Curated OER
AP: Chapter 18: Microbial Models
AP biology and college microbiology classes benefit by completing this seven-page activity on microbes. An exhaustive set of questions addresses the characteristics and reproduction of viruses, classification and uses of bacteria, and...
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Antibiotic Attack
Young scholars examine how antibiotics work and why they are effective. In this antibiotic lesson, students discover that when harmful germs get inside the body, the immune system may not be strong enough to fight the germs off. Young...
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A Safe Food Supply? Is Your Food Safe to Eat?
Viewers of this slide show learn that pesticides used on food crops can be harmful, but that there are certain allowable levels that should not be hazardous. They find out the rigorous process of inspection that meat must go through...
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Fungi Crossword
In this biology worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 28 questions about fungi. They identify the different parts of a fungus.
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Immunity From Diseases
For this immunity worksheet, students review vocabulary associated with how the body defends itself from diseases. This worksheet has 12 matching questions.
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Applied Evolution: How Will We Get There from Here?
Students explore the basic process of natural selection and how people can manipulate that process today. The consequences of natural selection on daily life and the implications of evolutionary biology in basic and applied science is...
Curated OER
Micro-organisms and Human Life
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms that relate to micro-organisms and human life. There are 20 biology terms located in the word search.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Epidemiology, Public Health, and You
Activities in this comprehensive interactive tutorial will help you explore various public health careers. In addition, you will learn about why ethical guidelines are necessary in epidemiological research; emerging and past public...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Feel Better Faster: All About Flow Rate
All of us have felt sick at some point in our lives. Many times, we find ourselves asking, "What is the quickest way that I can start to feel better?" During this two-lesson unit, students study that question and determine which form of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Antibiotics Work
Young scholars are introduced to a challenge question. Towards answering the question, they generate ideas for what they need to know about medicines and how they move through our bodies, watch a few short videos to gain multiple...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Resisting Antibiotics
The Why? Files have provided information related to antibiotic resistant viruses. New antibiotics have been created to battle the ever-changing virus.
University of Hawai'i
Univ. Of Hawaii: Penicillin the Wonder Drug
This site from the Univ. of Hawaii, is a great place to learn info about Alexander Fleming, the guy who discovered Penicillin, as well as info about Penicillin. Also contains info about the two other men, Howard Florey and Ernst B....
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Bandages That Could Bite Back
Describes research to create bandages that contain an antibiotic. The bandages fool bacteria into attacking them, which releases the antibiotic and attacks the bacteria.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Lloyd Conover
Use this site to learn about Lloyd Conover, the inventor of tetracycline, an antibiotic which is used to treat bacterial infections, such as Lyme Disease.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: The Antifungal Drug Nystatin
This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides information regarding the long-distance collaboration of Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller which resulted in the development of the first anti-fungal antibiotic.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Alexander Fleming
Find out about the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the antibiotic, penicillin.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Rachel Fuller Brown
The National Inventors Museum highlights Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown for their work with the antifungal antibiotic, nystatin.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Elizabeth Lee Hazen
Site gives a brief professional biography of Elizabeth Lee Hazen who developed the antibiotic nystatin with Rachel Fuller Brown.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: An Ounce of Prevention Keeps the Germs Away (Pdf) [Pdf]
This resource provides detailed information about preventing illness, and forming healthy habits.
Other
Mar Vista Animal Center: Amoxicillin
Describes how amoxicillin is a synthetic improvement of penicillin.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Strep Throat
This article provides brief but factual information on strep throat that answers some basic, commonly asked questions that people have about the illness. It is a good site to get a basic overview on the subject.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Antibiotic Resistance
A brief discussion of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Lloyd H. Conover Tetracycline
Read a brief bio on the inventor of the broad spectrum antibiotic, tetracycline.