In the begginnig of class we talked about our experiments that we did for homework ands how people used to think food went bad randomly. We talked about how we should write more things down in our note book. On the epidemic page there is a new link for Louis Pasteur. On that link it has Pasteur's experiment on random microbial growth and how if you break of the top of one of the jars micobes will grow but if you leave the other top nothing will grow.



T.G

Period 7 Science class

Today in science class we are giving presentations for three different diseases, HIV, Smallpox, and cholera. In the HIV presentation we learned that HIV infects human immune cells, and reproduces within them. Also, that HIV is transmitted through infected blood and sexual fluids. There are no known cures or vaccines to prevent HIV and AIDS. From Cholera we learned that you can get dehydrated if you get cholera you can die. Spreads rapidly through contaminated water caused by bacteria. Mainly found in waste. THe symptoms of cholera are abdominal pain, vomiting and diarhea, cramps, and fever. You must rehydration to prevent the illness. The liqud is made of salt,sugar, and clean water.From smallpox we learned that there is no cure. You can get a red bump from the disease. Also, you can get infected by animals/inscets,body fluids,direct contact, and face to face contact.

Knowing this information is good because you know how to protect yourself from getting these diseases. Also, you can learn new information on these diseases and also you may have learned a new disease, Cholera. I am sorry if you didn't understand the smallpox presentation part because it seemed a little confusing to me.

https://www.msu.edu/course/isb/202/ebertmay/images/HIV%20virus.png

Go to the sight above to see a picture of an HIV virus.

SP

today in class, we worked in groups to do case study. we were sort of the teachers today. we broke up into groups after handing in homework and we each received an article of a disease. then, each group taught the class about their disease.
cholera is a darrheal disaease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. it is active in nearly 70,000 villages and covers about 110 milion people.
hiv stands for human immuno defficiency virus. causes aids and there is no vaccine available. in 1980s, the first case of aids began. hiv is caused by infected blood cells. 1985 there was the first lisenced aids blood test was conducted. 1/2 million people die a year from aids a year in the u.s.

-NM

In class we checked our homework, (the venn diagrams, and questions.) We are going over the stimulation, and the questions. We are seeing how big that nail is and magnifying it. We go down deeper into the discussion and Mr. Finley shows us the dust mights, human hair, Ragweed pollen, blood cells Rhinovirus, and all the other things. We are going over our venn diagrams and doing the three circle virus, bacteria and parasite and for the bacteria we are just saying what we wrote down... we think its a type of germ, and mycroscopic organisim that produces a disease. Some are good, some bacteria is in yogurt, cheese. A micro organism cant reproduce. So if a thing cant reproduce then it isnt alive. WE made the fourth circle. In the parasite mixed with bacteria and virus and germ, we wrote small could cause a disease. Things could fall under big catagories.

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Period 7 Concept map/consensus

Today in class before Mr. Finley came around to check homework he asked us ways that we could do if we were absent to get our homework to get a good grade. Some of the ideas that the class came up with were to go on the site and check homework, text Mr. Finley, email friends, come in early to school and make it up, check the blog, and chech with friends. Then Mr. Finley asked us how we could do well before and after tests/quizes. The class came up with the idea of studying in advance, make sure that you understand the topic before the test, and have a positive attitdue that you will do well. Also if you dont think that you did well on a test you can correct it and give it back to Mr. Finley a week after and no later, also you have to prove to Mr. Finley that you understand the topic by showing your best work on the makeup. Next we went over the homework. Mr. Finley wanted us to understand the word concensus. It means that everyone in a group agrees. Then Mr. Finley split up the class and each group had to come to a concensus for our vocab on our homework. Then we started to discuss. My group finished and reached a concensus quickly and agreed on many deffinitions for our vocab. We went over the words viruses, bacteria, germs, epidemics, illness, disease, and parasites. We never went over this as a class. Next we went over a concept map. Mr. Finley said a concept map is a chart that can show where things connect and where things dont connect. Our group made a concept map for the vocabulary words. A lot of things in the chart connected bacause a lot of the words were similar. Not a lot of the words were different. For example we thought that viruses could connect to four other words. Also we thought that grems could connect to three things in the chart. Next we made a class made concept map together. The class went up one by one (if you were called on) to connect words to one another. The making of the chart went quick but had some dissagreemants in it. We found a concensus for the disagrements. We didnt finish the chart but it looked like this......



This class was not filled with confusion and it was pretty smooth. In class I was confused but this class helped me understand what the vocab we have been using in class more. Also this class helped me learn how to make a new graph of organization called a concept map. Finally I learned what concensus means. It means that a group of peopple agree on one idea out of all of theirs. I think that some other students were confused as well but i think at the end of class we all understood the concept. PH - Peter House

epidemic

We got our quizs back and two students were tyed for the best grades. We went over them and most of the students got good grades. Now we're going over concusions. One concusion was that it was not an epidenic because it would have been food posioning. It also could be because the battle of the bands everyone could have efected each other. They might have gone to a resterant and not only gotten food poisoning but the plates that the food was on might have been dirty. Most think that it is not an epidemic. We are talking about the epidimic weather the people got sick from the resterant. Almost all the kids that went to the cheep chicken hut went swimming. The water would have gotten contaminated but, the kids that went swimming didn't get sick. Maybe the kids went swimming went smimming but, didn't put there head under water. Maybe the kids got sick from the water at the reasterants.

BB

Period 7 - Science Epidemimc Experiment Day 3

We talked about how everyone starts with a B in participation and either works it up or down. We talked about Science Olypiad Team, the test, and competing.

Then we discusses hypothesis, observations, and assumptions and wrote on the board. The observations and hypothesis were all sick people from Jackson and Truman all had stomach aches and fevers. It takes about 1-2 days for food posionings symptoms to affect you and it takes 2-3 days for it to be cured. After the concert, the band went to a restaurant with unhealthy things. Flu normally takes 5 days to affect someone after being exposed. The ceiling tiles in the school were missing in the kitchen of the restaurant.

Insulation made of aspestus which can cause cancer. After battle of the bands T and J had a high absence. the sickness could ber the flu because most people had flu-like symptoms. 9/10 kids had the same symptoms. Almost all symptoms were something to do with the digestive system. Johnathan made a hypothesis that "Maybe the kids came back from the competition not fully healthy and got other people sick." BOTB (Battle of the Bands) was the day before May 20th so they might of infected eachother. Fluids to clean the instruments could have been causing the sickness or maybe the kids weren't cleaning their instruments. Days that most kids were sick they had band practice. Jimmy had a question it was "Were the family members of the sick people sick?" 1/3 of the students had vomitiong. 1/2 of them had a fever and headache. Someone could have poiosned the food. After we did all of this we once again started to research about the could be epidemic. Then Mr.Finley lectured us about saving work. We found out that a neghboring town had a bacteria problem and the sickness caused symptoms similar to food poisoning symptoms.

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