The Hot Zone Activities & Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Nobel Prize

If you were to give the Nobel Prize to one of the characters in the book "The Hot Zone", who would you award it to and why?
a. Who has achieved the greatest benefit to mankind?
b. Whose work has really made the best contribution to science?
c. Possible answers could include: Nancy Jaax, Jerry Jaax, CJ Peters, Frederick Murphy, Gene Johnson, Tom Geisbert, Peter Jahrling, Philip Russell, Joseph McCormick

2. Find a Vaccine

Why is there no vaccine for Ebola? (read more)

The Hot Zone | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

Describe the physical elements of the setting. Which characters seem most comfortable in this setting? Can this setting be altered? Do factors such as weather affect the setting?

describe the five tecniques used in the book the hot zone to prevent ebola from spreading from the monkey house

Im the book The hot zone what are a couple od literary terms and what page are they on and 5 sentences about them

what conditions may have facilitated the jump of the virus responsible for AIDS to humans near Lake Victoria

the book describes several places where virus outbreaks have taken place around the world. where are these places and how might they all be connected?