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Virus Lab - Epidemic Simulation Activity

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Grade Levels
5th - 10th, Homeschool
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30 PowerPoint Slides and 8 handouts
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I used this resource with TY students and it was a really engaging activity to jazz up a more mundane topic..
Although we started to use this as a resource for our virus lesson, we decided to take them outside to play a game called infected. However, we do plan on using this for the spring semester since the weather will be cold and we will use this as an indoor activity.

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Virus Lab - Epidemic Activity - PowerPoint and Handouts.

In this classification activity, students simulate a virus epidemic lab using a party scenario and virus and vaccine stickers. This is a relevant activity when discussing influenza or corona covid-19 virus. This product is also found in our Life Science Curriculum Classification Unit Bundle and goes well with our Virus Public Service Announcement Project and Virus STEAM Lab Stations.

What students do:

* Simulate a school party where several students are "infected" with the stomach virus.

* Simulate what happens when members of the population become vaccinated against the illness.

* Analyze their results, graphing their data in their student response sheet.

Consider using this with some of our other products in our store:

- Classification Vocabulary Lesson

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- Classification Cootie Catcher Study Tool

- Classification Interactive Notebook Six Kingdoms Puzzle

- Classification Word Wall

Click this link to find out how this lesson fits with your NGSS, TEKS or GSE Science Classroom

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Classification: Are you Contagious Virus Epidemic Lab by © 2015 Getting Nerdy

Total Pages
30 PowerPoint Slides and 8 handouts
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
Last updated Nov 30th, 2015
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NGSSMS-LS4-3
Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. Emphasis is on inferring general patterns of relatedness among embryos of different organisms by comparing the macroscopic appearance of diagrams or pictures. Assessment of comparisons is limited to gross appearance of anatomical structures in embryological development.
NGSSMS-LS4-1
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. Emphasis is on finding patterns of changes in the level of complexity of anatomical structures in organisms and the chronological order of fossil appearance in the rock layers. Assessment does not include the names of individual species or geological eras in the fossil record.
NGSSMS-LS4-2
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. Emphasis is on explanations of the evolutionary relationships among organisms in terms of similarity or differences of the gross appearance of anatomical structures.
NGSSMS-LS4-5
Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Emphasis is on synthesizing information from reliable sources about the influence of humans on genetic outcomes in artificial selection (such as genetic modification, animal husbandry, gene therapy); and, on the impacts these technologies have on society as well as the technologies leading to these scientific discoveries.
NGSSMS-LS4-4
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. Emphasis is on using simple probability statements and proportional reasoning to construct explanations.

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