Parasitology Lesson Plans

Students survey and dissect as many fish as possible. They count nematodes, cestodes and crustaceans on the fish, fill out autopsy reports, and transfer data to a chalkboard data table. Students graph the results of the entire class and explore coevolution.

In this lesson learners engage in DNA manipulation using forensics techniques. In this lesson learners investigate topics involved in forensics studies such as cloning, electrophoresis, gene mapping, replication, and transcription.

This lesson has 7th graders compare/contrast the life cycles of free-living organisms to that of parasites. They conduct Internet research, illustrate the stages of a specific organisms's life cycle, and direct and produce a mini-video production.

This lesson has students count nematodes, cestodes and crustaceans on approximately one-hundred and fifty fish. They fill out autopsy reports for external and internal parasites then complete and discuss guide questions to make inferences about parasite evolution.

Learners learn about various types and examples of symbiotic relationships. They then create a memory card game in which they challenge others to match "hosts" with their appropriate "symbionts."

In this lesson learners perform a lab to becoe familar with scientific concepts. The skill of inquiry is essential and this lesson furthers its development. The intelligence of kinesthetics is used as learners perform the many aspects of this lab exercise.

In this lesson students examine many different types of protozoa and their life cycles. They find out what types of diseases can be caused by these microbes. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on the scientific method.