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Summer Assignment Template

Course Title: Honors Biology Teacher: Thomas Schlather PLC Content Area: Science- Biology Summer Assignment Description

Students research and interpret characteristics of various types of viruses.

Date Due

First week of school

Estimated Time for Completion

1.5 Hours

Tennessee Academic Standards/Approved Standards Supporting Reference (List standard(s) correlation to summer work)

Bio1.LS1.1

Rationale for Summer Assignment

The first standard on the pacing guide is LS1.1 – The characteristics of life and viruses. This interactive assignment will expose students to much of the requisite knowledge to achieve mastery in this standard where viruses are concerned. This assignment is highly relevant to the student’s lives at the moment, which I believe will drive a high level of student engagement and participation. The source of this assignment is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bio-interactive site. Links to this site are included in several Pearson supplemental resource sections.

Resources needed to complete Summer assignment

Internet access https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/virus-explorer Attached assignment sheet

How and when will this summer assignment be assessed and scored? Also, what grading category and what percentage will this summer assignment count in the student’s grade?

This assignment will be assessed as a classwork assignment. The Classwork category counts as 20% of the quarter grade. Content from assignment will be assessed on characteristics of viruses quiz, and on unit one characteristics of life test.

Additional Summer Assessments (If applicable - what grading category and what percentage will each additional summer assignment count in the student’s grade?)

Teacher Summer Contact Information

[email protected]

www.BioInteractive.org

PublishedSeptember2016

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Student HandoutClick and Learn Virus Explorer

INTRODUCTIONThishandoutcomplementstheClickandLearn“VirusExplorer”developedinconjunctionwiththe2016documentary,Spillover:Zika,Ebola&Beyond(http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/virus-explorer).

PROCEDUREFollowtheinstructionsasyouproceedthroughtheClickandLearn,andanswerthequestionsinthespacesprovided.1.Let’sreview.Clickonthe“About”tabatthebottom.Readtheinformationandlistfour(4)waysinwhichvirusescandifferfromeachother.

2.Thisinteractiveusesseveralabbreviations.Fillinwhateachabbreviationstandsforinthetablebelow.

Abbreviation Description

nm

bp

ss

ds

3.Closethe“About”window,andlocatetheinexttoeachviralcharacteristictabacrossthetop.Clickontheseiconsandanswerthequestionsbelowassociatedwitheachviralcharacteristic.a. Envelope:Notallviruseshaveanenvelope.Ifavirushasthisouterlayer,explainhowitforms.

b. Structure:Whatdeterminestheshapeofthecapsid,orcore?



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c. Host(s):Fromthevirus’perspective,whyisthehostimportant?

d. GenomeType:Viralgenomesmayvarybyfourcharacteristicsoftheirgeneticinformation.Whatarethey?

e. Transmission:Definetheterms“vector”and“zoonotic.”

f. Vaccine:Whatisoneadvantageofbeingvaccinatedagainstaparticularvirus?

4.VirusScavengerHunt:UsethehomepageoftheVirusExplorerandthevariousviralcharacteristictabsacrossthetoptoanswerthequestionsbelow.a. Whatisonedifferencebetweentherabiesvirusandtheinfluenzavirus?

b. Oftheninevirusesshown,whichistheonlyonethatinfectsplants?

c. Whatarethreecharacteristicsthatadenoviruses,T7virus,andpapillomaviruseshaveincommon?

d. Recently,Zikavirushasbeeninthenews.Treatmentofitisofparticularconcern.Why?

e. Whichtwovirusesinfectallthevertebratesincludedintheinteractive?

f. Oftheninevirusesshown,whichistheonlyonethatinfectsbacteria?



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g. Listfourcharacteristicsthathumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)andEbolavirushaveincommon.(Bespecific.)

h. ListfourcharacteristicsthatHIVandEbolavirusdonotshare.(Bespecific.)

