Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
MedMyst Mission 1: Orientation at O.R.B.
A dozen years after a great plague wipes out the majority of Earth's civilization, a group of scientists joins together to fight infectious diseases. Scholars join the training mission and learn about viruses, bacteria, pathogens and...
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Bacteria Lab II: Effect of Bacteriocides
Written to follow "Bacteria Lab I: Preparing Agar Plates and Culturing Bacteria," also found via the Lesson Planet site, this lab sheet instructs your microbiologists to test a bacteriocide for effectiveness. In the preceding lab, they...
Teach Engineering
Clean it Up!
Harness the power of bacteria. Scholars see how using organisms that exist in nature can help solve human problems in the process known as bioremediation. They research and discuss several successful examples, such as using oil-eating...
Baylor College
The Variety and Roles of Microbes
Mini microbiologists play a card game in which they group microorganisms by groups: virus, fungus, protist, or bacteria. Then they identify the roles different microbes play in the natural world and explore how humans effectively use...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Winogradsky Columns: Microbial Ecology in the Classroom
Winogradsky columns are ideal for observing the role of bacteria and other microorganisms in an ecosystem. This student activity guide is complete with data tables for observations and analysis questions for processing what was observed....
Biology Junction
Bacteria Crossword Puzzle
In this biology instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle with 42 questions about bacteria. They identify the different characteristics of bacteria.
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Bacteria
Young scholars study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them. In this investigative lesson plan students examine harmful bacteria.
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Capturing Bacteria Growth
Students grow bacteria. In this bacteria growth lesson, 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...
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Breaking News: Shopping Carts Covered in Bacteria (5th March, 2011)
Students explore current events by completing several worksheet activities. In this bacteria infections lesson, students read a current news story of the germs associated with shopping carts and how people should protect themselves....
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
A Gene Is Made of DNA
Does a protein or DNA store genetic instructions for life? Follow the research from the 1920's experiments on mice through the 1940's experiments on bacteria to learn the answer to the difficult question. Scholars use an online...
American Society for Microbiology
”Build a Bacterium” Scavenger Hunt
An exciting activity has scholars use cell parts to build bacteria through cooperation with other groups. Each group has some of the cell parts needed, but they must trade with other groups to be able to fulfill their function as a...
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Bacteria in Your Life
In this bacteria worksheet, students describe the process that kills harmful bacteria in milk. Then they describe what types of bacteria are helpful to farmers and which two plants have these bacteria in their roots. Students also name...
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Bacteria Pool Party
Students investigate the organisms of bacteria. They are given a culture of bacteria that can be observed under a microscope. The students make observations that are recorded. The lesson includes the mention of specific safety...
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Two Kingdoms of Bacteria
In this bacterial growth worksheet, 9th graders name and describe the three types of bacteria found. Then they label the figure of the bacterium by writing the correct term next to each number. Students also describe the difference...
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On the Microbe Trail: An Introduction to Bacteria and Aseptic Technique
Tenth graders predict the conditions necessary for bacterial growth, test their predictions and at the same time practice the aseptic techniques and safety procedures needed when working with bacteria.
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Isolating Bacteria from a Mix Culture
Students isolate three species of bacteria using the plate streak method, implement sterile microbiology techniques, and produce pure cultures of each microorganism at the end of this exercise. They write a descriptive paragraph for each...
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How Many Bacteria on Your Food?
Students discuss and conduct a food safety experiment which looks at bacteria and food poisoning. They swab the other area of some food and grow bacteria in an agar plate.
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Bacteria in Your Life
In this bacteria activity, middle schoolers conduct an experiment by looking through their cupboard and refrigerator at home and locating the expiration date on six foods. Then they record what they found in the table shown. Students...
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Viruses and Bacteria
Reviewing the key terms and ideas from a chapter about viruses and bacteria, this activity helps students to reinforce their knowledge about the makeup and life cycle of a virus. Students answer true/false questions, blanks from a word...
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Backyard Bacteria
Students experiment with different bacterias that they found and make predictions of their growth. In this investigative lesson students use petri dishes to grow their bacteria then summarize what has happened.
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Virus and Bacteria Worksheet
In this viruses and bacteria instructional activity, students circle all the places that viruses and bacteria can hide in a picture of a classroom. Students do this for 1 picture.
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How To Culture Bacteria in the Laboratory
Learners participate in an experiment in which they culture bacteria in a lab setting. They record their observations and analyze the data. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson plan.
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Bacteria Concept Map
In this life science activity, learners complete a concept map on bacteria. They fill in 7 blanks with the appropriate answer from the word list.
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Multiplying Microbes
Ninth graders investigate the techniques of culturing bacteria. They culture bacteria using agar plates. Students identify and describe some environmental conditions that effect bacteria growth.
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