12 Most Unwanted Bacteria

Name: ____________________ Period: ____Date: __________

Your assignment is to create a presentation about one
of the 12 Most Unwanted Bacteria.
Using the information from class and the internet, you
will be researching one of the dangerous
Bacteria that will be researched: (Circle the bacteria
youve been assigned)
Camphylobacter jejuni
Salmonella Typhimurium
Clostridium botulinum
Shigella
Clostridium perfringens
Staphylococcus aureus
Escherichia coli O1757:H7 (E.
Vibrio cholera
coli)
Vibrio vulnificus
Listeria monocytogenes
Yersinia enterocolitic
Salmonella Enteritidis
Your presentation should include the following information:
Name of the bacterium
What are the foods/sources associated with it and possible
contaminants?
What is the implicated illness?
What is the incubation period for the illness?
What are the symptoms associated with the illness?
What is the duration of the symptoms?
What are the steps for prevention?
Draw a picture or make a model of your bacterium.
What is your bacteriums implication in the Farm-to-Table Continuum?
(how your bacteria can spread and how it can be prevented at each
step)
____Farm ____Processing ____Transportation ____Retail ____Home
(Table)

Where to find information to complete the

poster?
In information packets from Mrs. Boyden
Internet
Books from library

BE CREATIVE & PLAN SOME TYPE OF SKIT,

SONG, POEM, ETC.

12 Most Wanted Bacteria - Rubrics

STUDENT EVALUATION: Please evaluate your work on the rubric below.
0-6 points
7-12 points
13-20 points Comments
Creativity of Fair quality
Good quality
High quality
Presentatio
n
Completene Little or no
Most of the
All criteria
ss
criteria was
criteria was
was met
met
met
Use of time
Worked little
Worked most Worked all
or not at all in of the time
period
class
Comments:
Total
____/60

TEACHER EVALUATION: I will evaluate your work on the rubric below.

0-6 points
Creativity of Fair quality
Presentatio
n
Completene Little or no
ss
criteria was
met
Use of time
Worked little
or not at all in
class
Comments:
Total
____/60

7-12 points
Good quality

13-20 points Comments

High quality

Most of the
criteria was
met
Worked most
of the time

All criteria
was met
Worked all
period

_____Name of the bacterium

_____What are the foods/sources associated with it and possible
contaminants?
_____What is the implicated illness?
_____What is the incubation period for the illness?
_____What are the symptoms associated with the illness?
_____What is the duration of the symptoms?
_____What are the steps for prevention?

_____Draw a picture or make a model of your bacterium.

_____What is your bacteriums implication in the Farm-to-Table Continuum?
(how your bacteria can spread and how it can be prevented at each step)