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Mr. Sproule's Projects:

​Grade 8 Science--It's a Bad News Bug

Watch the videos above to get a quick understanding on Infectious Diseases
Follow this link for a definition on Infectious Diseases.

RESOURCES:

​Use the books provided (on the trolley) and the links below to take notes on your project.

You must use at least two reliable online sources and at least one print source.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (Searchable)
  • Cleveland Clinic: Infectious Diseases  
  • Government of Canada: Infectious Diseases  (Searchable and Fr/Eng))
  • Health Alberta (Searchable)
  • Medline Plus (U.S. National Library of Medicine) (ABC order)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  (ABC order)
  • Quebec Government Health Issues (searchable and Fr/Eng)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases  (Searchable)
  • University of Rochester: Common Infectious Diseases  (ABC order)
  • WHO: Fact Sheets​  (ABC order)

DATABASES - available on the Learning Resources "ribbon" after you log into our online catalog:​
  • Science in Context (Gale) (Searchable)
  • World Book Student (Searchable)

WORKS  CITED
There are several possible MLA9 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, mybib.com , oslis.org/mla-secondary-citation , easybib.com , BibMe . Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation. format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order