Ghastly GanskeOffense: Causing a ruckus,

severe sarcasm, dorkiness

Whereabouts: Westwood Middle School, room 109, local library, her kids soccer games

Weaknesses: mountain dew, her youngsters, her pup, beautiful spring days

Dead or Alive

Ha! Nice mustache, eh?

MicroorganismPoster

There’s a new villain in town and it is up to you to inform the public of it’s possible dangers.

You will create a WANTED poster to warn people of this enemy and capture this varmint DEAD or ALIVE!

Learning TargetI can explain how a specific virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite may infect the human body and interfere with normal body functions.

Success CriteriaI am successful when I have completed my Microorganism WANTED Poster checking to make sure I have met ALL criteria.

Microorganism Enemy ChoicesBacteria: Streptococcal Escherichia coli Salmonella Staphylococcus aureus Bacillus anthracis

Virus: Varicella zoster Ebola Influenza Human Immunodeficiency

Virus Variola

Fungi: Tinea pedis Candida ablicans Tinea corporis

Parasite: Anoplocephala

perfoliata Plasmodium falciparum Sarcoptes scabiei

The focus of your poster will be ONE SPECIFIC microorganism that falls into one of our four categories:BacteriaVirusFungiParasite

Your poster MUST contain the following information:

Enemy Name scientific common

Picture Microorganism Category

(is it a bacteria, virus, etc…?)

Disease it causes

Where it “hangs out”? geographically anatomically

Potential Weaknesses Fun Fact (1 or more) ON THE BACK OF YOUR

POSTER: Names of your sources – At least 3

Gallery WalkIn Pages, create a new document (#, last, first, Wanted Gallery) and add a table like this:

Name Disease InterestingVirusParasiteFungus Bacteria

Reflection

o Which microorganism that you observed would be the absolute worst to get and why?