Antibiotic Resistance - Task D
Lesson
Alignment and Connections of Task Components to the Standards Bundle Task Component D asks students to research potential solutions to the problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria in order to develop a list of criteria and constraints to be considered when people design a tool, process, or system to reduce or prevent bacterial antibiotic resistance in hospitals and nursing homes. The criteria may address factors related to short and long-term consequences of human activities, the positive and negative effects on people and the environment, the uses and limitations of technology, and society’s needs, desires, and values. This addresses the NGSS performance expectation of MS-ETS1-1 through an integration of parts of the core idea of ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems, parts of the practice of Asking Questions and Defining Problems, and parts of the connections to engineering, technology, and applications of science of Influence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural World. By asking students to identify criteria and constraints based on a number of solutions, timescales, and human considerations, students are addressing parts of the NGSS crosscutting concept of Patterns. When students conduct research about antibiotic strains and use this researched information to make a list of criteria and constraints, they are addressing W.7.7 and WHST.6-8.7, conducting short research projects.