Malaria Monday

Today in class...

Today in class, we finished our two labs with the bacteria that we started on Friday. On Friday the lab groups went around and collected bacteria with cotton swabs. We collected 4 samples from 4 different places. Then we put the samples in a petrie dish. After the petrie dishes were in incubation for 24-48 hours we took them out and saw how much bacteria had grown on them. My lab group had a very interesting outcome.

On Friday we collected samples from the steps of the new pit, the door handle of the library, the boys' bathroom and then we had a control sample. Today when we looked at our petrie dishes we saw that the petrie dish from the stairs had the most bacteria growing on it.

We also finished the second lab that we started Friday using antibiotics. On Friday, we put peppercorn broth on the petrie dish and then we added 4 different antibiotics in different sections on the petrie dish. After incubation we saw the results today. For my group, the neomycin had the strongest impact on the bacteria.

Today we also had our Disease of the day.

Today our disease of the day was...

Malaria

-The agent of disease is protist

-transmitted by mosquito bites

-attacks the human liver

-prevented by bug repellents and reduction of standing water

Homework...

- finish UP 13-18- due tomorrow

-read section 35.2 and 1st page of 35.3 about immune systems and use the note taking skill tree maps-due Wednesday

reminders...

-postcard is due next Monday November 8

-Test next Tuesday November 9

The next scribe is Sam