Introduction
Task
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
Biographer
1. Information on the life of Jonas Salk
a. When was he born?
b. When did he die?
c. When and how did he find the cure for polio?
d. Other interesting facts.
Infectious Disease Specialist
2. Information on polio
a. What causes polio?
b. How do you get the vaccine?
c. When should you be vaccinated?
d. Who is required to be vaccinated?
e. Other interesting facts about polio or vaccines
in general.
Interviewer
3. Conduct an online interview with a person
who remembers the time before the polio
vaccine.
a. Think of 3-4 questions to email to
the interviewee. Sample questions include:
b. How is life different from life then?
c. Famous people who had polio?
d. When did you get the polio vaccine?
e. Other interesting facts.
Statistician
4. Information on how many children and
adults contracted polio yearly.
a. If there was no polio vaccine, how
many people would have contracted polio
in the years since the vaccine was
introduced?
b. If everyone in your group had a
grandmother die as a young child, how
many people would not be alive today?
c. Where in the world does polio still exist?