Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

The Germ Theory and Koch’s Postulates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the history of cholera and its effect on society with your biology class. Young biologists will then proceed to grow their own germs, prepared from live cultures, and follow the steps of the scientific method to generate data....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Detecting Disease

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this detecting disease worksheet, students will review the different tools scientists use to identify diseases including the steps of Koch's postulates. This worksheet has 14 fill in the blank and 4 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's That Brown Fuzzy Stuff on My Plum?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use Koch's Postulates to determine that a specific organism is the root cause of a specific disease and identify what Koch's Postulates are within a protocol. They describe symptoms and signs of diseased fruit and isolate...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Immunity From Diseases

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this immunity worksheet, learners review vocabulary associated with how the body defends itself from diseases. This worksheet has 12 matching questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's That Brown Fuzzy Stuff On My Plum?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Koch's Postulates by actually using them. They perform each of the required four steps to show that the brown fuzzy fungus they see growing on stone fruit (plums, peaches, nectarines, cherries) is what causes them to rot.
Worksheet
Curated OER

BIO205-CH1- Intro Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to biology. The word list includes protists, viruses, plants, spiral, and biotechnology.
PPT
Curated OER

Prokaryotes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Although these slides are text rich, the summaries of prokaryote characteristics will be useful. There are diagrams of preferred cell conditions and your students will find all the basic definitions of structure and functions...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Nature of Disease

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this diseases activity, students will learn about infectious diseases including what causes a diseases and how they are spread. Students will also review symptoms of disease, patterns of diseases, and treating diseases. This activity...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

USING the SCIENTIFIC METHOD for PROBLEM SOLVING

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in teams to map the scientific method as applied in a present day medical situation. Their collaboration of data and findings should lead to a mutual conclusion. Students watch a variety of video's concerning these situations.
PPT
The College of Physicians

The History of Vaccines: Koch's Postulates

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how scientists use Robert Koch's four postulates to dentify the cause of an infectious disease.
Handout
Other

Robert Koch: Noble Laureate in Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a short biography of Robert Koch (1843-1910 CE) highlighting his birth, education, and accomplishments. Written in outline form, noting Koch as the 1905 Nobel Laureate in Medicine.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Robert Koch

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides a biography of Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910 CE).
Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: Med Myst: Medical Mysteries on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Two problem-solving detective games, each with its own series of missions, involve players in microbiological investigations into the causes and spread of diseases. Concepts covered include disease pathology, Koch's principles, immune...
Unit Plan
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: The Effect of White Nose Syndrome on Bats

For Students 9th - 10th
Using bats to explain how new diseases come into existence can move from one location to another.