Disease Detectives B/C

[DatScienceKid]

Hey, does anyone know what the three pieces of data are that characterize outbreaks or a health situation? Thank you!

Do you mean person, place, and time?

Yup, that's it! Thanks, huge help!

[ddwiyanti]

Hey guys im new to science olympiad specially the disease detectives. Do you guys have any tips or good links that i could go to learn more about disease detective?

[asquaredplusb]

Hey guys im new to science olympiad specially the disease detectives. Do you guys have any tips or good links that i could go to learn more about disease detective?

Obviously first read the rules manual. Then, you can...

Check out the wiki: http://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Disease_Detectives
The test exchange: http://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/2013_T ... Detectives
The Science Olympiad resources page: http://soinc.org/disease_detectives_c, which is chock full of good links.
Also, a good Google search can turn out quite a bit of info.

[ddwiyanti]

But the topic is different now. its environmental quality. Do you know any good websites where i could learn about it.?

[prelude to death]

Environmental Quality is a pretty broad topic, now that I think about it. Sorry for not having any good sites, but I remember on my Regionals test on Friday, my partner and I came across a few questions about ranking the top causes of death in the U.S. due to the environment, as well as other questions on greenhouse gases. (For example, one of the questions asked about a greenhouse gas other than CO2 that's found in the rumen of cattle.)

[Luo]

But the topic is different now. its environmental quality. Do you know any good websites where i could learn about it.?

If you are completely new to Disease Detectives (as you mentioned in your earlier post above), it is probably wise to learn general Disease Detectives concepts (using the links asquaredplusb provided) before focusing specifically on environmental quality.

[ddwiyanti]

Do i need to know about important people or dates.?? or some bacterias' name??

[asquaredplusb]

Do i need to know about important people or dates.?? or some bacterias' name??

Those are both things that may be asked - however, I would suggest that you not spend a lot of time on it. Just get some of the famous ones.

[prelude to death]

I agree with asquaredplusb. For people, I'd say know some of the more famous figures, like John Snow and Hippocrates, but don't spend too much or all your time studying people or bacteria names.

[ddwiyanti]

I am super nervous.!! My competition is gonna be this Saturday and i dont have any partner . i need to make sure that i am ready and put a lot of infos on my sheet.