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John Snow Questions for Elementary Students

John Snow Questions for Elementary Students

John Snow Questions (Elementary) 1. How old was John Snow when he began to work as an apprentice for Dr. Hardcastle? 2. How many people died in the 1831-1832 cholera epidemic in England? 3. Doctors believes that ____ were the cause of cholera but Dr. Snow believed that _____ were the cause of cholera.

John Snow Questions for High School Students

John Snow Questions for High School Students

John Snow Questions (High School) 1. How old was John Snow when he began to work as an apprentice for Dr. Hardcastle? 2. How many people died in the 1831-1832 cholera epidemic in all of Europe? 3. Define miasma theory and germ theory.

New Orleans Case Study

New Orleans Case Study

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana was one of the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The bustling city was flooded as the levees protecting the city failed. The flood waters filled the streets with almost every imaginable type of contamination. Fuel, chemical, and biological products combined to make what some people referred to as a “toxic soup”.

Contamination Case Studies Presentation

Contamination Case Studies Presentation

When Water Goes Bad: A look at four cases of water contamination Let's look at 4 cases from Canada and the US. Milwaukee, WI - Cryptosporidium outbreak; North Battleford, SK - Cryptosporidium outbreak; New Orleans, LA - E. coli, cholera, fecal coliforms; Walkerton, ON - E. coli contamination