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Curated OER

Louis Pasteur & Germ Theory

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Germ Theory revolutionized the medical industry and our understanding of bacteria and the human body. Presented is a series of facts and history on Louis Pasteur his discoveries and how they changed beliefs in the scientific community....
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Virginia Department of Education

The Germ Theory and Koch’s Postulates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the history of cholera and its effect on society with your biology class. Young biologists will then proceed to grow their own germs, prepared from live cultures, and follow the steps of the scientific method to generate data....
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PPT
Curated OER

The Drugs Revolution and the Development of Penicillin

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Fleming, Florey, and Chain all had a hand in developing penicillin and the start of the drug revolution. From germ theory to the vaccinations that saved millions, this presentation will give upper graders the basics about the advent of...
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Curated OER

Germs Experiment 2

For Teachers K - 5th
Students express artistic ideas thru art glitter and science. Students experiment with the theory of how germs spread. Students summarize findings in an art format. Students work in groups to analyze data.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Germ Theory Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this worksheet on the germ theory, students complete a 12-word word search. Two puzzles are printed on the page for copying purposes.
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Curated OER

Treatment Through Time

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore how disease prevention and treatment changed throughout history. For this life science lesson, 7th graders create a classroom exhibit about this topic. They present their project to visitors.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Diseases

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
During a cholera outbreak, scientists presented two theories; one theory was based on miasma and the other on germs and contaminated water. The lesson looks at the scientific process for finding the real culprit. 
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Curated OER

Geographic Luck

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine why some countries are rich while others remain poor. They view a video on the website, Guns, Germs and Steel, analyze primary sources to conduct research about plants and animals, and create a game based on their research.
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Curated OER

Hippocratic Medical Rounds

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A very interesting way to model Hippocrates allows your clas to to compare world views and to illustrate how ideas have changed at key times throughout the history of science. This simulation has students role play patients and physicians.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Medicine Through Time Giant Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this recognizing the history of medicine crossword worksheet, students use the across and down clues to review medicine, diseases, and people through time. Students write 31 answers.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

The History and Nature of Science

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use children's literature, coupled with hands on lessons, to teach the history and nature of science.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's That Brown Fuzzy Stuff on My Plum?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Koch's Postulates to determine that a specific organism is the root cause of a specific disease and identify what Koch's Postulates are within a protocol. They describe symptoms and signs of diseased fruit and isolate fungal...
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Curated OER

Microbes: Louis Pasteur - A Microbe Discoverer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Louis Pasteur and the process of pasteurization in controlling microbes. In this pasteurization lesson, students discuss microorganisms and how they can affect health. They discuss Louis Pasteur and research his work by...
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Curated OER

What's That Brown Fuzzy Stuff On My Plum?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine Koch's Postulates by actually using them. They perform each of the required four steps to show that the brown fuzzy fungus they see growing on stone fruit (plums, peaches, nectarines, cherries) is what causes them to rot.
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Website
Morning Earth

Biosphere Community: Microbes: Germs

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholars explore the science topic of germs. The tutorial consists of definitions, examples, and pictures about germ theory.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Scientific Theories

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Today most people realize that microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses, are the cause of disease. This concept is known as the germ theory of disease, one of the...
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains scientific theories and introduces several famous theories in biology.
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Website
University of Waterloo (Canada)

The Concept of Disease: Historical Developments

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information on scientific developments surrounding diseases. Includes the following sections: Hippocrates and the Humoral Theory; Fracastoro and the Contagion Theory; Pasteur, Lister, Koch and the Germ Theory; and Current...
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Article
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Louis Pasteur

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents the text of Louis Pasteur's "Germ Theory and its Applications to Medicine and Surgery" (1878). It provides information about the origin of the germ theory of disease.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How a Few Scientists Transformed the Way We Think About Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
For several centuries, people though diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. We now know that this theory is pretty ridiculous, and that diseases are caused by specific bacteria. But how did we get to this new idea...
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Louis Pasteur

For Students K - 1st
Brief biographical sketch of Louis Pasteur, famous scientist whose discoveries include germ theory and vaccination.
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Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Peril in Prokaryon

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the second in a series of five missions in the MedMyst series adventure games. Students will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the role of detective, scientist, and...
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Lesson Plan
University of Arizona

Pulse: Disease & Epidemics: Architects of History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.

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