Outbreak

Lab Overview:

Students will play the role of a prospective scientist/lab technicians interviewing for a job at the "Boston University Center for Disease Control" (BUCDC). During the course of orientation program, "pathogenic" bacteria will be accidently "released" into the lab. Over the next 3 hours, students will attempt to model, identify and then "treat" the outbreak using basic laboratory skills including, microscopy, catalase tests and gram staining. Additional post and pre-lab material is enclosed in this packet to be used at the teachers’ discretion.