The correctness and effort of your work determines your grade on this set of activities.
This assignment should be completed individually. Any assignments that have been duplicated or plagiarized (in part or in total) will not be accepted.
Because many students may not have experience with these types of activities, grading rubrics exist for you to use.
A rubric is the set of guidelines that instructors use to evaluate your assignment for a grade.
These rubrics are the ones that your instructor uses to grade your work.
PowerPoint Assignment
Powerpoint Slides:
Create MS Powerpoint slides that describe your learning from this exercise according to the directions below.
You may NOT use Google Slides or any other software equivalent.
Your final presentation for this course will include these slides that cover this information.
Use the Powerpoint "Style Guide" and the "CitationsCitationsCitations" reminders to earn a better grade!
Slide 1: Describe the significance of Wolbachia infection in insects. Include:
a description of Wolbachia biology and its prevalence in insect and arthropod species
the overall impact of Wolbachia infection on an insect population
Want to earn more points in this section? Include much of the information about Wolbachia that was provided to you…but please be concise!
Slide 2: Describe the relevance of Wolbachia infections in insect populations to human health. Include:
how Wolbachia infection in insect populations may directly or indirectly affect human health
at least one filarial nematode and one viral disease mentioned
Name the pathogens that cause the diseases.
Name the vectors (insects) that carry these pathogens.
Name the host organisms of Wolbachia.
Identify the symbiotic relationships between Wolbachia and its hosts.
Describe the relevance of Wolbachia infection of this host organism to the human viral disease and the human filariasis.
Want to earn more points on this section? Include information on ALL 4 of the diseases that were covered in this exercise (but be concise!)
Slide 3: Describe the importance of this work. Include:
why GSU Armstrong students as a collective are participating in this project
why your individual experience with the project is important
For full credit, make sure that these items are different!
Don't forget to include the research question: Is my insect infected with Wolbachia?
Slide 4: Return to Part two of the lab exercise, and present your completed flowchart of the experimental design in a tabular or flow-chart format.