Lesson 1.5 - Viruses
Learning Goals: by the end of class you will be able to
- Define key terms: virus, capsid, RNA (ribonucleic acid), epidemic, pandemic, bacteriophage, lysis, lysogeny, transduction, gene therapy, viroid, prion.
- Why are they important
- Classification system know a few examples
- How they reproduce (know the cycle)
- How they can be used for other purposes and the dangers of them
Highly recommend to read textbook chapter 2.2 first, then read the article: How vaccine work (by Alia Holt) and answer the questions listed on the worksheet.
- Ebola Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdk2Zhp6FRA Check this out: virus is not always bad, we can use it to treat antibiotics-resistant bacterial infections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVTOr7Nq2SM
Virology Lecture 2019 by Professor Vincent Racaniello
Answer Learning Goals
pg59 #1-9
Students to complete this after you've finished all activities/tasks in today's lesson.