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3.7 Dead Earth Diseases Research

As part of the ‘Microbes and Disease’ section of their Dead Earth topic 3.7 have been researching diseases.

Students were given the name of a disease, and asked to focus their research on –

  • Type of pathogen
  • Method of transmission
  • Symptoms
  • Mortality rate
  • Prevention
  • Treatment
  • Geographical spread
  • Any other relevant information

Click on the titles below to view the Sway presentations.

Dengue Fever

Salmonella

Measles

Rubella

Rabies

Cholera

Chicken Pox

Malaria

Scarlet Fever

River Blindness

Yellow Fever

vCJD

Sleeping Sickness

HIV

HPV

‘Flu

Tuberculosis

E-coli

Typhoid

Impact of Climate Change on Plant Growth

S3 have been investigating the impact of climate change on plant growth. We planted cress seeds and exposed them to different conditions aimed at simulating drought, normal and flood conditions. Some of the plants were cultivated in mini greenhouses to mimic warmer temperatures. The results from our experiment are plotted in this graph. Flooding conditions gave the least plants growth, drought conditions allowed the plants to grow but not as well as normal watering. Our experiment shows that extreme changes in weather can impact plant growth. IMG_5295[1] IMG_5292[1]

3.4 Dead Earth

7/6/2016 As part of our dead earth investigation we are studying climate change, its potential causes and the impact it has on our lives. First drafts of our Natural Disaster investigations. We are going to review each others work and make changes to improve on our first drafts.

We have assessed our work using the following criteria;

  1. is the natural disaster clearly explained?
  2. Are the effects of the disaster discussed?
  3. Is an example of this type of disaster included?
  4. If the disaster is caused by climate change, is this explained?
  5. Is the work informative or did you need more information?

Flooding by harvey and ross

Wildfires by Isla and Vanessa

Tsunami Logan, Luke and Damian

Tsunami emma and Nicola

Heat WaveHeat wave by lg

Flooding By Ross

Cyclones robbie, murron and niamh

Wildfires by Richi Joshua and Alistair

 

3.7 Science – Solar System Moons – Animoto Videos

Callie & Iona – Umbriel – https://animoto.com/play/SM0nBR3hhdetLYVG09q8Jg

Niamh & Vincent – Deimos – https://animoto.com/play/wNslZbhLyb0GT16V5TcdbQ

Evie & Emma – Titan – https://animoto.com/play/XvKdc0MMTV74yVr6Y3Q0cw

Eilidh & Ryan – Rhea – https://animoto.com/play/xQLMzHUlqemVE44Bj07SDw

Letisha – Ganymede – https://animoto.com/play/bI3iWcrLQWdfjpyUmvrA6Q

Abby, Darren & Iona – Cressida – https://animoto.com/play/0QPOn7etM86VZu40uOPpnA

Heather & Ewan – Europa – https://animoto.com/play/OhmuQRtvw9qwqegKbuhFRA

Jamie & Caroline – Io – https://animoto.com/play/UgVcWqZjrgtqTw80BzT4mA

Robyn & Hollie – Mimas – https://animoto.com/play/g7Tk0hQ59mlgNIrZwqriTA

3.3 Science – Solar System Moons – Animoto Videos

Lauchlyn & Casey – Europa – https://animoto.com/play/EHX01M0xC0wknAvCOaJazA

Gary – Mimas – https://animoto.com/play/kQYl5JuDpYeyyAFWA7bvkA

Jack & Megan – Triton – https://animoto.com/play/eoY7LgMlf9bL1QCMiE16OQ

Brian & Mark – Ganymede – https://animoto.com/play/B7Q5cWzcl0iB0W2pf9o1Zg

Crawford & Baillie – Phobos – https://animoto.com/play/wtSJ5zY74rnNCTMhNPtSUA

Declan & Derek – Titan – https://animoto.com/play/9wRvi0bZsW3UX0RKHVe7wg