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Assignment:

Part 1 Know:

1. The role of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins and minerals
2. Examples of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins and minerals
3. How calories are calculated
4. What is needed in a balanced diet?
5. How balanced diet requirements change with age, diabetes, and activity level?
6. The following parts and functions of the digestive system Mouth, tongue, epiglottis, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, appendix, rectum, anus, salivary glands, saliva, bile
7. What enzymes are and particular roles (amylase, pepsin)?
8. Common additives and their purposes

Part 2 Know:

1. The characteristics of bacteria, viruses, and fungi

2. The life cycles - lysogenic, lytic

3. How diseases spread and common examples (insect-borne, airborne, water-borne, STD, food- borne etc.)

4. How human body naturally responds to pathogens

5. The role of antibodies, vaccines, and antiretrovirals in the attack against pathogens

6. Non-medical ways to protect yourself from disease (hand-washing, cooking food to right temp. etc)

7. Some techniques used in the workplace to keep disease from spreading (Forum on Sterile Techniques)

8. Some non-governmental agencies and their work (see Lesson 7 and Forum) Discuss:

9. Lab procedures and results for

• Spread of Disease (Gizmo)
• Effects of Treatments Lab

10. Also be prepared to further discuss sterile techniques (see Forum)

Part 3

• Distinguish between endemic, epidemic and pandemic
• What is a pandemic?
• Describe some current local/global public health issues
• Describe some of the deadliest pandemics in history. Be able to describe the causative agent, factors that led to the outbreak
• Describe some non-infectious public health issues such as diabetes, asthma and contaminated drinking water
• What is the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative? What are its goals? Why was it created?
• Describe several risk factors that contribute to higher rates of disease in different geographic areas.
• Describe the goals of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Why was it created? Describe 3 specific initiatives the PHAC has undertaken
• Describe some public health initiatives such as vaccines, quarantine, food safety and travel notices that are done in the interest of public health
• Describe the public health concern over refined sugar consumption. Why are health experts concerned? Describe some solutions to this crisis

Case Studies:

Flint water crisis Zika and Olympics Global sugar crisis

Part 4

The central dogma of molecular biology

- explain the relationship between DNA, RNA and proteins

- explain the relationship between proteins and characteristics of an organism

- what are the similarities between DNA and RNA? what are the differences? -explain the steps in DNA replication

- explain what is transcription and what is translation

-be able to use the genetic code table to make proteins from DNA and vice-versa

Traditional Biotechnology

- compare and contrast selective breeding and direct genetic manipulation (transgenic organisms, explain why BOTH are examples of biotechnology

-describe the importance to humans the historical use of selective breeding

-describe some negative consequences of selective breeding

Modern Biotechnology

- what is the difference between a genome and a gene?

-describe the goals of the Human Genome Project. Describe 3 surprising findings of the HGP.

-describe the process of gene therapy. What are the current stumbling blocks to implementing it as a viable treatment.

- what is IVF?

-describe the process of IVF

-what is a clone?

- explain the two methods of making a clone

- what are some challenges of cloning (risks) -describe the process of reproductive cloning

- in your opinion, when is it OK to clone? explain -describe the application of stem cells

- "make" a plasmid

- what are restriction enzymes

- explain how sticky ends work

- explain how a recombinant plasmid is made and used

-describe some genetically modified organisms and their application

-What is PCR?

-Why do we use PCR?

-Explain the 3 steps involved in PCR (include diagrams & temperatures)

-What are the ingredients required in your test tube in order to get PCR reaction to occur? -What machine used for PCR?

-What are some applications of PCR technique?

For gel electrophoresis, explain:

a) what does this do?

b) what are the major steps?

c) what are the uses of PCR and electrophoresis? -describe DNA fingerprinting. What can it be used for?

Part 5

• What is the difference between a positive and a negative feedback loop? What are the three parts of a feedback loop? Give an example of positive feedback. Why does the body do this? Give an example of negative feedback. Why does the body do this?
• For blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and respiratory rate give the range for human norm values. Which vital sign has the most variation?
  
  How are the four vital signs measured?
• What is the difference between tachycardia and bradycardia?
• How are lasers used in medicine?
• How is heart in box helping transplant success rates?
• Describe the following procedures: angioplasty, laproscopic surgery, pacemakers
• How will nanotechnology be used one day in medicine?
• Describe some problems with computer medical records?
• For each of the following radiology examples explain the mechanisms used and give an example of what it would be used for: X-ray, ultrasound, CT scans MRI and endoscopy
• What is pharmacogenetics?
• What are the 6 steps in drug development?
• What was the first successful organ transplanted?
• What was the early result of organ transplantation?

What was cyclosporine used for? Why was it important?