Virus Stations Lab.2014

Activity: What’s a Virus?

Goals: To build an understanding of viruses using a series of learning stations.

  1. To model and describe the basic structure of a virus.
  2. To explain how a virus reproduces.
  3. To identify some common viral diseases and explain how they can be treated and prevented.
  4. To explain how viruses affect our lives.

Procedure:

Rotate through the various stations listed below and complete the indicated activity described at each station.The stations do not have to be completed in chronological order.

The various links used throughout this lab are hyperlinked in a document on my webpage. To access the document go to > School (GCMS) Staff (Isabella D’Agostino) > Viruses and Bacteria > Lab: Virus Stations Activity.2014.

Answer all questions in complete sentences.

Station 1: Can You Cure a Cold?

Look at the cold medications on display. You may have used some of these

products when you had a cold.Read the ingredient labels on the products. Read the product claims (What does this medication claim to do for you?).Complete the following chart. Include the name of the medication and each product’s claims.

Name of Medication / What symptoms does the medication claim to cure?
1.
2.
3.

Questions:

a. Which medication would you take if you had a cold? Why?

b. Do these medications cure colds? Explain your answer.

Station 2: Articles on Common Viral Diseases

1.Select any two articles to read:

Chicken Pox Rabies Polio Measles Flu(Influenza)

Complete the following table for each disease.

Name of Disease 1:
______ / Name of Disease 2:
______
Symptoms
How it spreads
Treatment
Prevention

Station 3: Facts on the CommonCold

Read the article on the common cold and answer the following questions:

  1. Which group of people is most likely to get colds? Why do you think this is true?
  1. What causes the common cold?
  1. Which type of virus causes 30 to 35 percent of all adult colds?
  1. Which type of virus causes a large percentage of colds?
  1. Does cold weather cause a cold?

Station 4: What’s in a Quote?

Write at least two sentences in response to the following quote:

Response:

Station 5: VirusWebsite

  1. Go to:
  2. Answer the following questions by searching through the website.
  3. Are viruses alive? Why or why not?
  1. Where are viruses found?
  1. What purpose do viruses serve?
  1. What is a viroid?
  1. What are prions?

Station 6: Virus Concept Map

Read about viruses on pgs. 48-50 in your textbook and complete the following concept map using the word bank provided.

Word Bank:

Particles

Non-living

Cells

Hosts

Living

Parasites

Station 7: Virus Video

View a 5-10 minute segment of the video: Understanding Viruses: Part 1. After viewing the segment, write two new facts you learned and one question you have about viruses. Be sure to write in complete sentences.

Fact 1:

Fact 2:

Question:

Station 8: The Structure of a Virus

  1. Work with a partner!
  2. Study the types of virus structures at your station and refer to pages 50 -51 in your text book.
  3. Select one type of virus structure and using the materials provided create a model of the virus.Your model can be three dimensional or two dimensional.
  4. Answer the following questions:
  1. What part(s) of your model is (are) found in all viruses?
  1. If you opened a virus what would you find?
  1. List one or two objects that the virus you modeled reminds you of that can serve as a visual metaphor. Does the virus look like a tadpole? A golf ball?
  1. Illustrate and label your model in the space below. Label the genetic material and the outer protein coat.

Station 9: Reproduction:Active Viruses vs. Hidden Viruses

Animation:

View the animation. Study the diagrams on how active and hidden viruses multiply and read about them on pages 52 and 53 in your textbook. Compare and contrast the processes on the Venn diagram below and answer the question that follows.

Active VirusHidden Virus

Apply: What is the main difference between an active and hidden virus?