University of Waterloo (Canada)
The Concept of Disease: Historical Developments
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Scientific Theories
[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...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Louis Pasteur
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.
Morning Earth
Biosphere Community: Microbes: Germs
Scholars explore the science topic of germs. The tutorial consists of definitions, examples, and pictures about germ theory.
University of Arizona
Pulse: Disease & Epidemics: Architects of History
A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How a Few Scientists Transformed the Way We Think About Disease
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Germ Theory Jeopardy
[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.
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Peril in Prokaryon
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...
Other
Hartford University: History of Epidemics and Plagues
This resource provides information on epidemics, how they occur, and how they spread.
Other
Schools History: Louis Pasteur
A brief discussion of Pasteur's theory that germs in the air were the cause of disease rather than the result of disease.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Louis Pasteur
A chemist and biologist, born in dole, department of Jura, France, Dec. 27, 1822; died Sept. 28, 1895. He is known most famously for his demonstrations supporting the germ theory of disease and his vaccinations, most notably the first...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Louis Pasteur
A French chemist who created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax, as well as supported the germ theory of disease through his various experiments. He invented the method of pasteurization.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Louis Pasteur
An introduction to the life and achievements of the great scientist Louis Pasteur. (In Spanish)