How Gross Your Bathroom? - Ms. Melissa Muir

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How gross is YourBathroom?What do norovirus, salmonella, E.coli, andstaphylococcus aureus have in common? They’reall illness-inducing germs, and they all thrivewherever there’s a throne. In fact, your bathroomis probably secretly harboring a village of germsthrive in feces, the bathroom is an obvious placeit can end up. Fortunately, many bacterialinfections can be treated with antibiotics,substances that kill or slow bacteria and helpyour immune system to fight them off.that you know nothing about.But before you enter the bathroom in a hazmatsuit, let’s take a look at just how germ-laden yourbathroom might be.Friend or Foe?Before we dive too deep into the bathroom,let’s discuss what germs really are. The termgerm refers to any microscopic particle that cancause humans to become ill. The most commongerms that you’ll find living in your bathroomare bacteria and viruses.Bacteria are microscopic, single-celledorganisms that can live almost anywhere. Mostbacteria are harmless, and some are evenbeneficial to the human body. For example,Bifidobacterium Longum live in humanintestines and actually prohibit colonization bypathogenic, or harmful, bacteria. Bacteria canenter your body through any opening such asyour mouth, nose, or even the tiny pores in yourskin! Once pathogenic bacteria enters your body,it can cause illness in a number of ways. Becausethere are so many types of bacteria that live andE.coli bacteria, 3-D illustrationViruses are another type of germ that canmake humans sick. A virus is made up of asmall piece of genetic material surrounded by asmall protein capsule. After entering your bodyin the same ways that bacteria can, a viruscomes into contact with your cells. The virusattaches itself to one of your cells and injects itsgenetic material. Your cell is actually trickedinto replicating the virus’ DNA, causing thevirus to spread throughout your body. Oneexample of a bathroom-invading virus isnorovirus. You may have heard it called thestomach flu. Antibiotics are not effective intreating viruses, but many viruses can beprevented through immunizations. 2018 erin cobbimlovinlit.com

bathroom! If you were to take sample swabs ofseveral surfaces in your bathroom, you’d likelyget results that are similar to these.The folks at Digital Health Reporter collecteddata from several different bathrooms in order todetermine which surfaces contained the mostbacteria, and the results will probably surpriseyou. The most obvious place for germs -- thetoilet seat -- only contains about 300 bacteria persquare inch. And while that sounds like a lot, it’snot as bad as you might fear.Norovirus, 3-D illustrationBelieve it or not, it isn’t necessary to become afull-on hypochondriac. It’s important to knowthat every nefarious virus or bacteria that youcome into contact with won’t make you sick.Your body’s immune system is constantlyworking to fend off these predators so only a tinyfraction of germs that you encounter lead to anysymptoms at all.Now that you’re caught up on germ jargon,let’s take a closer look at your bathroom.What You Can’t See Might Hurt YouWhen you think about the bacteria living inyour bathroom, your mind automatically thinksabout the toilet. But believe it or not, the surfaceof the toilet is not the dirtiest part of yourNumber of bacteria per square inch in your bathroomcounter: 450faucet: 4,975light switch: 200toilet: 300Floor: 750Let’s compare that with the amount of bacterialiving on other surfaces near the loo. The lightswitch contains a surprising 215 bacteria persquare inch while the countertop hosts 450bacteria per square inch. Be sure to wear yourshoes to the potty or you’ll expose your bare feetto the 750 bacteria per square inch living on thefloor. And perhaps most shockingly of all, thinktwice about how you wash your hands. Thefaucet or tap contains 4,975 bacteria per squareinch! That’s over sixteen times the bacteria on thetoilet seat. Experts recommend that you use aclean paper towel to turn off the faucet afterwashing your hands to avoid one of the mostdangerous surfaces in the bathroom.So when nature calls, go forth and brave theelements. You’ll probably survive. Just make sureyou scrub that bathroom well before you do. Andtake your vitamins! 2018 erin cobbimlovinlit.com

