Instructional Video
Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?

9th - 10th
Find out why bats are the perfect animal to carry and spread some of the most infectious human diseases. [3:13]
Instructional Video
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Viruses: Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body

5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] See how a viral infection works in the human body, as it tricks the host cell into making millions of copies of the virus. [3:40]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Influenza Prevention and Treatment: Antiviral Drugs for the Flu

9th - 10th
Video lecture explores antiviral drugs for the flu. [13:49]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Viral Replication: Lytic vs Lysogenic

9th - 10th
Learn about viral replication: Lytic vs Lysogenic. [5:11]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 2 Types of Flu Vaccine

9th - 10th
A video over viewing the two types of flu vaccines that are used. Learn the differences between LAIV (live, weakened) and TIV (dead) vaccines, and when each is appropriate to be used. [7:48]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Understanding R Nought

9th - 10th
R Nought is the number of new cases that an existing case generates on average. Dr. Rishi Desai, a pediatric infectious disease physician, gives several examples of scenarios with different R Noughts. [8:59]