LESSON PLAN: MODEL

YEAR LEVEL: 11

DATE: 1ST October 2015

TIME: 90 mins (Double lesson)

TEACHER: Mrs
Whiting

BIOLOGY: Unit 4:
Infectious Disease

TOPIC: Recent disease outbreaks

ACTIVITY
Infectious disease outbreaks happen all around the world. This investigative activity
requires the students to design a model of a recent disease outbreak. The elements of the
outbreak that need to be included are,
How is the disease transmitted?
How does the disease affect the immune system?
How widespread is the outbreak?
How is the disease being contained?
Students are to select one of the following diseases: Ebola, Avian Flu, Coronavirus and
Cholera. Students are to evaluate the varying media and scientific sources available to
them and select the most reliable. Students may find difficulty in deciphering the wide
range of information available to them through the internet. Students may encounter
difficulty in reducing the information to a diagrammatic model that answers the intended
questions.
STUDENTS PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Students a have and understanding on the types of pathogens and the ways in which
these pathogens are transmitted.
RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR LESSON
Text books and unit notes
Laptops with internet access
ACARA CURRRIUCULM CONTENT
SCIENCE INQUIRY SKILLS
ACSBL096: Identify, research and construct questions for investigation; propose
hypotheses; and predict possible outcomes.
ACSBL100: Interpret a range of scientific and media texts, and evaluate models,
processes, claims and conclusions by considering the quality of available evidence;
and use reasoning to construct scientific arguments.
ACSBL101: Select, construct and use appropriate representations, including
diagrams and flow charts, to communicate conceptual understanding, solve
problems and make predictions.
ACSBL102: Communicate to specific audiences and for specific purposes using
appropriate language, nomenclature, genres and, including scientific reports.
SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING
ACSBL116: Infectious disease differs from other disease (for example, genetic and
lifestyle diseases) in that it is caused by invasion by a pathogen and can be
transmitted from one host to another
ACSBL117: Pathogens include prions, viruses, bacteria, fungi, protists and parasites
ACSBL118: Pathogens have adaptations that facilitate their entry into cells and
tissues and their transmission between hosts; transmission occurs by various
mechanisms including through direct contact, contact with body fluids, and via
contaminated food, water or disease-specific vectors
ACSBL119: When a pathogen enters a host, it causes physical or chemical changes
(for example, the introduction of foreign chemicals via the surface of the pathogen,
or the production of toxins) in the cells or tissues; these changes stimulate the host
immune responses
ACSBL120: All plants and animals have innate (general) immune responses to the
presence of pathogens; vertebrates also have adaptive immune responses
ACSBL121: Innate responses in animals target pathogens, including through the

inflammation response, which involves the actions of phagocytes, defensins and

the complement system

ASSESSMENT OF LESSON OUTCOMES

This activity is a summative assessment. Student will be assessed on their ability to;
1. Condense and logically sequence an idea into an easy to understand model.
2. Comprehend and extrapolate the immune system response in respect to their
chosen pathogen
3. Creatively represent the information.
4. Use their inquiry skills to build on the concept of the immune system

EVALUATION
Did the students understand the purpose of this activity?
Where the student able to affectively use their knowledge gained from the topic to
create a logical model or does concepts from the topic need to be re-addressed?
Did this activity generate higher order thinking in the students? What questions
arose after the activities completion?
Could the activity be structured in a simpler way if students struggled with the
concept of the model?

World Health Organisation [WHO] (2015). Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak. Retrieved from:
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/