Each level in Biohazard contains a specific disease, chosen for its ability to yield intriguing gameplay and foster learning in specific AP Biology areas.

7 Levels of Education at the Speed of Fear

Setting: Busy Hospital
Disease: Meningitis
Learning Objectives: anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system and brain, immune defense systems, body's response to infection, cardiovascular system, homeostasis

Setting: Urban Setting
Disease: Rabies
Learning Objectives: aetiology, epidemiology and pathogenesis of rabies, a rhabdovirus, DNA and profiling, peripheral and central nervous system, encephalitis

Setting: South African Hospital
Disease: Ebola
Learning Objectives: physiological role and function of the liver, and the systemic effects of severe haemorrhage, hypovolaemic shock, homeostasis, cardiovascular system, cellular metabolism, metabolic acidosis, normal blood gases and biochemistry

Setting: New York City Neighborhood
Disease: Tuberculosis
Learning Objectives: anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, pulmonary circulation and lungs, transportation of respiratory gases. Epidemiology of TB in North America

Setting: London
Disease: Bubonic plague
Learning Objectives: the lymphatic system, lungs and pneumonia, sepsis, adult respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary oedema, blood clotting mechanisms (disseminated intravascular coagulation)

Setting: Boston University
Disease: Chickenpox
Learning Objectives: an opportunity to combine material learned thus far, and includes an unusual case scenario (Steven-Johnson Syndrome); fluid balance and electrolytes, eyes, integumentary system

Setting: Alien Spacecraft
Disease: Escherichia Coli 0157
Learning Objectives: gastrointestinal system, haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, the renal system

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