Wednesday, March 13: A Brief History of Microbes and Humans

Hey All-Stars!

To make diseases a bit easier to think about, today we'll talk about the relationships between humans and microbes and the history of disease.

Directions: Title a page in your notebook "History of Microbes and Humans and Disease". Do the following tasks. You do not need to write in complete sentences. You do need to write in complete thoughts.

Task 1: Brainstorm with your table what needs to be present for diseases to be present.

Task 2: Watch "Our Microbiome". Respond to the following questions.
1) Are all microbes harmful?
2) What is a microbiome?
3) Do our microbiomes change?
4) Why are scientists studying microbiomes?

Task 3: Watch "Stomach Bacteria Shows Early Human Travel".
1) Before watching: What can microbes tell us about the past of humans?
2) After watching, re-answer question 1: What can microbes tell us about the past of humans?

Task 4: Listen to the reading "Death and Diseases" and "First Epidemics".
1) As you listen, illustrate or create a word cloud describing what is read.
2) What major changes paved the way for the spread of disease?

Task 5: Watch "New Fossils Show Ancient Disease". Respond to the following question.
1) While epidemics and pandemics did not occur until more recently, what is evidence did scientists uncover that show that diseases are much older than 11,000 years old?

Task 6: Watch "Major Outbreak of Influenza". Respond to the following questions.
1) Describe why disease was common in the early colonies.
2) What pandemic impacted the colonies?
3) What idea was developing during the early colonial times?
4) Who was most impacted by European diseases?
5) Summarize the impacts of disease on the development of the United States?

Task 7: With your table, discuss the meaning of "pandemic" and "epidemic". Do you think all are caused by microbes?

Next up:
1) TABLE food drive
2) CDC Project Introduction