Our class is going to have a class discussion called You Are The Expert!

Each student will play the role of a different person involved in the current Zika issue: Mother, Bee Keeper, Scientist, Business Owner and Governor of Florida. Each student will be given a new source to read and use in the discussion. The source will give you new evidence to use for backing up your claims.

Here's the game plan:

Today

Students assigned their roles
Students given sources and claims
Students read sources and highlight evidence to support claims (in Pages)
Find an additional source to use in the discussion -- become the expert!

Friday (Blue, Silver, Pink) & Monday (Maroon)

Text-based discussion

R O L E S
Mother who contracted Zika while pregnant
SOURCE: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/08/22/miami-mother-copes-with-zika-related-effects-in-newborn/

Bee Keeper
SOURCE: http://wsvn.com/news/special-reports/south-florida-beekeepers-concerned-about-effects-of-zika-spraying/

Scientist
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/health/zika-virus-damage-vision/

Miami business owner
SOURCE: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/miami-business-owners-anxious-for-zika-warnings-to-end/

Florida Gov. Rick Scott
SOURCE: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/miamis-wynwood-cleared-zika-focus-shifts-miami-beach-42213625

Bee Keepers --> Read this one. Copy and paste the text into your Pages document.

Bee Keeper

“Naled and other insecticides are not worth it! They kill my bees and will destroy my livelihood (job).”
http://wsvn.com/news/special-reports/south-florida-beekeepers-concerned-about-effects-of-zika-spraying/

South Florida beekeepers concerned about effects of Zika spraying

Vocabulary: Beekeeper, insecticide, Naled, spray, pollinate

Beekeepers in Florida are getting nervous. They are worried about Naled spraying. Naled is an insecticide. An insecticide is a chemical that kills insects. They are scared Naled will affect their bee hives.

Naled is used to kill mosquitoes. The mosquitoes can carry the Zika virus. In South Florida, people have gotten sick and died because of Zika. Naled is killing mosquitoes, but it’s also killing bees.

More than 2.5 million bees died on one farm in South Carolina after one spraying for mosquitoes. Naled, the same chemical being used to kill mosquitoes in Zika-affected areas in South Florida, was sprayed on the hives.

Lee Del Signore is a beekeeper. A beekeeper keeps bees to collect their honey and other products that a beehive produces. A beehive can produce beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly. A beekeeper also uses their bees to pollinate crops, which helps them grow.

Lee has worked as a beekeeper in South Florida for half his life.

He is scared of what could happen to his bees if they spray near him.

He said, “It’s not good for the bees because that mass spray is like a fog. It falls down to the ground like a fog. And whatever it contacts, it’s going to die.”

This could cause beekeepers to lose a lot of money. Over 13 million pounds of honey are produced every year. The honey makes beekeepers more than $27 million.

Lee says it wouldn’t take much to destroy his hives.

“It don’t take much to kill bees. I’m concerned all the time.”

Beekeepers say that the county tells them before they spray. But, that doesn’t mean they can move all of their bees in time.

Lee Del Signore: “They can inform you, but it’s a lot of work to be moving bees. I’ve got bees all over the place. I mean, if they give you 24 hours or a couple of days, what am I going to do? Move all of my bees out of the spray area or try to cover them up?”

And as Zika infections continue across the state, beekeepers say the spraying to kill mosquitoes could kill our food.

Lee Del Signore: “Bees give us honey. Their pollen turn flowers into fruit and vegetables. People can’t do that.”

Which is why they hope government leaders find a safer way to control the spread of Zika.

Claim: Naled and other insecticides are not worth it! They kill my bees and will destroy my livelihood (job).”

Evidence: Naled is bad for beekeepers because __________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________