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8th Grade Competency Goal #7:
The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of
microbiology
What do we teach?
7.01 Compare and contrast
microbes:
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Size, shape, structure.
Whether they are living
cells
How do we teach it?
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Microbe drawing
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“EOG Science Coach” pp. 310314
Student drawings, models,
projects
SQUEAK Project showing the
reproduction of a virus inside
the host cell
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What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
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Vocabulary
 Virus
 Deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA)
 Ribonucleic acid
(RNA)
 Capsid
 Prokaryote
 Cell wall
Non-fiction
selections in the
library
Interdisciplinary Math
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
8th Grade Competency Goal #7:
The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of
microbiology
What do we teach?
7.02 Describe diseases caused
by microscopic biological
hazards including:
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Viruses.
Bacteria.
Parasites.
Contagions.
Mutagens
How do we teach it?
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Drawing
Discussions
Pictures
Microscope slides
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“EOG Science Coach” pp. 315319
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
Vocabulary
Interdisciplinary Math
 Disease
 Noninfectious disease
 Pathogen
 Infectious disease
 Contagion
 Viral replication
 Lysogenic cycle
 Mutagen
 Lytic cycle
 Parasite
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
8th Grade Competency Goal #7:
The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of
microbiology
What do we teach?
7.03 Analyze data to determine
trends or patterns to determine
how an infectious disease may
spread including:
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Carriers.
Vectors.
Conditions conducive to
disease.
Calculate reproductive
potential of bacteria
How do we teach it?
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What resources do we need?
Activity – use Glo-Germ
http://www.glogerm.com/ hand
cream with fluorescent light;
shake hands-spread disease –
view hands under light
Acid in a cup – pH indicators
Activity – calculate bacterial
growth
Activity - Project WET:
“Poison Pump” cholera
epidemic in London – students
become epidemiologists to
determine location and source
of cholera in London in 1800’s Vocabulary
Identify the cause of disease
 Vector
game (index cards, some
 Epidemic
marked “DZ”; begin picking
 Carrier
easy parameters for being
 Contagious disease
diseased –DZ- then gradually
 Sexually Transmitted
move to more complicated
Disease (STD)
parameters
 Mutate
“EOG Science Coach” pp. 320 Pandemic
323
Graph growth of bacteria
Interdisciplinary Reading
Interdisciplinary Math
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
8th Grade Competency Goal #7:
The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of
microbiology
What do we teach?
7.04 Evaluate the human
attempt to reduce the risk of
and treatments for microbial
infections including:
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Solutions with antimicrobial properties.
Antibiotic treatment.
Research
How do we teach it?
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Discussion
Hand washing after Glo-Germ
– material does not come off
easily
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“EOG Science Coach” pp. 324327
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
Vocabulary
 Active immunity
 Antibody
 Vaccine
 Passive immunity
 Antimicrobial
product
 Antibiotic
 Antibiotic resistance
Interdisciplinary Math
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
8th Grade Competency Goal #7:
The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of
microbiology
What do we teach?
7.05 Investigate aspects of
biotechnology including:
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How do we teach it?
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What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
Vocabulary
 Microbiological
 Biotechnology
 Killer T-cells
Interdisciplinary Math
“EOG Science Coach” pp. 328331
Current events/issues
Specific genetic
information available.
Careers.
Economic benefits to
North Carolina.
Ethical issues.
Impact for agriculture
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping