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Anthrax attacks

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A lesson plan for grade 8 Science

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This Science NetLinks lesson focuses on the bacterial disease known as Anthrax. Anthrax has always been identified as a disease that infects cattle, but there are known cases of people contracting this disease directly from handling infected cattle. In this online lesson the students will research the disease and its impact on human health.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 8

  • Goal 7: The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of microbiology.
    • Objective 7.02: Describe diseases caused by microscopic biological hazards including:
      • Viruses.
      • Bacteria.
      • Parasites.
      • Contagions.
      • Mutagens.
    • Objective 7.03: Analyze data to determine trends or patterns to determine how an infectious disease may spread including:
      • Carriers.
      • Vectors.
      • Conditions conducive to disease.
      • Calculate reproductive potential of bacteria.