COVID-19 Sparks Community Action
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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.
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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.
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Key Terms
aerosol, coronavirus, envelope, ethanol, hand sanitizer, lipid, mask, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), viral transmission
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Version History
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