9-12
© 1994-2009 by Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum. Students simulate sexual contact by exchanging fluid from test tubes filled with water and one containing sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The acid-base indicator, phenolphthalein, reveals who has been infected. The students then investigate where the original infection began.
Activity Duration: 30-60 min
Cost: cost of supplies
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Teacher comments:
High school teacher: I have reviewed several of these types of activities and know that students love things that change color. As a chemistry teacher I am really hesitant to give kids unmarked clear liquids--it is a violation of best practice for me. Although 0.1 M NaOH is not very concentrated, it does have potential risks, particularly for younger, less mature students. Rating: Acceptable
Virologist comments:
A good general exercise about spread of infectious disease. Rating: Acceptable
Credits
Art by Bob Hall
Story by Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Lettering by Ted Sikora
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC
Title: C’RONA COMIX BY BOB HALL
Title Strip
Title: THE PROFESSOR, MOUSE, AND CAT FLY ACROSS THE TITLE IN THEIR POD.
PROFESSOR: HERE WE ARE, MINIATURIZED AND INSIDE GRANDMA.
PROFESSOR: WANT TO SEE MORE?
MOUSE AND CAT: OH YEAH!
TITLE PANEL: THEY PASS BY A MACROPHAGE.
CAT: OMIGOSH! THAT’S REALLY SCARY!
PROFESSOR: ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE AN INVADING VIRUS.
PROFESSOR: THAT MACROPHAGE IS AN IMMUNE CELL…
PROFESSOR: … AND COULD SUCK YOU RIGHT IN.
Panel one: THE POD MANEUVERING.
MOUSE: WILL IT GO AFTER US?
PROFESSOR: CAN’T SEE US… WE’RE INTERDIMENSIONALLY TRANSMOGRIFIED.
CAT: SAY WHAT?
PROFESSOR: NEVER MIND. LOOK…
PROFESSOR: …A TRAINING SQUAD OF VIRUSES.
Panel two: THE POD ARRIVES AT THE TOP OF THE PANEL. THERE IS A TINY SQUAD OF VIRUSES STANDING BEFORE A LARGE LUNG CELL. THE COMMANDER IS TALKING. BONA IS FRONT AND CENTER.
COMMANDER: THIS IS…WHAT?
SQUAD: CELL!
COMMANDER: KIND?
SQUAD: LUNG.
COMMANDER: AND SOMEWHERE UP THERE IS A LOCK!
Panel Three: VIRUS COMMANDER CLOSE-UP WITH HIS RECRUITS.
COMMANDER: BONA! KEY OUT! GO!
BONA: YESSIR!
Panel Four: BONA’S KEY IS IN THE LOCK. THE LOCK IS ON THE LEFT, THE EXTENDED KEY AND BONA ON THE RIGHT. THE COMPOSITION FRAMES A MACROPHAGE IN THE DISTANCE, AND IT IS COMING ON FAST.
COMMANDER (FROM OFF PANEL): LOOK OUT!
Panel five: BONA’S KEY HAS BEEN JERKED VIOLENTLY FROM THE LOCK AND IS BEING PULLED OFF PANEL RIGHT.
BONA (NO BALLOON): AAHHRG
Panel one: A BIG PANEL. THE GIANT IMMUNE CELL HAS SWEPT BONA UP AS IT PASSED. ONE OF OUR ARROWS POINTS TO HER WHERE SHE IS BEING SWALLOWED. THE MACROPHAGE MOVES OFF PANEL. THE SQUAD RETREATS SLIGHTLY IN REACTION. THE PROFESSOR’S POD IS VISIBLE ABOVE IT ALL.
ARROW: BONA
BONA (SICK TYPE BALLOON): HEEEELP
SQUAD (NO BALLOON): AWK!
PROFESSOR: THE MACROPHAGE AT WORK.
COMMANDER: THIS AIN’T NO PICNIC!
Panel two: THE COMMANDER AND MONA.
COMMANDER: MONA! YOUR TURN!
Panel three:HESITANTLY, MONA PUTS HER KEY IN THE LOCK, EYES DARTING TO ONE SIDE LOOKING FOR MORE IMMUNE CELLS. LOCK MAKES A ‘KLIK’ SOUND.
Panel four: THE LOCK IS OPEN. THE CELL OPENS.
MONA: IT’S OPENING.
Panel one: THE CELL HAS OPENED INTO A DEEP TUNNEL. MONA GOES IN.
MONA: I’M GOING IN.
Panel two: THE PROFESSOR, CAT, AND MOUSE IN THEIR POD.
