Microbes and Diseases

Unit Name: What's Bugging You

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Key Concept: Relationships

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Related Concept: Interaction, Consequences

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Global Context and Exploration: Scientific and technical innovation (The biological revolution)

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Statement of Inquiry:  The biological revolution manipulates interactions between the natural world and human societies.

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Factual Questions: 

• What are microbes and what are their types?

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• What are the conditions needed for microbes to grow?
  
  

Conceptual Questions: 

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• How do parts of the immune system interact to protect us from disease?

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• How do diseases spread?

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Debatable Questions: Is the biological revolution a boon or curse?

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Resources: Google Slides, including class activities