The author of this article mentioned below and also of the Hot Zone and Cobra Event, Richard Preston will be on the campus of Illinois State U in Normal on 11/13. He is to give a talk at 7:30pm on " Bio-weapons and the Future" at the Bone Student Center's Braden Auditorium. Talk is free of charge. Should be good.... here is excerpt from ISU's promo on his visit...
" Preston's research took him to highest levels of nat'l and international intelligence gathering.... he has also interviewed scientists involved in developing and testing biologicl weapons.... has testified before the Senate on America's readiness to face the threat of biological and chemical warfare" I used his book Hot Zone in teaching my Adv Biology students about the ebola virus and transmission in the movie "Outbreak". We compared his/scientific facts with that of the Hollywood version - students learned a great deal about how the media/movies take liberties with real science. Should be a great experience for you/your students! Jenny Grogg Faculty Associate - Dept of Biology ISU 309.438.8581 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:57 AM To: 'Cayata Dixon'; 'CSI Science'; 'CSI ISTA' Subject: [ISTA-talk]RE: [CPS Science]Anthrax Questions I have taught basic epidemiology to some of my students in the Chicago City Colleges. We go over transmission methods and isolation techniques. I found an article about small pox which is both very enlightening and very scary. My students liked reading it, and they were wide-eyed with questions when it came time to discuss. The article itself appeared in the New Yorker in 1999. Here is a link to it. http://cryptome.org/smallpox-wmd.htm The article is great from a factual standpoint, but it might be a little too much for some people to handle. One person recently described it me as haunting. Read it before making the decision to let your students see it. The article could be a little alarmist. Other than that, the Museum of Science and Industry has a new learning lab called Outbreak (due to open Nov. 12) which is supposed to deal with topics related to this. It may be a good idea to contact them. Mike Davis Science Theatre Productions ph: 773-343-2500 www.stproductions.net -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/> -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
