The Outbreak
CELLS TO ORGANISMS STORYLINE ONE
There's a mysterious illness sweeping the Tyto Academy campus! Players bust out their microscopes to help Nurse Marysol get to the bottom of the sickness. Could a single-celled organism be behind this outbreak?
NGSS Alignment
This storyline aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards at MS-LS1-1.
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Real World Connections
This storyline is grounded in the phenomenon of amoebic dysentery. It introduces microscopic unicellular organisms, encourages problem-solving and critical thinking, reinforces good experimental design, and makes real world connections to disease control and civil engineering.
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Storyline Walkthrough Overview
Something In The Water
It's clear that no one intended to harm the students, so how did tainted ingredients wind up in some of the party food? Students use a microscope to figure out just what kind of single-celled ne'er-do-well is behind the outbreak so that they can launch an investigation into the true source of the illness.
