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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biosensors for Food Safety

For Teachers 6th - 9th
How can you tell if harmful bacteria are in your food or water that might make you sick? What you eat or drink can be contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins pathogens that can be harmful or even fatal. Students learn...
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Interactive
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Immune System: Defending Our Bodies

For Students 9th - 10th
Great game through which students learn about the immune system. Students read about cells that specialize in "finding and 'eating' bacteria, viruses, and dead or injured cells" and about the Nobel Prize in Physiology.
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Website
US Geological Survey

Usgs: National Water Quality Assessment Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this website to find out about water quality issues anywhere in the U.S.A. where water studies have been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Social Distancing and Quarantine Were Used in Medieval Times to Fight the Black Death

For Students 9th - 10th
Way back in the 14th century, public health officials didn't understand viruses, but they understood the importance of keeping a distance and disinfecting. Almost 700 years ago, the overwhelmed physicians and health officials fighting...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: The Variety and Roles of Microbes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners learn about the four major groups of microbes and their characteristics, and the roles microbes have in the world. The instructional activity and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on the four...
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Wendell Stanley Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief Nobel E-Museum biography on Wendell Meredith Stanley, the scientist and co-recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Read about his education, as well as his contributions to various scientific studies through which...
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Food Borne Illness

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MayoClinic.com provides great information on food-borne illness. The article is somewhat brief, but provides an excellent overview on the subject.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Infectious Disease

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about infectious diseases including pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi as well as transmission and other types of diseases.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Immune System

For Students 1st - 9th
Study how the immune system helps to protect us against diseases and pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
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Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Germs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Engage in the activities provided to learn what you can do to protect your body from harmful germs. Click on the links for further exploration.
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Website
United Nations

United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Fighting Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
The United Nations has distributed this list to make school age children aware of the communicable diseases that have most recently had an effect on society. Good descriptions are provided for each of the 11 diseases.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Barriers to Pathogens

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial you will learn about the barriers that keep most pathogens out of the human body.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: The Curious Microbe

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site focuses on unusual microbes that inhabit an extreme environmental niche on our planet. Individual articles are written in a tone suitable for general audience.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Germ Theory Jeopardy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a Jeopardy game where students will review and discuss the development of the Germ Theory, as well as cell organelles and bacterial and viral diseases.
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Graphic
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Bacteriophage

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled illustration of a bacteriophage.

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