Structure of Newsletter
4-5 Articles
 Bacteria – Steptococcus, E.coli, Samonella, Tuberculosis, Cheese-making, Sewage, Oil Spills, E.coli
o Required Information
 Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote – differences in complexity and structure (1.c)
 Requirements for growth and replication (10.d)
o Other Information
 Helpful Bacteria
 What makes bacteria harmful?
 Antibiotics – How they work, what they do, how they were discovered
 Viruses – HIV, Influenza, Small Pox, Chicken Pox, Polio
o Required Information
 Not a cell (1.a) – What makes a virus different than a cell?
 Viruses vs. Prok/Euk – differences in complexity and structure (1.c)
 Requirements for growth and replication (1.d)
o Other Information
 Vaccinations
 Not being able to cure virus infection
 DNA/Protein Synthesis – HIV-How it Works, Protein Synthesis, Viruses – How they work
o Required Information
 DNA – Structure and Function (5.a, 1.h)
 DNA Replication (5.b)
 Protein Synthesis
 RNA – Structure and Function (5.a, 1.h)
 Protein – Structure and Function (5.a, 1.h)
 Transcription and Translation (1.d, 4.a, 4.b, 5.b)
o Other Information
 HIV – retrovirus – RNA is reverse transcribed into DNA (HIV Webquest)
 Viruses – Inject DNA, DNA is copied, Proteins are made from viruses DNA
 Immune System – Skin, Swelling, Infection
o Required Information
 Role of skin in providing defense against infection (10.a)
 Immune Response to bacteria and viruses (10.d)
 Antibodies – what are they, what do they help us do (10.b)
o Other Information
 Immunodeficiency disorders
 Allergies
 Prevention/Cure – Yearly vaccines, Vaccines, Antibiotics, Superbugs/Drug-resistant Bacteria
o Required Information
 Role of skin in providing defense against infection (10.a)
 Vaccination – How do they work? (10.c)
 Antibiotics work for fighting bacteria not viruses
o Other Information
 Repeat vaccinations
 Vaccinations that don’t work – HIV
 How disease is spread