Did YOU Know... ?

Did You Know... ?:

· In Pennsylvania 18,703 people are living with AIDS
· For every 100,000 people there are 15.2 in Pennsylvania with AIDS
· In North America, there are 1.2 Millon people ages 15+ living with HIV and AIDS
· In ages 15-49 the percentage of prevalence of having is 0.6%
· There have been 23,000 deaths of adults and children because of HIV and AIDS
· Arthur Ashe Jr. was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, and died from AIDS on February 6th, 1993
· On November 7th, 1991 Magic Johnson announced he had contracted HIV during a press conference and is still living with HIV
· AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on December 1, 1981.
· In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4–3.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children.HIV will progress to AIDS after 10-15 years.

Foundation Questions 2!

This is My Essential Question:
What Makes HIV and AIDS an Epidemic?


These are my 10 Foundation Questions:

1. How many people in the USA live with HIV and AIDS?
2. How do people contract HIV and AIDS?
3. How are HIV and AIDS related?
4. What are ways to prevent HIV and AIDS from broadening?
5. What are some organizations that help spread awareness to HIV and AIDS prevention?
6. Are there any treatments or a cure for HIV or AIDS?
7. What is HIV?
8. What is AIDS?
9. How Are HIV and AIDS Connected?
10. What are some common stereotypes about HIV and AIDS?

Foundation Questions!

I have been working on Foundation Questions lately.
As of Yesterday i have created 10 foundation questions,
AND began working on answering them. So my progressions are
going well I also have found out about a few people who have died of AIDS,
and one who has been living with HIV or AIDS for some time now.

Did you know Arthur Ashe died of AIDS?
He announced that he had AIDS on April 8th, 1992,
and Died of AIDS on February 6th, 1993.
Did you know Magic Johnson has been living with HIV since 1991?
Magic Johnson Announced he had HIV on November 7th, 1991
and Is currently living with HIV.

Well i discovered this yesterday and i was suprised.

Progression

My progressions so far are at a stand still...
I i cant think of anything else to work with,
other than reading articles about my topic.
I have found 11 or 12 key terms, and none of them have simple defintions...

But i have been reading articles for the past 2 days...
and i have found out alot more than i knew before about AIDS

Today

Today I havce been mainly reading articles
and trying to figure out an essential question.
I have found several useful websites and have recorded them.
I have found the World Aids Day Website

December 1st is World AIDS Day.

............

Latest Thought!

I Received a comment that I find extremely good.
I plan to to use Surveys to find out how much students know about HIV and AIDS.
I plan to survey students from each grade to find out how much they know as a whole,
using this information I will attempt to create a structured lecture or discussion on
HIV and AIDS Awareness.
After this lecture/Discussion, I will give the very same survey to the previously surveyed students to see how much they have learned about HIV and AIDS.
I will still be creating this website, but I will use the website to help with the organization
of the information i will be using in the Lecture/Discussion.

Latest Topic Idea

I have recently found a more narrow topic for my essential idea.
I would like to create a website dedicated to awareness and prevention
of HIV and AIDS.
Savido asked me "What will make your website stand-out from the rest of the other
HIV and AIDS awareness sites on the web?"
I Honestly HAVE NO IDEA AT ALL, also im in the planning stage of the website,
(Layout, content, etc.)
I hope to have a my site completely planned out by mid february, and i have found several sources for information, and i would hope to be able to use most of my new skills to make this website a place where people can talk to people whether they are infected with HIV or AIDS, or whether they don't have HIV or AIDS.

Topic Ideas

I've thought of many ideas for my Graduation Project.

But I know i want to do something with AIDS Awareness,

Or, Something that has to do with Children Behavioral Habits based on Families.
I have an interest in AIDS Research.