Students will apply science process skills by role-playing different careers in the "discovery to control" of a new disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will be able to describe how and why scientists collaborate in the identification, detection, and treatment of a disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will be able to recognize the role that animals play in disease transmission to humans.

Standard F: Students should develop understanding of personal health.

Students will know what clinical signs are and why they need to be observed in animals.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard C: Students should develop understanding of regulation and behavior.

Standard C: Students should develop understanding of structure and function in living systems.

Students will understand what a quarantine is and its purpose.

Standard F: Students should develop understanding of personal health.

Students will be able to identify a reservoir, vector, and host in a disease transmission cycle diagram.

Standard F: Students should develop understanding of personal health.

Standard C: Students should develop understanding of structure and function in living systems.

Students will be able to recognize the role of a veterinarian in investigating a disease outbreak.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will apply science process skills by role-playing different careers in the "discovery to control" of a new disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will be able to describe how and why scientists collaborate in the identification, detection, and treatment of a disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will be able to apply a case definition to determine the number of people affected by a disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Students will be able to identify the occurrence of an outbreak by analyzing and interpreting a graph.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Students will know what a case control study is.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Students will be able to calculate and compare exposure odds ratios to determine the source of an outbreak.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Students will be able to recognize the role of epidemiologists in investigating a disease outbreak.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will apply science process skills by role-playing different careers in the "discovery to control" of a new disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will be able to describe how and why scientists collaborate in the identification, detection, and treatment of a disease.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.

Students will be able to recognize the techniques that are used to identify viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi in a laboratory.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard E: Students should develop understanding about science and technology.

Students will be able to recognize techniques that are used in a laboratory to identify an unknown virus.

Standard E: Students should develop understanding about science and technology.

Students will know that a viral microarray is used to identify an unknown virus by comparing its nucleic acid to the nucleic acids from known viruses.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard E: Students should develop understanding about science and technology.

Students will know that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used to make copies of nucleic acid sequences.

Standard A: Students should develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry.

Standard E: Students should develop understanding about science and technology.

Students will be able to recognize the role of microbiologists in investigating a disease outbreak.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Standard G: Students should develop understanding of the nature of science.