Curated OER
Your Body: Bacteria Incubator
Students explain the benefits and harm caused by bacteria in the body. In this biology lesson, students observe bacterial growth in the lab. They explain why anti-bacterial soap may not be beneficial for the human body.
Curated OER
Food Safety Lab
Students use the scientific method to investigate the role of temperature in microbial growth. In this food preservation instructional activity, students set up an experiment with fruit in room temperature and in a refrigerator. They...
Curated OER
Viruses and Bacteria
In this viruses and bacteria worksheet, high schoolers will read information comparing the characteristics of bacteria and viruses. Then students will match 8 statements as either describing a virus or a bacteria.
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Direct Microscopic Counts
Guidelines for an activity through which you, acting as a research assistant for a wine merchant, work to grow a microbe under different conditions.
Other
Nsf International: Nsf Scrub Club
Keep yourself clean, kill bacteria, and stay healthy all year long by washing your hands (and under your fingernails) with warm soapy water. Play the "6 Steps Game" to learn how to properly clean your hands, meet the "villains" that...
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!: Bacteria Cam: Growth of Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Explore this bacterial growth sequence which begins four times daily (your local time) at midnight, 6 AM, noon, and 6 PM. A fresh image is loaded every minute.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F le.a & N Rn Extending the Definitions of Exponents 2
A biology student is studying bacterial growth. She was surprised to find that the population of the bacteria doubled every hour. Aligns with the F-LE.A and N-RN.A.1 standards.
Success Link
Success Link: Microorganisms
Lesson plans to examine bactieria and how they grow. The main lesson page indicates that there are seven training labs, but there are only two operating links. Those two are worth exploring.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive: Bacterial Growth
This site provides a brief explanation of how bacteria cells grow and why they do not over run the earth. View actual bacteria growing by way of a time lapse movie.