Exercise 1In the area where WHO will assign you, you will need to set up a field lab to investigate outbreaks. You will need to be able to identify the causal microbes in order to decide how to handle the outbreak. Discuss what do you need to know prior to going to the WHO site about techniques for identifying microbes? Exercise 2- Conduct an Internet or library search for information on gram stains, when they are used and what they show.- Design and submit a concept map on what you have learned. It should include concepts and connections between concepts including:Microbiology testing techniquesTypes of microbes identified by each techniquesExercise 3Activity 1:Diagnosing Ebola - Laboratory TestsDiagnosing Ebola is often difficult in the early stage, 2 -3 days after becoming infected, because the symptoms are the same as seen in other diseases of the area such as malaria. Diagnosis through testing is determine by a timeline of infection. Make a timeline graphic that shows how Ebola is diagnosed by tests. You will need to do research. You can complete this activity individually or with a team. Make the timeline graphic with pictures and descriptions.Activity 2: Virtual Lab Gram StainComplete the Gram Stain virtual lab Activity 3: Virtual Lab BacteriologyComplete the virtual Bacteriology Lab Gram StainStreak PlateDifferential MediaBiochemical TestsAntimicrobial SusceptbilityActivity 4: Case StudyComplete the Case Study: The Case of the Newborn Nightmare First, Download the case study.Second, Work through the case, answering all questions.

Lab Module 2: Mineral and Rock Identification Lab; Geologic Time (30 points)Part 1: Mineral and Rock Identification In this part of the lab, you will describe the minerals and rocks included in your Home Training Tools boxes. You will create a list of the minerals and rocks identified by number, and record your personal observations of your samples. For the minerals, you should make note of the luster and color, hardness, cleavage or fracture, streak, and if it has any special characteristics, as described in the Interactive Lecture and your textbook. For the rocks, identify the texture, composition and a description of grains or crystal, or observable minerals present, also described in the interactive lecture and your textbook. There are 15 minerals, and 15 rocks, 5 of each rock type.1. Fluorite1. Obsidian2. Feldspar – Microcline2. Granite3. Hematite3. Basalt4. Pyrite4. Pumice5. Milky Quartz5. Rhyolite6. Calcite6. Shale7. Mica – Muscovite7. Calcareous Tufa8. Magnetite8. Sandstone9. Gypsum – Alabaster9. Conglomerate10. Talc10. Limestone11. Halite11. Slate12. Mica – Biotite12. Marble13. Graphite13. Quartzite14. Gypsum – Satin Spar14. Gneiss15. Gypsum – Selenite15. Schisthttp://www.hometrainingtools.com/mineral-study-kit http://www.hometrainingtools.com/rock-study-kitAnswer the following questions: Explain the rock cycle.What did you find the most useful property to identify your minerals?What was different about the components of your conglomerate and granite?What was similar between your limestone and marble?What was different between your sandstone and quartzite?Describe the differences between the conglomerate, sandstone, and shale.What is similar and what is different about your granite and gneiss?Part 2: Geologic timeRelative dating methods:Using the diagram below, and the rules of relative dating, answer the following questions.Which unit was being deposited when the fault happened?Explain why the funny line between units 3 and 4 is a disconformity, and not an angular unconformity.Hypothetically, if the trees and ground at the top were covered by the ocean, and deposition resumed, what type of unconformity would be above unit 12, and why?Would unit 11 likely to be present when the fault happened? Why or why not?Explain why units 1-5 were not deposited in this position.In some areas, faults are known to act as a petroleum trap. If unit 2 has oil, and unit 3 is shale, what part of unit 2 would you drill into, above or below the fault, and why?Radiometric dating:Answer the following questions.In order to ascertain useful dates on rock units to help determine the age of major events. Your mission is to date what is thought to be a very old fossil with a volcanic ash layer immediately above the fossil. We do know the fossil is at least more than 300 million years old. Should we use carbon 14 to date the fossil, or uranium 238 to date the volcanic ash layer, and why?We find samples of an igneous rock demonstrate it has been through 3 half-lives. The test element has a half-life of 300 million years. How old is the rock?If the parent isotope starts with 100 grams, but your samples yield only 6.25 grams of the parent isotope, how many half-lives have passed?What unstable isotope would be best to refine the date of bones found in a cave hearth built by humans between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago?Argue with the following: A stone tool fashioned from a chunk of obsidian yields a date of 3,000,000 years old, therefore, the tool was made by a human 3,000,000 years ago.