Microbiology Lesson Plans
Microbiology lesson plans designed for high school science teachers are downloadable here. Lesson Plans Inc. offers many great science lessons. The following are a few examples. Microbiology experiments that student use stains for bacteria identification. Other microorganism labs include bacterial growth limits. A ciliate activity shows students how paramecium's eat food. Disease projects include researching different disease causing viruses, protists and bacteria. Microorganism worksheets and exam / test / quiz questions also provide help with evaluating the student's progress.
Below is a list of topics coved in the Microbiology Content Area.
- Bacteria - archaebacteria, eubacteria, single cell organisms
- Cell Wall - peptidoglycan, pili, fagellum, capsule.
- Nucleoid - DNA, chromatin body.
Viruses Lesson Plans
- Viruses - HIV, influeneza, herpes, retrovirus, bacteriophage.
- Structure - genome, capsid, envelope, protein sheath, tail fibers.
- Lytic Cycle - virus attaches, injection of DNA, uncoating, replication, assembly, lysis.
- Lysogenic Cycle- dormant DNA, intergrated, replicated.
- Vaccines - attenuated, inactivated.
Bacteria Lesson Plans
- Shape - spheres, rods, spirals.
- Gram Negative - photoautotrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria, chemoautotrophic bacteria, E. coli.
- Gram Positive - teichoic acid, staphylococci, staphylococci.
- Spiral - spirochetes, spirilla.
Protozoans Lesson Plans
- Eukaryotes - single cell, flagella, cilla, pseudopodia, nonmotile, phagocytosis.
- Giardia - flagella.
- Amoebas - pseudopodia.
- Diatoms - photosynthetic, double shells, plankton.
- Malaria - sporozoans, nonmotile, spores.
- Paramecium - cilliate.
Fungi Lesson Plans
- Eukaryotes - unicellular, mutlicellular, mycellium, hyphae, chitin, septa.
- Ascomycetes - truffles, fruit molds, lichens, some yeasts.
- Basidiomcetes - mushrooms, some yeasts.
- Zygomycetes - bread molds, mycorrhizae.
Microbial Classification Lesson Plans
- Domain Archaea - prokaryotes, methanogens, halophile, thermophiles.
- Domain Bacteria - peptidoglycan, no introns, differnet amino acid sequence.
- Kingdom Archaezoa - protist, no mitochondria, flagella, two nuclei, Giardia.
- Kingdom Alveolata - protist, alveoli, paramecium.
- Kingdom Stremenopila - hair like flagella, diatoms.
- Kingdom Fungi - mushrooms, yeasts, molds.
Microbial Indentification Lesson Plans
- Culture Media - TSP broth, blood agar, selective media, differential media, differential media, enriched media.
- Staining - basic dyes, negative stain, gram stain, acid fast stain.
- Microscopy - bright field microscope, dark field microscope, phase contrast microscope, transmission electron microscope, scanning election microscope.
History of Microbiology Lesson Plans
- Robert Hooke - describe cells.
- Anton van Leeuwenhoek - giardia, animalcules.
- Louis Pasteur - germ theory, immunization.
- Robert Koch - Koch's postulates.
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