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COVID-19 Sparks Community Action

Topic

  • Microbiology
  • Viruses
  • Pathogens & Disease
  • Scientific Skills & Literacy
  • Science as a Social Process

Resource Type

  • Videos
  • Scientists at Work

Level

High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IBCollege

Duration

00:09:42
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Description

This video shows how a group of students, scientists, and volunteers came together to make hand sanitizer and masks for their community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In March 2020, the disease COVID-19 swept the world, causing hospitals to become overwhelmed and many people to die. Many scientists redirected their work to protecting people from COVID-19 and the coronavirus that causes it: SARS-CoV-2. This video follows several science students at the University of California, Berkeley who started a grassroots effort to produce free hand sanitizer and masks for their community. The video explores the science of how hand sanitizer and masks reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and highlights the importance of collaboration in both science and society.

An audio descriptive version of the film is available via our media player.

The “Educator Materials” document includes background information and implementation suggestions. The “Student Worksheet” incorporates concepts and information from the video.

The “Resource Google Folder” link directs to a Google Drive folder of resource documents in the Google Docs format. Not all downloadable documents for the resource may be available in this format. The Google Drive folder is set as “View Only”; to save a copy of a document in this folder to your Google Drive, open that document, then select File → “Make a copy.” These documents can be copied, modified, and distributed online following the Terms of Use listed in the “Details” section below, including crediting BioInteractive.

Student Learning Targets

  • Explain how hand sanitizer destroys viruses like SARS-CoV-2. 
  • Explain how wearing masks reduces the spread of viruses like SARS-CoV-2. 
  • Identify ways in which scientists and science practices can address the needs of society at large. 
  • Express the importance of collaboration among scientists and other community members in solving scientific and societal problems.
     

Estimated Time

Within one 50-minute class period.

Key Terms

aerosol, coronavirus, envelope, ethanol, hand sanitizer, lipid, mask, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), viral transmission

Terms of Use

Please see the Terms of Use for information on how this resource can be used.

Accessibility Level (WCAG compliance)

PDF files meet criteria. Video files meet criteria.

Version History

Date Published 06.28.21

NGSS (2013)

SEP6

AP Biology (2019)

SP2

AP Environmental Science 2020

8.15

Common Core (2010)

ELA.RST.9-12.10.4, ELA.RST.9-12.10.7

Vision and Change (2009)

CC2; DP5, DP6

Materials

Resource Google Folder (link)
Film 1080p (M4V) 377 MB
Film 1080p (WMV) 396 MB
Film 720p (M4V) 155 MB
Film 720p (WMV) 197 MB
Transcript (PDF) 215 KB
Educator Materials (PDF) 360 KB
Student Worksheet (PDF) 269 KB

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