Virus Unit Competency Self Assessment Assignment

Creative thinking

I demonstrated the core competency of my creative thinking in the virus project by collecting information based on the family of my virus and applying them to my model. My teammate and I had to choose a virus, make a model and a pamphlet of it and present it to the class. We decided to choose the Equine Infectious Anemia virus (EIA). My job was to make an EIA virus model. This virus infects horses and there is not much information about the model of this virus. However, I was able to creatively think about finding the family of this virus and apply the information that its family of viruses has to my model. In this project, I was able to get very familiar with this virus and other viruses and gather information. I was even able to learn parts of many viruses. My teammate and I were also able to use our collaboration and communication skills to share information. We were finally able to reach the main goal well.