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Pathogen Wanted Poster

Students are required to create a wanted poster for a selected pathogen from a provided list, detailing various characteristics and information about the organism. The poster must include a photo, description, method of operation, common victims, habitat, injuries caused, danger rating, number of victims, effective treatments, and any unique traits. Research must be conducted in the library/media center, and students must use three credible references, excluding Wikipedia and similar sources.

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Pathogen Wanted Poster

Students are required to create a wanted poster for a selected pathogen from a provided list, detailing various characteristics and information about the organism. The poster must include a photo, description, method of operation, common victims, habitat, injuries caused, danger rating, number of victims, effective treatments, and any unique traits. Research must be conducted in the library/media center, and students must use three credible references, excluding Wikipedia and similar sources.

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Bacteria Wanted Poster

Student Requirements:
Students select a pathogen from the list below or select one off the list. They will then produce a wanted poster
with the given parameters.

Bacillus anthracis anthrax


Bordetella pertussis whooping cough
Candida albicans Yeast infection
Clostridium botulinum botulism
Clostridium perfringens gas gangrene
Clostridium tetani tetanus
Entamoeba hystolytica dysentery
Escherichia coli acute pyelonephritis
Giardia lamblia giardiasis
Herpes simplex herpes
Human Immodefincey Virus HIV
Human Papilloma Virus warts
Influenza common cold
Mycobacterium leprae leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis
Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis spinal menigitis
Plasmodium malaria
Polio small pox
Rickettsia richettsii Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella measles
Salmonella typhi typhoid fever
Salmonella typhimurium food poisoning
Shigella dysenteriae dysentery
Streptococcus (group A) scarlet fever
Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia
Tinea corporis ringworm
Tinea pedis athletes foot
Treponema pallidum syphilis
Treponema pertenue yaws
Trypanosoma brucei African Sleeping Sickness
Trypanosoma cruzi chagas disease
Varicella-Zoster chicken pox
Vibrio cholerae cholera
Yersinia pestis plague

Project Description/Abstract:
Make a wanted poster for one of the Bacteria listed above. Poster is to be on 8.5" x 11" paper. Include:

1. "photo" (electron micrograph or microscopic picture/diagram)


2. description – Is the pathogen living? Which kingdom does the organism belong to? List physical features, including size, shape, number of flagella/sides,
etc…
3. organism's m.o. (police jargon) (How the organism attacks and spreads)
4. most common victims to prey upon
5. hide out of the culprit (where it is most likely to be found)
6. most common injury done to victim
7. Is it considered armed and dangerous? rate the degree of damage caused
8. number of victims
9. most effective weapons against the pathogen
10. any other identifying characteristics (such as tattoos)

Procedure:
Students have one period in the library/media center to research their disease. Any additional time needed for research or production of the poster is to be done on their
own. You must have 3 references (not Wikipedia, google or ask jeeves)

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