Informational TextNonfiction Article of the Week7-1: How Gross Is Your Bathroom?Skill: Literal ComprehensionComprehension QuizChoose the best answer.1.What is a germ?2.What are the most common types of germs found in your bathroom?3.Germs can enter the body in many ways. Name one way.4.How can a bacterial infection be treated?5.How do viruses spread throughout the human body?6.Are all forms of bacteria dangerous?7.According to the article, which area below is probably the dirtiest part of the bathroom?8.What suggestion does the article give for avoiding the germs on the countertop and faucet?Activity 2 2018 erin cobbimlovinlit.com

Informational TextNonfiction Article of the Week7-1: How Gross Is Your Bathroom?Skill: Text EvidenceFinding Text EvidenceFind each piece of text evidence in the article and highlight OR underline it with the color specified.For items 1-4, you’ll be citing textual evidence to support what the text says explicitly.1.Find the sentence that explains what a germ is and highlight it in blue.2.Find the sentence that gives an example of a good bacteria and highlight it in green.3.Find the sentence that explains why so many bacteria live in your bathroom andhighlight it in purple.4.Find the sentence that tells how many bacteria per square inch are probably on thebathroom light switch. Highlight it in gray.For items 5-8, you’ll be citing one piece or multiple pieces of textual evidence to supportinferences drawn from the text.5.Find one piece evidence in the article that shows the reader (you) why you should careabout this article. Highlight them in orange.6.Find two pieces of text evidence that show you how important your immune system is toyour body and highlight them in pink.7.Find three pieces of text evidence that prove that germs in your bathroom can actuallymake you sick and highlight them in yellow.8.Find one piece of text evidence that tells you why you should be careful washing yourhands and highlight it in red.Activity 3 2018 erin cobbimlovinlit.com

Informational TextNonfiction Article of the Week7-1: How Gross Is Your Bathroom?Skill: Development of Central IdeasMain Idea & DetailsUse the article to answer the questions and complete the graphic organizers.1.What was the main idea of the entire article? Write it in the box below.2.What are the names of the subheadings in the article? Write them on the lines provided.3.What is the first subsection mostly about? Write it in the space provided.4.What is the second subsection mostly about? Write it in the space provided.How Gross Is Your Bathroom?(1)(2a)(2b)(3)(4)5.Let’s take a closer look at the section, Friend or Foe. Divide this section into two maintopics and enter them in the spaces labeled 5a and 5b.6.Now, add the major details (not sentences) in the spaces provided under each main topic.Friend or Foe(5a)(5b)germs made up of genetic material surroundedby a protein capsulemost bacteria are harmless, and some aregoodattaches itself to one of your cells and injectsits genetic material to spread throughout bodybacterial infections can be treated withantibioticsActivity 5 2018 erin cobbimlovinlit.com

Informational TextNonfiction Article of the Week7-1: How Gross Is Your Bathroom?7.Skill: Development of Central IdeasIn your own words, explain how the text develops the central idea you identified for thesection, Friend or Foe. (Your answer to Question 3)Re-read this paragraph from the article.The folks at Digital Health Reporter collected data from several different bathrooms in order todetermine which surfaces contained the most bacteria, and the results will probably surprise you. Themost obvious place for germs -- the toilet seat -- only contains about 300 bacteria per square inch. Andwhile that sounds like a lot, it’s not as bad as you might fear.8.What is the main idea of this paragraph?9.How is the main idea you identified above developed in this paragraph?10.Notice that there are two different graphics in the second subsection, What You Can’tSee Might Hurt You. One is an illustration and the other is a graph. Both graphicsprovide the same data. Describe how each graphic develops the main idea of this section(your answer to Question 4) in a different way.Activity 5 2018 erin cobbimlovinlit.com

2018 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Nonfiction Article of the Week 7-1: How Gross Is Your Bathroom? Informational Text 1. What was the main idea of the entire article? Write it in the box below. 2. What are the names of the subheadings in the article? Write them on the line

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