Our game, The Life of a Pathogen, is a board game in which the player’s goal is to reach the end of the game board with the most amount of people infected hence becoming an epidemic. The game will build your knowledge by testing you in the topics of vectors, the immune system, transmission, health organizations, diseases, and timeline. Therefore, it is intended to be played by those who have an understanding of these topics and is based off of the information we have learned in class. Players will start the game by setting up the board and putting the pink, blue, and orange cards in their pockets and then according places as well as taking out the notebook pad and pencil. Then, the oldest player will deal out the green vector cards among the players …show more content…
If two or more players happen to roll the same number, then they will roll the dice again until one player rolls a higher number. Then, the first player starts their turn by rolling the dice and moving the according places on the board. The player will have the chance of either landing on a light green, orange, pink, or blue space. If the player lands on a pink space with a letter “P” on it, then the player will pick up a pink card, read it out loud and answer the question. If answered correctly, then the player will receive points (representing the difficulty of the question). The amount of points may be found in the right corner of the blue and pink cards. Everytime players recieve points for answering questions correctly, the player may record the number on points they have on the notepad with the pencil. These points will keep an ongoing tally that will come in play at the end of the game. If the question is answered incorrectly then you will lose one point, regardless of the difficulty of the card. If the player lands on a blue space, then the player will pick up a blue card and continue as they would if it were a pink card. After the cards are picked up and listening, they are to be discarded by being
Plagues and Peoples written by William H. McNeill follows the patterns of epidemics and endemics within human history. It is within this history that McNeill finds parallels between diseases and humans in the forms of microparasitism and macroparasitism. Merely from the title, McNeill gives equal importance to viruses and humankind. In several instances, humans behave the same way viruses, bacteria, and parasites do in order to survive and to compete. Surprisingly enough, McNeill’s overarching theme can be summarized using his last sentence, asserting that “Infectious disease which antedated the emergence of humankind will last as long as humanity itself, and will surely remain, as it has been hitherto, one of the fundamental parameters and
It has been called “the greatest catastrophe ever.” That statement was made in reference to the Black Death which was one of many bubonic plague epidemics. Throughout history, the bubonic plague proved itself to be an extremely lethal disease. Outbreaks of the bubonic plague were devastating because of the stunning number of deaths in each of the populations it reached. The Black Death was the worst epidemic and disaster of the bubonic plague in all of history. The Black Death refers to a period of several years in which affected populations were decimated. The bubonic plague is a disease started by bacteria. The disease has horrible symptoms, and most of the victims die after getting the plague. The bubonic plague spread easily between different areas of people. The Black Death was not the first epidemic of the bubonic plague; there was another outbreak several hundred years before. It is important to understand the history of the bubonic plague and reflect upon the Black Death because plague outbreaks can still occur today.
This Radiolab podcast talks about how the HIV/AIDS epidemic started: the ultimate patient zero story, a very recent event that still hurts and still bleeds.
Swenson, Robert. “Plagues, History, and AIDS.” American Scholar 57.2 (1988): 183-200. Academic Journal. Web. 2 Dec. 2013.
Since Plagues and Peoples covers several subjects of knowledge, he helps the reader understand key concepts by fully explaining parasitism and its dependence on humans and animals. People in the field of history, which make up a majority of this books audience, would need more insight into epidemiology to grasp its key concepts. It would not be likely for a historian to be knowledgeable in a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in populations.
She begins with the dramatic account of the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), viral pandemic at the start of the 21st century which started in Southern China. The virus is intentionally carried to a lab in Hong Kong, breaks loose and jets to the rest of the world and ends up killing eight hundred people before it was finally put under control (Crawford 24). She goes ahead to taking us back to history to reveal the interconnected history of microbes and humans, giving an elaborate update at the historical epidemics and plagues. She also identifies the major changes in the way human beings have lived, citing examples such as the change of lifestyle from gathering and hunting to farmers and finally to a complex lifestyle of a city dweller. This later change to city dwelling is what Crawford says made humans vulnerable to attack by microbes. This she supports by showing how life in the city is characterized by a lot of crowding and travelling by air. Crawford poses the question whether humans might ever conquer microbes comple...
The goal of the game is to traverse a level consisting of traps and obstacles. The game relies completely on timing and rhythm; acting too quickly or sluggishly can end up destroying the icon, ultimately restarting the level. Most of the levels start out unlocked at the start, and can be played in whatever order the player sees fit.
Influenza, an innocent little virus that annually comes and goes, has always been a part of people’s lives. Knowing this, one would not believe that it has caused not one, not two, but three pandemics and is on its way to causing a fourth! The Spanish flu of 1918, the Asian flu of 1957, and the Hong Kong flu of 1968 each killed millions of people worldwide, causing mass terror. People were mad with fear, and for good reason, as friends, family, neighbors dropped dead like flies. And yet, as soon as the deaths ceased, the forgetfulness set in… until very few know about these pandemics. These pieces of history may have faded from memory, but with the upcoming threat of an avian flu which can jump from human to human, people must learn from the past to combat the future.
The Monopoly board game is made up of a square board with different unique spaces around the sides that represent real estate properties and a few other components. There’s cards that match each property that can be purchased by any player with the money in the game. The various properties have a specific color that designates the properties to form one group, with up to two or three in each group. House and hotel pieces are able to be purchased and set on any property that is owned by the player that owns the whole property group. Players must take turns on rolling the two dice, moving their metal figure clockwise around the edges of the board, and interacting with the space that they have landed on. If the space is an unowned property the
The movie Outbreak is a wonderful portrayal of how the Chain of Infection works in an epidemic and pandemic outbreak of a disease. The shows how quickly the disease gained power and was responsible for sickness and death in a small community. Pathogens that invade the body have 5 requirements for a successful invasion on their host whether it is a human or animal. I will further review how the movie successfully reflects the reservoir/host, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host to provide the perfect Outbreak of the disease. The same model still used today in science.
ABC mouse.com early learning academy is a subscription base digital education program for children in the age range of two to eight. It helps kids learn to read though phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music with more than 5,000 fun and interactive learning activities. It’s an early education curriculum created in close collaboration with early childhood education experts, each with specific learning objectives. (ABCmouse.com) ABC is considered a Cognitive game designed to help stimulate various regions of the brain. This game should be used to improve reflexes, help children learn, promote critical thinking, and also help them learn different patterns of association
Media depiction of epidemics is an interesting approach in discussing relationship of biology and society, as well as community and population. The film Contagion (2011) uses the “outbreak narratives” where human relationships expand beyond nation-wide boundaries (Lecture 14, 2015). Similar to the Outbreak film (1995), Contagion illustrates how a virus, which was revealed to be a mix of bat and pig viruses, is able to transmit throughout the world. This gives the viewers an insight to the power of contagion.
Say something like: I want all of us to take a seat on a chair in the circle. I am going to play some music. When the music comes on, pass this fruit (ball) around the circle. The child holding the fruit when the music ends must go sit in the chair on the other side of the room. The next time someone goes out, the first child out can return to the circle and continue playing the game.
Alternately, the players make a move, starting with the white player (the player that plays with the white pieces.) A move consists of moving one of the pieces of the player to a different square, following the rules of movement for that piece. A player can take a piece of the opponent by moving one of his own pieces to the square that contains a piece of the opponent. The opponent's piece then is removed from the board, and out of play for the rest of the game.
Rock, paper, scissors game is a game using a bare hand. A hand that forms three different shapes. The shapes are rock (a closed fist), paper (a flat and an open hand) and scissors (index and middle fingers forming V). This game always had been played for so long time either for kids or also for an adult. How to win this game, you need to know the basic of the game: