High School Science

To produce a scientific explanation on the antimicrobial potency of Makabuhay Leaf Extract for the people in the far-flung community rarely visited by any medical practitioner as first aid for treating mild bacterial infection.

GOAL

ROLE

You are a research oriented student living in a barangay where folkloric influence is very strong and you have to convince the people to use the bitter decocted extract of makabuhay leaf for the treatment of E. coli contamination.S

AUDIENCE

The people in the community

SITUATION

It is a known fact that not all people in the community have the capacity to store medicine for common illness. Some finds it even difficult to buy one antibacterial table for a simple stomach ache due to E. coli infection.
Today, people in the far flung community will resort to rubbing the aching stomach area with warm leaves of some known herbal plant to alleviate the pain. In the absence of antibacterial tablet or medicine, as an informed student, you already know that Makabuhay leaf extract contain flavonoids and alkaloids that could inhibit and reduce the E. coli infestation to the normal floral level in the intestine.

PRODUCT

You need to inform the people in the community the list of active ingredients of a diatabs or loperamide the commercially available antibacterial tablet for stomach trouble cause by E. coli. Then show them the design or scientific research method of determining the secondary metabolites of plant extract. The Phytochemical Evaluation and the Antibacterial Screening of Plant Extract. Show them the result of your laboratory investigation. The analysis of the laboratory result and the positive analysis of the scientific research.

The Scientific Research supporting the claim of the Antibacterial Property of Makabuhay Leaf Extract should contain the necessary element of a good scientific evaluation. The procedure, materials needed, manner of data collection, the result presented and data analysis should be made clear and comprehensible for an ordinary person for convincing effort. Budgetary and efficacy comparison of the antibacterial effect of the Makabuhay Leaf Extract with that of the commercial tablet should be emphasized for economic advantage.

STANDARD FOR SUCCESS