Milestone Two Template
BIO 212: Microbiology
Name:
Title of your presentation:
What type of software or application will you be using for your final presentation (PowerPoint, PowerPoint with voice-over, etc.)?
Outline
Complete the sections with short sentences or sentence fragments. You should provide enough information to show that you have a plan for how the presentation will flow logically and in order.
Introduction:
What is the topic, and why is it important? What is the disease named, and what is the causative organism? Why should the audience be interested and informed about this disease? How could it impact our lives today? Give at least four essential responses or pieces of information for this prompt.
·
·
·
·
Example:
Tell a story or give a concrete example to illustrate the importance of understanding this disease. This could be information about an outbreak or a significant change in the spread of the disease.
·
·
·
·
Provide information and examples of significant scientific and medical findings about how this organism
causes the disease. Outline the pathway of the entire disease process, focusing on the microbiology processes involved.
·
·
·
·
·
·
What are the symptoms and disease processes patients go through if they are infected?
·
·
·
·
How is climate change impacting the vector, infection rates, or occurrence of this disease?
·
·
·
·
What is being done about this disease, or what else could be done? Are scientists working on eradicating the organism? What medical advances are being tried to prevent the disease or treat those afflicted?
·
·
·
·
References/Resources
You should have at least three references beyond what is in the textbook that you plan to use to support the content of your presentation. You must give a complete APA style reference for each. These must be academic, objective sources that you located using the EC Library and the assistance of the librarians, if needed. A Google search is not sufficient.