Pathfinder Bacterial Diseases

WJHS Pathfinder for Molecular Biology

Bacterial Diseases

Assignment

Topics

Searching the Shelves

Learning Research
Hub

Internet Sites

Assignment

Objective:

To research current information regarding a bacterial disease utilizing traditional and electronic media center resources.

Requirements:

· Each student will be assigned a type of bacterial disease to research.
· Students are expected to conduct the library research on their own.
· A 5 minute oral report will be required of each student.
· Each presentation must be accompanied by a visual (poster, video).
· Interviews with scientists that are studying that particular disease are good sources of up-to-date information.
· Students will only be allowed to read material off written pages - 3" x "5 note cards will be permitted in the presentation.
· IN ADDITION, a 3-5 page double-spaced report will be turned in on the day of the oral report. The report must have five references and a bibliography. Two of the references must be less than a year old.
· Make use of good web sites as well as information in current magazines, newspapers, and journals.

Reports:

Include the following information in your disease report:

1. Etiologic agent
2. Epidemiology of agent
3. Pathogensis of agent
4. Diagnosis of disease
5. Prevention and Control of disease

Topics

Streptoccal Sore Throat	Group B Streptococci (S. Agalactiae)	Dental Caries (Peridontal Disease)	Traveler’s Diarrhea (Montezuma’s revenge)
Impetigo	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Conjunctivitis	Leprosy
Scarlet Fever	Meningitis	Diphtheria	Pneumonia
Glomerulonephritis	Whooping Cough	Tuberculosis	Legionnaires’ Disease
Botulism	Bubonic Plague	Tularemia	Yellow Fever
Cholera	Lyme Disease	Relapsing Fever	Toxoplasmosis
Typhoid	Tetanus	Flesh Eating Bacteria

Searching the Shelves

All computers in the library can access the Media Center's Electronic Card Catalog. It is located on the Global Access Menu under Media Center Programs. The Catalog identifies all the holdings (books, etc.) of the WJHS Media Center. It is also possible to search for materials on the MCPS Library Catalog Online. Be sure to set the limits of your search to Walter Johnson HS only.

If you wish to expand your research use this link to Other Libraries. This link provides direct connections to the Montgomery County Public Library system, as well as libraries at NIH, University of Maryland, the Library of Congress and others.

For this assignment, the following call numbers will be helpful:

616.9 616 589.9 616.07 616.6

Learning Research Hub

Walter Johnson’s Learning Research Hub provides access to a catalog of all books and materials located in the Media Center, and to a wide variety of general and subject-based online reference materials.
The links below provide useful research tools for this project.

General Resources*
Encyclopedia, Almanacs, Dictionaries, Atlases
Science Resources*

News & Magazine Resources*

* When using GaleNet select: DISCovering Science

Internet Sites

Use the following Internet Sites for information on this project. If you discover other useful Internet sites complete the Internet Checklist (copies available in Media Center) to authenticate the site.

American Museum of Natural History: Infection, Detection, Protection

Discovery Online: Infectious Diseases: Plague Control

Hopkins Infectious Diseases

Infectious Disease Society of America

National Center for Infectious Diseases

National Center of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses

Diseases & Conditions Index

Mayo Clinic

Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics

Medline Plus Dictionaries

STREP THROAT (Streptococcal Sore Throat)