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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

N, B, and T: Pollutants Three

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore nutrient, bacterial, and toxic surface water pollution. They identify the amount of water they use each day and summarize the kinds of substances that cause water pollution. They predict what will happen in water...
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PPT
Curated OER

Biotechnology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The concepts here cover the gamut of biotechnological engineering. Information is given about plasmids and genetic manipulation. After reviewing genetic engineering, this slide show would be useful to recap some of the main procedures.
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Digestion of Protein: Microbes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Milk the resource for all it's worth. Young biologists perform assay techniques to test the digestion of protein. They place bacterial samples, fungal samples, trypsin solution, and distilled water on a milk-agar plate to see the effects...
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Activity
Nuffield Foundation

Digestion of Starch: Microbes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sugar isn't good for you, but it's great for microbes. A simple experiment has pupils investigate the digestion of starch by microbes to produce sugars. They apply two bacterial cultures, an amylase solution, and distilled water on a...
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Activity
Nuffield Foundation

Maintaining and Preparing Cultures of Bacteria and Yeasts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Don't let your bacteria go to waste. A tutorial explains how to properly store and maintain bacterial stock cultures. It describes the purpose and preparation of a permanent stock, as well as a working stock for use in experiments.
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Cultural Growth

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Scholars read and interpret a graph relating bacterial growth in a culture over time. They apply knowledge of derivatives, estimation, and graphing to the skill practice questions.
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Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Bacteria Sampling

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars explore the procedure for bacteria sampling in a virtual lab by first walking through a detailed step-by-step procedure of preparing the samples of raw milk and pasteurized milk, growing the bacteria, and comparing results....
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Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Understanding Water Activity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does water activity play a role in food spoilage? First, the learners think about which types of foods would be best to take on a backpacking trip based on the water activity of different foods. It then walks through why water...
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Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Testing and Adjusting pH

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils learn how to control food spoilage by adjusting the food's pH. They see that one of the most dangerous bacteria can grow in food if people don't handle and store food properly. Using knowledge of the bacteria's preferred pH,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Viruses and Bacteria

For Students 10th - 11th
A series of questions about archaebacteria and eubacteria reinforce a chapter on viruses and bacteria. This worksheet is from chapter 18 of an unspecified textbook, but could work with your biology lecture as well. High schoolers...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bacterial Movement Through Water Part 2- Dilution/Powers of Ten

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils make dilutions using dulution trays. They keep track of their dilutions and the concentrations of solute, to parts per million (ppm) and parts per billion (ppb), in order to have an comprehension of the terms. Students make...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bacteria in Drinking Water And Water Purification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how sewer systems can contribute to water pollution and perform an experiment to see how well a water purification technique can protect against water-born microbial illnesses. They compare the bacterial growth from...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transformation With A Firefly Gene

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand the process of bacterial transformation through experimentation. They describe the function of two important genes of the pBestLuc plasmid. They explain how to induce competence in E. coli cells.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Viewing Bacteria

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners investigate the characteristics harmful and helpful bacteria and observe structures within the bacterial cells. They use micro-slide viewers to observe the shapes of various bacteria and the structures within the bacterial cell.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Big is a Gene?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students model the size and structure of a bacterial chromosome. In this genetics instructional activity, students attempt to fit strands of thread into a gelatin capsule. They relate the activity to the coiling of DNA into chromosomes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

DNA Extraction Lab

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students extract DNA and test for its presence from unroasted (raw) wheat germ using a prescribed procedure. They modify the procedure to provide a less expensive, easier method. They also extract DNA from different available plant,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Clone of Your Own: The Legal Issues and the Future of Genetic Engineering on Humans

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders define cloning in their own words and examine the different types of cloning. After reading an article, they summarize it in their own words and use the internet to research the history of cloning. In groups, they...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create a Microbe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct models of microorganisms recognizing size relationships-comparing the size of viruses with the sizes of bacterial and eukaryotic cells. They put into perspective just how small microbes are by comparing the size of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cold and Flus

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the difference between viral and bacterial illnesses. In this health lesson, students learn the symptoms of each and  examine ways to prevent spreading virusus and bacteria.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inquiry into Infectious Disease: It's a Germy World After All

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students choose a question from a given list and develop an investigation about it. In this biology activity, students analyze bacterial growth by carrying out a guided experiment. They present their findings in class.
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Lesson Plan
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Safety and Sanitation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your microbiologists explore the graphing of exponential growth functions using bacteria, like e. coli and salmonella, in a well-written, career and technology lesson. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Viewing Bacteria

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have you ever wanted to know the true structure of E.coli? Does the thought of peering into its "small world" sound exciting? Here is a lesson that allows pupils the ability to do just that. Blossoming microbiologists use microscopes to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Oswald Avery & The Search for the Transforming Factor

For Students 9th - 12th
Five questions about the work of biochemist, Oswald Avery, are presented on this worksheet. You will need to find a reading passage, perhaps on the Internet, about his discovery, but it would be a worthwhile search. The assignment brings...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Safety Lab

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the scientific method to investigate the role of temperature in microbial growth. In this food preservation lesson plan, students set up an experiment with fruit in room temperature and in a refrigerator. They record the...

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