Activity:
PARASITIC WORM WANTED POSTER
1. You are to develop a creative and informative Wanted Poster on a parasitic worm from the
list provided.
Requirements:
 DO NOT copy from the internet. Rewrite EVERYTHING in your own words. Use only words
you know the meaning of. (It is safer to used bulleted items.)
 DO NOT copy diagrams from the internet to explain any of the requirements including life
cycles. You can use diagrams to do research but then put these diagrams in your own words!!!
Information to include:
 Scientific & Common Name and Picture
 Symptoms, Tests, and Treatments: symptoms, tests, and treatment (explain what the
medication will do to get rid of the parasite. For example, does it paralyze the worm, does it
inhibit its ability to reproduce. Give details explain what exactly the medication is doing to
the worm. Just saying it kills the worm is not enough information).
 Host (what organisms do this parasite use as a host)
 Hide-outs: Explain where this parasite is found
 Transmission and Life Cycle: explain how the worm enters the host, where it is found in the
host, and how it reproduces inside the host. DO NOT copy and paste a diagram from the
internet. Put this information in your own words!!!!
 Prevention and interesting facts: how to prevent getting this parasite and interesting facts
 Back of Poster: a list of websites that you used as references
Grading Rubric
Scientific and common names and picture
Symptoms and tests
Treatment
Host
Hide-outs
Transmission and life cycle
Prevention and interesting facts
Neatly Organized
At least 3 sites used and cited
Total
5 points
5 points
5 points
5 points
5 points
10 points
5 points
5 points
5 points
50 points