Viruses & Vaccines Bundle | COVID-19 Print & Digital Versions
Bundle Description
This bundle includes everything you need to teach your students about viruses (including Covid-19) and the process of making vaccines.
5 Products are Included in this Bundle
- What is a Coronavirus No-Prep Mini-Lesson
- Virus Vocabulary Interactive Notebook Graphic Organizer
- All About Viruses Webquest
- Mystery Virus: Epidemic Epidemiology Case Study Simulation
- How Vaccines are Made (Including COVID-19 vaccines)
Distance Learning: This activity can be assigned to students via Google Classroom or other digital learning platform, a PDF file can be emailed to student, or a hard copy can be printed and given to students.
Topics covered in this bundle
- What is a virus?
- Parts of a typical virus: capsid, RNA/DNA, receptors
- Structure of covid-19 Virus
- How is covid-19 transmitted?
- Prevention of covid-19 infection and treatment
- How big is a virus?
- Types of Viruses: rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, influenza, RSV, HIPVs, adenoviruses,
- Diseases caused by viruses: cold, flu, covid-19, bronchitis, pneumonia, MERS,SARS
- 3 Components of Modern Cell Theory
- Bacteriophages
- Structure of a Bacteriophage: capsid, collar, sheath, base plate, tail fiber
- Lytic Virus Life Cycle
- Lysogenic Virus Life Cycle
- Immune Systems Response to Infection: leukocytes, Helper T Cells
- Symptoms and Treatment for Virus Infections
- What is the difference between Epidemic and Pandemic?
- How are vaccines made? (traditional & Platform Vaccine Technologies
- Vaccine Rapid Response Platforms
- Moderna Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform
- Antigen
- Pathogen
- Recombinant Protein
- Messenger RNA
- Growth Medium
- Bioreactors
- Fermenters
- Viral Vaccines
- Antibiotics
- Chromatography
- Ultrafiltration
- Stabilizers
- Preservatives
- Adjuvant
- Freeze-dried Vaccines
- Rehydration of Vaccines
- Genetic Sequencing of Viral DNA
- Vaccine Rapid Response Platforms
- Epidemiology Case Study Simulation – students take on the role of a Public Health Director and work with a virtual expert epidemiologist to identify the cause of a respiratory virus outbreak and recommend a course of action to prevent an epidemic.