Anthrax Web Quest

Introduction | The Task | Resources | The Process | Learning Advice | Grading 

Introduction:

Anthrax is an infectious, often fatal,  bacterial disease.  It is treatable if caught in the early stages. Treatment may be futile by the time the symptoms appear.  Due to the recent  bioterrorism every American needs to know how to protect themselves against exposure and how to seek treatment for the disease.

The Task:

Your job is to create a newsletter which provides information about anthrax. You will write articles to include the following:

• About Anthrax (biology and recent problems)

• Symptoms of the 3 types of Anthrax

• Prevention of Anthrax

• Treatment of Anthrax

• Commonly Asked Questions and Answers about Anthrax

Resources:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm

    Information from the Center of Disease Control

http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/anthrax.htm

    Biology of anthrax from the Food and Drug Agency

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011010a.html

    Questions and answers about anthrax prevention and treatment from the

    Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureanthrax

    Great pictures of the anthrax bacteria

http://www.aomc.org/ComDiseases/Anthrax.html

     Questions and answers about anthrax from the Arnot Ogden Medical Center

http://www.md.huji.ac.il/microbiology/book/ch015.htm

      Pictures of people with skin anthrax

http://www.anthrax-protection.com/

     Family anthrax protection from the American Red Cross

http://www.emergency.com/anthrax2.htm

    General information, symptoms, and treatment from the Biological

    Warfare Defense

http://www.deskmedia.com/~reggie/Anthrax/index.html

    Web Page on anthrax with good links

The Process 

• Three days will be spent in the Computer Lab.

• Highlighted copies of the sources used to make the newsletter must be submitted with the final product.  The web address must also be included. You need to include a minimum of 3 sources.         

• Your newsletter needs to be typed or neatly hand written. You can import graphics and pictures as well as change the letter sizing and font to enhance the visual effects.

Learning Advice   

• All information used in your newsletter must be put into your own words.  Plagiarism will not be tolerated; you will receive a zero for the project.

• Highlight the useful information and insert the name of the article in which it will be used.

• Use of a newsletter making program like Microsoft Publishing will make your job easier.                    

Grading

The project will be worth a total of 40 points.

• About Anthrax (biology and recent problems)............................ 5 points

• Symptoms of the 3 types of Anthrax..............................................5 points

• Prevention of Anthrax........................................................................ 5 points

• Treatment of Anthrax......................................................................... 5 points

• Commonly Asked Questions and Answers about Anthrax..... 5 points

• Three pictures or clip art................................................................... 6 points

• Neatness and Presentation.............................................................  9 points

    Up to 5 points extra credit will be given for more than three small pictures and graphics incorporated into the newsletter!

Pictures by Microsoft Clip Art

Created by Mrs. Wightman and Mr. Dilks, Science Teachers at Cherokee High School

Last updated October 31, 2001

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