Name: ____________________________________________ Period: ___
BIO II: Communicable Diseases Project
Diseases caused by Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, or Fungi
Imagine that you are an employee of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). It is your job
to create either a POWER POINT PRESENTATION that will educate the public on a disease
caused by a virus, bacteria, protist, or fungi. You may select your disease from the list provided
or you may choose one of your own; as long as you okay it with me. Remember, these diseases are
different from the genetic disorders and diseases we researched earlier. These diseases are
considered communicable diseases, which means that they can be spread from person to person
through various modes of transmission not linked to inheritance.
Your POWER POINT PRESENTATION needs to include the following researched
information:
1.
The Causative Agent: (Virus, Bacteria, Protist, or Fungi) Include the scientific name if the
agent is a Bacteria, Protist, or Fungi only!
2. What is the Mode of Transmission? : How does the disease spread?
3. What part of the body does the disease attack?
4. What are the Symptoms of this disease?
5. How can the disease be cured or treated?
6. What are the protective/preventative measures against the disease?
7. Include at least one image/picture of the disease-causing agent.
8. Discuss the impact the disease has on humans.
9. Give the location(s) of where the disease may have originated and where it is most
prevalent today. : Is the disease extinct, common, or rare?
10. Include any other information that you feel is either important or interesting to know.
Project Requirements for your POWER POINT PRESENTATION
1. Must be 3-5 minutes in length.
2. It must be at least 10 slides in length.
3. Space must be utilized/maximized properly. (Don’t have a lot of blank space.)
4. Be creative!
5. You need a hard copy printout of your slide show to turn in to me.
You will be graded on the following:
1. Neatness, creativity, and appearance. = 10 pts.
2. Content of information
= 60 pts.
3. Following directions and completeness of requirements = 30 pts.
Total Points for the project … 100 pts.
My project is on: ____________________________________
List of Topics: (You must O.K. your topic with me before beginning)
VIRUSES
1. Aids/HIV
2. Chicken Pox
3. Common Cold
4. Croup
5. Ebola/Marburg
6. Encephalitis
7. Epstein-Barr Virus (Burkitt’s Lymphoma)
8. Gastroenteritis
9. Hepatitis
10. Herpes Simplex Type I (cold sores, fever blisters)
11. Herpes Simplex Type II (genital herpes)
12. Influenza
13. Measles
14. Meningitis
15. Mononucleosis
16. Mumps
17. Papillomavirus (warts, cervical cancer)
18. Pneumonia (Viral)
19. Polio
20. Rabies
21. Roseola
22. Rubella (German Measles)
23. S.A.R.S
24. Shingles
25. Small Pox
26. Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)
27. West Nile Virus
28. Yellow Fever
BACTERIA
1. Anthrax
2. Botulism
3. Bronchitis
4. Brucellosis
5. Bubonic Plague (“The Black Death”)
6. Cholera
7. Diphtheria
8. E. coli
9. Flesh Eating Bacteria (Group A Strep./ Necrotizing fasciitis)
10. Gas Gangrene
11. Gonorrhea
12. Impetigo
13. Legionnaire’s Disease
14. Leprosy
15. Lyme Disease
BACTERIA (cont)
16. Mediterranean Fever
17. Meningitis (Bacterial)
18. Pneumonia (Bacterial)
19. Rheumatic Fever
20. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
21. Salmonella
22. Scarlet Fever
23. Strep. Throat
24. Syphilis
25. Tetanus
26. Toxic Shock Syndrome
27. Tuberculosis
28. Tularemia
29. Typhoid Fever
30. Whooping Cough
PROTISTS
1. African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis)
2. Amebic Dysentery
3. Giardiasis
4. Late Blight (Irish Potato Famine)
5. Leishmaniasis
6. Malaria
7. Toxoplasmosis
8. Trichomoniasis
FUNGI
1. Aspergillosis
2. Athlete’s Foot (Dermatophytes)
3. Blastomycosis
4. Cutaneous Mycoses
5. Gardener’s Disease
6. Jock Itch
7. Phycomycosis
8. Ring worm
9. Subcutaneous Mycoses
10. Tinea