Understanding Bacterial & Viral Diseases: What's it all about?

Task 1: Choose your diseases.

Choose a bacterial and viral disease to research.  A list of bacterial and viral diseases is given below in "Resources" to choose from.  If there is another bacterial and/or viral disease of your choice that is not listed, check with the teacher.

List of Bacterial Diseases

- Right Diagnosis

- Bank of Biology

List of Viral Diseases

- End Memo

- On Health

- Histopathy

Task 2: Research your diseases.

Using the Internet sites given, conduct a thorough research on the disease�s symptoms or effects, treatments or cures, and transmission.  Also, give an explanation of the bacteria or viral structure and function.

http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/search/browse.php?step=2&nav=main&by=subject&filter=&value=Bacteriology&freeResourcesOnly=no

http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Bacteria Sites

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/index.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/b/bacterial_diseases/subtypes.htm

Virus Sites

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/virusdiseases.html

http://www.histopathology-india.net/viral_infection.htm

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/viral/subtypes.htm

Task 3:  Create the Two Brochures

Use the researched information to form, organize and create your two brochures. 

Go to piktochart.com. 

Click on Sign Up.

Sign up with Google.

Make sure you are on "Infographic" on the left tab bar.

Use one of the templates or create your own.

If piktochart does not work, use the following links to find EXAMPLES of professional brochures to help give ideas for organization and layouts.  You may use Microsoft Word, Apple's Pages, or other software programs to design and create.  

http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/ct101043031033.aspx

http://www.stocklayouts.com/Templates/Free-Templates/Free-Sample-Brochure-Template-Design.aspx?SeoType=brochure&&referringURL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.google.com%2fsearch%3fnum%3d30%26hl%3den%26safe%3dactive%26client%3dsafari%26rls%3den%26q%3dbrochure%2bsample%26aq%3df%26aqi%3dg-e10%26aql%3d%26oq%3d%26gs_rfai%3d

http://www.printingforless.com/brochuresamples.html

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2007/12/best-of-brochure-design-cool-samples-and-examples-of-brochures/