This web quest takes students on a fascinating journey to discover how mRNA Vaccines are made in months instead of years, and how they stimulate an immune system response to protect against sickness and infection.
This product includes a PDF version and a digital Google Slide Version that can be assigned individually, as a small or whole group activity or as an emergency substitute activity.
Topics Covered
What is the job of a vaccine?
What are the 4 types of vaccines?
Measles Vaccine Production Process
What is the job of RNA?
What is DNA?
What is mRNA?
How do mRNA Vaccines produce an immune response?
mRNA Vaccine Development Process
mRNA Vaccine Safety
Genetic Sequencing of Viral RNA
Antigen
Pathogen
Adjuvants
Lipid Nanoparticles
Endocytosis
History of mRNA Vaccine Research
Potential Future Uses of mRNA Vaccines