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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

West Nile Virus: Vectors and Hosts Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The spread of an infectious disease can be a complicated process. Using a game approach, learners reenact the spread of the West Nile virus. They learn the need for the vector in transmitting the disease and how different organisms react...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Viral Hijackers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how viruses invade host cells and hijack the hosts' cell-reproduction mechanisms in order to make new viruses, which can in turn attack additional host cells. Students also learn how the immune system responds to a viral...
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Website
Stanford University

Stanford University: Bacterial Disease Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about cutting-edge research on bacterial pathogens from the Stanford University. Then view movies showing how these pathogens invade their hosts. The introduction for the non-biologist is very helpful.