Influenza

Process

Step 1: Use the resources below to answer the following questions. We will discuss the answers together in class.

What type of pathogen is influenza?
Define “pandemic” in your own words.
Define "epidemic” in your own words.
The official name of “Swine Flu” is “H1N1/09”. Why is it called this? (Hint: When did this pandemic begin?)
What do the “H” and “N” stand for? What are they?
Influenza has been deadly for centuries. Research the 1918 influenza epidemic and answer the following questions.

What was the H_N_ for the 1918 flu?
When was the first reported case in Connecticut?
Approximately how many people did the epidemic kill in America?
Do you think the we will every have another influenza epidemic on the scale of the 1918 flu? Why or why not?http://outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com/home.php

Step 2: Visit the Global Incident Map and Healthmap to view the current influenza outbreak.

You will need to use the filter to remove all non-flu reports.
Click on each icon left on the map. Make a note of all human cases in the US. Plot these on the map.

Step 2: Build project/start experiment

Step 3: Build project/collect data (discuss display method)
Step 4: Display projects

Resources

Evaluation

This project is for a homeschool cooperative course that is not graded.

Educators are encouraged to review the requirements of the project to create their own rubric for their class. Some points to consider: