can earn extra credit points, however, if you have an illustration or a picture.)

13. Creative Story Particulars 3. You should have a detailed reference page. If you use the Internet, you should specifically state the URL address exactly as it appears with the information on your screen. (If I type your reference on a Web browser, I should be able to go directly to the very page you got your information from.)

14. Creative Story Particulars 4. In summary, your paper should include a title page, the body of the story, plus a reference page (with at least 3 sources). (Additional picture pages within the report are optional.

15. Section 2,5,and 6 1.Anthrax 2.Botulism 3.Brucellosis 4.Cholera 5.Diphtheria 6.Encephalitis (Viral) 7.Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome 8.Hepatitis A 9.Hepatitis B 10.Hepatitis C 11.Legionnaire’s Disease 12.Leprosy 13.Lyme Disease 14.Malaria 15.Measles Section 1,3,4 1.Melioidosis 2.Meningitis (Bacterial) 3.Meningitis (Viral) 4.Mumps 5.Poliomyelitis 6.Psittacosis 7.Q Fever 8.Rabies 9.Smallpox 10.Tetanus 11.Tuberculosis 12.Tularemia 13.Typhoid Fever 14.Viral Hemorrhagic Fever 15.Yellow Fever

16. Mini Transfer Tasks Individually done By choice Based on what you can do with knowledge and confidence

17. Writing Prompt A lysosome takes a trip to another world and is on the loose to find defective organelles! He is confused however, because the environment he is in is not another cell. He’s in our school! Write about what the lysosome’s journey through our school by describing how the parts of the school are like the lysosome’s familiar environment.

18. Poster - Making Make a poster-sized drawing of a eukaryotic cell and label the parts of the cell as the parts of a school. For example, the nucleus would be labelled as a part of the school instead of a ‘nucleus’. Describe how and why the structures of the cell and the school have similar functions.

19. Song or Musical Writing Create and perform a song or musical comparing organelles to the parts of the school. Submit a video presentation of your work.

20. Monologue Create and perform a monologue that explains the job of anyone in school that has the same function of particular cell organelle. Submit a video presentation of your work.

22. ALIVE