• Apply the scientific method to the investigation of a mystery disease.
• Analyze and interpret epidemiological data—maps, graphs, and patient profiles—to reach a hypothesis about a disease.

Standard A: Students should develop:

1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
2. Understandings about scientific inquiry

• Associate the bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, with the disease it causes – cholera.
• Classify bacteria into each of three basic shapes: bacilli, spirilla, and cocci.
• Relate the importance of Germ Theory to our understanding of present-day diseases.

Standard C: Students should develop an understanding of:

3. Diversity and adaptation of organisms
4. Reproduction and heredity
5. Regulation and behavior
6. Population and ecosystems
7. Diversity and adaptation of organisms

• Recognize the interaction between population, resources, and the environment.
• Identify the symptoms of cholera.
• Determine the treatment for cholera.
• Describe the best way to prevent the spread of cholera (sanitation and hygiene).
• Recognize the health risks associated with a collapse of infrastructure caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes or floods.

Standard F: Students should develop an understanding of:

1. Personal health
2. Populations, resources, and environment
3. Natural hazards
4. Risks and benefits
5. Science and technology on society

• Describe what epidemiologists do.
• Recognize the name John Snow and associate his contributions to the early field of epidemiology.
• Associate Robert Koch, Louis Pasteur, and Joseph Lister with their contributions to Germ Theory.
• Observe the cooperation required by various individuals, with different areas of expertise in scientific investigation.

Standard G: Students should develop an understanding of:

1. Science as a human endeavor
2. Nature of science
3. History of science