As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak reaches Australia, here’s what we know

This is what we do and don’t know about the Wuhan coronavirus spreading around the world.

A fact based approach to information about the current pandemic, suitable to support delivery of the Year 8, 9 and Senior Secondary National Curriculum for Biological Sciences.

For definitions of epidemic, pandemic and other terms useful for this topic please direct your students to https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section11.html

Word Count: 1395

Years: 8, 9, 11, 12

Topics:

Biological Sciences – Cells, The Body, Genetics, Living Things

Additional: Careers, Maths, Technology

Concepts (South Australia):

Biological Sciences – Form and Function