5.Locatethe+nexttoeachvirusname.Clickontheseiconsandanswerthequestionsbelowassociatedwithselectedviruses.a. Rabiesvirus:Peopleoftenassociaterabiesviruswithdogs.Whyisthisincomplete?

b. Influenzavirus:Influenzavirushasasegmentedgenome.Whyisthisanadvantageforthevirus?

c. HIV:HIVinfectsimmunecells.Whyisthisadisadvantagetotheinfectedperson?

d. HIV:WhereintheworldisHIVmostprevalent?

e. Adenovirus:Adenovirusescancausemanymildclinicalconditionsinhumans.Whatarethree?

f. Papillomavirus:Whatisthecommonnameforpapillomas?



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g. Papillomavirus:Whatkindofsymptomsdosomehumanpapillomavirusescause?

h. Zikavirus:WhyisZikavirusofgreatconcerntopregnantwomen?

i. Tobaccomosaicvirus(TMV):Nameoneuniquecharacteristicofthetobaccomosaicvirus.

j. Ebolavirus:WhatanimalisassociatedwithEbolavirusoutbreaks?



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EXTENSIONACTIVITY:SIZE,SCALE,ANDPROPORTION:HOWBIGISAVIRUSANYWAY?Instructions:Clickonthe“ShowRelativeSizesoftheViruses”tabatthebottomoftheinteractivehomepage.Answerthequestionsbelowinthespacesprovided.(Youwillneedacalculatorforsomeitems.)1.Usingthewhitescalebarprovided,approximatelyhowlong(tall)isTMV?2.WhatistheapproximatediameterofHIV?3.WhatistheapproximatediameterofZikavirus?4.So,howbigisananometer?StudythesampleproblemprovidedandthenanswerQuestions5–10,showingyourworkinthespaceprovidedforeach.

SampleProblemAnaveragesmallpaperclipmeasures3.0cminlength.Calculatethelengthofthepaperclipinmillimeters,micrometers,andnanometers.a. Millimeters(mm)? 30mmSincethereare10mminacentimeter,thecalculationiscompletedinthefollowingway:

3.0cmx10mm/1cm=30/1=30mmb. Micrometers(µm)?30,000µmSincethereare1000µminamillimeter,thecalculationiscompletedinthefollowingway: 30mmx1000µm/1mm=30,000µmc. Nanometers(nm)? 30,000,000nmSincethereare1000nminamicrometer(µm),thecalculationiscompletedinthefollowingway: 30,000µmx1000nm/1µm=30,000,000nmSo,asmallpaperclipmeasures3.0cminlength,oryoucansayitmeasures30,000,000nminlength!

5.Asinglegrainofsaltmeasures0.5mminwidth.a. Whatisthewidthinmicrometers(µm)?(Showyourwork.)

b. Innanometers(nm)?(Showyourwork.)



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6.Theaveragehumanskincellmeasures30µmindiameter.a. Whatisthediameterinmillimeters(mm)?(Showyourwork.)

b. Innanometers(nm)?(Showyourwork.)

7.Ifyoulineduphumanskincellsside-by-side,howmanywouldfitalongthelengthofthepaperclipinthesampleproblemabove?Justifyyouranswerwithmath.

8.Usingyourresponsetoitem1above,ifyoulinedupTMVparticlesendtoend,howmanywouldfitalongthelengthofthesamepaperclip?Justifyyouranswerwithmath.

9.Usingyourresponsestoitem6,ifyoulinedupTMVparticlesendtoend,howmanywouldfitacrossthediameteroftheaveragehumanskincell?Justifyyouranswerwithmath.

10.Claim:Anindividualvirusdocksonthesurfaceofacell,infectsit,hijacksthecellularmachineryinside,andreplicatesitself,sometimesthousandsoftimes.Justification:Basedonwhatyoulearnedaboutsize,scale,andthecomponentpartsofavirus,justifywithscientificreasoninghowavirusisabletoaccomplishthis.

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