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...

Scholars explore the science topic of germs. The tutorial consists of definitions, examples, and pictures about germ theory.

A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.

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...

This resource provides information on epidemics, how they occur, and how they spread.