I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break. The last day of 1st semester is Friday, January 16. We are almost halfway through our school year already! The homework and DUE dates are as follows:
Wednesday, January 7: One of the animal-like protists we'll learn about this week is the sporozoan Plasmodium, which causes malaria. Research the following (you'll find some information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria) about malaria and answer in complete sentences:
- Malaria translates from Italian to mean what? Why would the translation be associated with swamps?
- Africa used to be infamous as the "white man's grave" during colonial times, in part due to malaria. According to one website "During the American Civil War (1861-65), one half of the white troops and 80% of the black soldiers of the Union Army got malaria annually". People don't contract malaria in the United States anymore. Why is that?
Have a good week,
-Mr. Pfiester
