Unit — Viruses

Viruses Wanted Poster

Name: _________________________

Using the learning process (which you have been using for every assignment), research one of
the following viruses and create a wanted poster. The poster must describe the virus, offer
some kind of reward and list the following characteristics:

 Picture
 Regions of world where it is found
 Number of victims (known or estimated)
 Size (microscopic size in µm)
 Favourite hideout (where it lives in a population or person)
 Last seen (Date and place)
 Aliases (other names) scientific names

You may choose from the following list of Nefarious Villains

 Anthrax  H1N1 Spanish Flu  Pin Worms

 Bubonic Plague (Influenza)  Polio
 Chagas disease  H5N1 (Avian Flu )  Rabies
 Creutzfeldt-Jakob  Herpes B  Scarlet Fever1
disease (Mad Cow)  Human papilloma-  SARS*
 Dengue Fever virus (HPV)  Small Pox
 Ebola  Influenza*  Sleeping Sickness
 E.coli*  Lassa*  Streptococcus
 German Measles  Lyme Disease  Tetanus
 Hanta*  Malaria*  Typhoid
 Human Immuno-  Marburg  Typhus
deficiency Virus  Nipah  West Nile*
 Pneumonia  Yellow Fever

To get you started in the right direction, here is a good place to start. However, this should not
be your only resource.

http://www.cdc.gov/
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Categories 4 3 2 1 R

Sources (information
and graphics) are
Sources accurately All sources Most sources Some sources listed Sources not listed No information
documented, and
from trusted sites

Explanation shows of
K/
Concepts the main ideas All Very limited
U complete substantial
topics are addressed some understanding understanding OR Not written
understanding understanding
(Info) and most questions is not written.
are answered

Reasoning
developed and appropriate
all reasoning skills, some reasoning skills Limited reasoning No evidence
applied concepts skills
(Info)

Diagrams, Diagrams or models

Illustrations are related to content accurate and
With intricate details, with basics covered
T and Model adding to the reader’s appropriate with With some errors Not submitted
and advanced labels and simple labels
understanding of the completed labels
(Poster Design) topic.

Communicates
Communication responses using
Advanced use of appropriate some use of Limited
vocabulary displayed No evidence
vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary used
(Vocabulary) in visual, written or
oral form.

Terminology, notation are used, but it is There is little use,

Conventions
and mechanics are Are always used, with Are used with sometimes not easy or a lot of
C No evidence
used , making it easy no errors almost no errors to understand; many inappropriate;
(Spelling)
to understand errors with several errors

Evidence of
Connections connections among appropriate Makes some Makes limited
advanced connections
concepts, and relates connections connections among connections using No evidence
among concepts
(Detail) real world among concepts concepts concepts
applications

Record Sources used below (Must be a minimum of Three):