Bacteria Lesson Plans

Students investigate bacteria that help and hurt cows. For this bacteria lesson students determine the difference between pathogenesis and symbiosis. They view bacteria through a microscope.

Students observe bacteria that are able to orient themselves using the Earth's magnetic field.They comprehend the difference between anaerobic and aerobic organisms. Students can tell the difference of the shape of magnetic force field lines around a bar magnet and around the Earth itself.

Young scholars listen and take lecture notes, they quietly watch a video on the Bacteria and their viruses while taking notes on the video. They make 2 color drawings on blank paper, one showing a lytic virus and one showing a lysogenic virus.

Students explore the evolution and features of bacteria through a series of activities. In this biology lesson, students collect data and graph bacterial growth. They design a brochure about bacteria's role in society.

Students investigate exponential growth.  In this exponential growth instructional activity, students grow two types of bacteria colonies.  Students record the bacteria growth over the course of a few days.  Students make a scatter plot of the bacteria growth and find a line of regression to fit the data.

Students grow bacteria. In this bacteria growth lesson plan, students allow bacteris to incubate for 2-3 days. The teacher uses a document camera to show how to remove the bacteria from the plate. Students remove a small sample of bacteria and view it under a microscope.

Students discuss bacteria. In this bacteria lesson, students see how bacteria in foods can cause illness and how to keep yourself safe. This lesson contains five activities and pre and post tests. 

Learners examine a variety of environmental and industrial roles of bacteria. explore where bacteria can be found and distinguish bacteria from other organisms.

Students research how bacteria move, where they live, and how they reproduce. They explore how bacteria can be helpful or harmful. Students create a display illustrating what they explored about bacteria. They are asked what they can recall about bacteria.

Students explore current events by completing several worksheet activities. In this bacteria infections lesson plan, students read a current news story of the germs associated with shopping carts and how people should protect themselves. Students complete several word match and true/false activities based on germ born illnesses.