PROFESSOR: THE VIRUS NEEDS TO UNLOCK GRANDMA’S CELL…
PROFESSOR: …TO CREATE MORE VIRUSES.
Panel three: A BIG PANEL. MONA BURSTS OUT FOLLOWED BY TONS OF MONAS.
COMMANDER (IN THE BACKOUND): THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE!
SQUAD: (ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND. NO BALLOON): YAAAAY!
Panel four: CLOSE ON THE PROFESSOR, CAT, AND MOUSE IN THE POD.
CAT: WOW!
MOUSE: HOW DO WE FIGHT THAT?
PROFESSOR: WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT COMES NEXT!
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Art by Bob Camp
Story by Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Lettering by Ted Sikora
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC
Title: C’RONA COMIX II BY BOB CAMP 9/28/2020
BAT FLYING AND GOAT ON SKATEBOARD OVER THE TITLE.
Title panel: GOAT AND BAT FACE OFF.
GOAT: I AM THE GREATEST, THE COOLEST, AND THE FASTEST.
BAT: UH… NOT THE FASTEST. NO WAY.
GOAT: AM! AM! AM!
BAT: MIGHT I PROPOSE … WE RACE?
GOAT: YOU’RE ON… VIRUS BREATH.
Panel one-three: TAKES UP THE ENTIRE STRIP. MOUSE IS ON HER LADDER BETWEEN TO GOAT AND BAT. ON ONE SIDE IS ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BATS, LARGE AND SMALL, ALL WITH MASKS AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED. ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE JUST THREE GOATS. THE BATS ARE HOLDING SIGNS THAT SAY: BATS EAT INSECTS, 1400 KINDS OF BATS CAN’T BE WRONG, BATS RULE – GOATS DROOL. A MEXICAN LONG-TONGUED BAT HOLDS UP A SIGN WITH ITS LONG TONGUE: WE POLLINATE PLANTS! THE GOATS HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY: GOATS, YAY FOR GOATS!, GOAT MILK IS GOOD FOR YOU!
BOX: TWO DAYS LATER.
GOAT: GONNA WIN THIS.
GOAT: I’M NO SCAPE GOAT.
GOAT: I’M THE SKATE GOAT!
BAT: YOU READY?
BAT: I’M READY!
MOUSE: IF YOU’RE BOTH DONE TALKING…
MOUSE: GET SET…
Strip Two
Panel one: MOUSE WITH MASK HOLDS OUT ARM.
MOUSE: GO!
Panel two: MOUSE FALLS OFF LADDER AS GOAT AND BAT TAKE OFF.
BAT: UP AND AWAY!!
GOAT: HERE I COME!
Panel three: GOAT IS UPSIDE DOWN ON ITS SKATEBOARD. BAT IS IN AIR LOOKING AT HIM.
GOAT: HOW ‘BOUT THAT, BAT?
SOUND EFFECT: WOOSH!
Panel four: BAT MAKES ‘WOOSH’ SOUND AROUND GOAT. IN SPITE OF THE SKATE BOARD, GOAT IS MUCH SLOWER THAN BAT.
BAT: CUTE!
BAT: BUT NOT FAST!
GOAT: YOU’RE STILL A VIRUS BREATH!
SOUND EFFECT: WHOOSH
Panel five: BAT STREAKS ON AHEAD.
BAT: OK!!
BAT: THAT DOES IT!!
Strip Three
Panel one: THE FINISH LINE WITH GOAT HEADING TOWARD IT. BAT IS WELL PAST THE FINISH LINE SMUGLY WAITING FOR GOAT. BATS IN BACKGROUND CHEERING WITH SIGN: YAY BATS!
SOUND EFFECT: ZOOM
BAT: NO HURRY.
BAT: TAKE YOUR TIME.
BAT: WE’LL WAIT…
Panel two: GOAT AND BAT FACE OFF AGAIN, AND THEIR MASKS ARE FALLING OFF.
GOAT: YOU WON…
GOAT: … BUT I GOT YOUR GOAT, DIDN’T I? HEE HEE.
BAT: THAT IS SO LAME.
Panel three: MOUSE STANDS BETWEEN GOAT AND BAT AND PUSHES THEIR MASKS ON THEIR FACES WITH A ‘FAP’ SOUND.
MOUSE: HEY YOU TWO!
MOUSE: MASK UP!
Panel four: MOUSE, GOAT, AND BAT SIT SOCIALLY DISTANCED WITH MASKS ON.
BAT: VIRUS BREATH? REALLY?
GOAT: SORRY…
GOAT: I’M JUST TIRED OF ALWAYS BEING THE GOAT.
MOUSE: YOU ARE THE GOAT.
GOAT: YEAH.
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