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- 10th - 12th
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Students view a Reading Rainbow video on germs and discuss microbial diseases. They grow cultures of Staphylococcus aureus and then estimate and graph the count for their own bodies and those of the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine antibiotic overuse and the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the benefits of ocean exploration. They conduct Internet research, identify expeditions, and answer questions using information from their website research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss non point source pollution and identify such sources within their communities. They use radish seeds as a bioassay to investigate pollution. They present oral reports on the results of their experiments. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research deep sea communities and discover strategies for combating antimicrobial resistance and write reports on it. They consider overprescription and prophylactic uses of antibiotics as causes for their ineffectiveness. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students examine how germs spread from one person or object to another. They discuss antibiotic resistant bacteris and examine the benefits of microorganisms. They explore methods of curbing antibiotic resistance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students examine proposals to combat AIDS, VRSA, and measles and recommend one that they could support. They investigate how people can have very different feelings about such proposals. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students discuss sicknesses and how medications have been designed to combat microbial illnesses. They review microbial groups and learn more about treatment of microbial illness. After viewing the lab students conclude that antibiotics are effective in combating bacteria but have no effect on any other type of microbe. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students complete experiments on antibotics and antimicrobials. In groups, they explain how antibotics affect the evolution of microorganisms. They test various types of bacteria to discover how much resistance they have to antibotics. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students complete a think, pair, share activity on an antibiotic overhead. In groups, they participate in an exercise in which they can see how germs behave and how they are treated. To end the lesson, they discuss how a resistance to antibiotics can evolve in a population. Full Review »
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