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Viruses: Dead or Alive?
A brief presentation introduces viewers to the world of viruses. Viral structure, virus categories, and the lytic cycle are displayed. The first slide needs to include actual diagrams of viruses to make the structure clear. The final...
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Viruses
For this viruses worksheet, learners will read the 5 steps of the lytic cycle and then label those steps on a diagram starting with the virus attaching to a cell and ending with the cell opening and releasing the replicated viruses.
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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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Transcription, Translation, and the Genetics of Microbes
Students construct various virus models using Fruit loops and Alphabits to represent nucleotides and molecules. They constructs capsomeres using shoes as the capsomeres and discuss various viruses.