Introduction to Microbiology Lecture Materials from the Virtual Microbiology Classroom

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Introduction to Microbiology Lecture Materials

These are the Introduction to Microbiology Lecture materials of the Virtual Microbiology Classroom. The resources below are used to supplement an actual college microbiology course. Anyone taking, teaching or interested in biology may find these materials helpful and is welcome to use them.

The Introduction to Microbiology Lecture materials include:

a list of learning objectives

a PowerPoint lecture

a homework assignment

"class note" articles

practice test questions

review questions

links to additional educational materials

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY LECTURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

These lecture learning objectives are a study guide based on the VMC Introduction to Microbiology Lecture PowerPoint:

Make sure that you understand what you need to do every week in order to be prepared for and to participate in lab.

Make sure that you understand where to access the resources associated with this class in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom and on Moodle.

What is normal flora? Is it ever harmful? If so, when?

What is the difference between normal flora, opportunistic pathogens and "full-time" pathogens?

Know the microbes that we met in this lecture and their relevance to the topics discussed: Yersenia pestis and the Black Plague, Smallpox, Influenza, HIV & AIDS, and SARS.

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY LECTURE POWERPOINT

All of the lecture PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom have fill-in-the-blanks on many of the slides to encourage students to pay attention and follow along during the presentation. Instructors, contact us for the information that goes in the blanks.

HELPFUL TIPS: Some of the PowerPoint presentations are large files and may take a few moments to download, depending on the speed of your internet connection. If you are printing a hard copy of the PowerPoint, you can save paper by selecting Handouts (rather than Slides) in the "Print What:" drop down menu of the PPT print screen. Then you can choose the number of slides you want to have on each printed page. If the printed PPT presentation is to be used as student notes, it is best to choose handouts with 2 or 3 slides per page.

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY HOMEWORK

Word document of an assignment given to students at the end of lecture. This tool helps the students review the main messages of the lecture while allowing the instructor to assess the class' understanding of the material.

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY CLASS NOTES

Here are brief summaries of some of the various subtopics and concepts introduced in this lecture, kind of like really good class notes.

What Are Normal Flora? Resident, Transient & Opportunistic Microbes

What Is Microbiology? The Study of Microscopic Organisms

Importance of Hand Washing in the Prevention of Infectious Disease

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS

Practice test questions designed to help you better understand the material from this lecture. They are based on information in the Intro to Microbiology PowerPoint Lecture.

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY REVIEW QUESTIONS

Questions designed to help you review the material in the Intro to Microbiology Lecture.

MORE INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY LINKS

Play Pandemic 2 a video game of strategy, where you try to become a successful pandemic microbe and infect the world. My 13-year old, pink-haired, daughter and I recommend this one to you.

“Quarantine” a scary movie about a new infectious disease.

“Contagion” great dramatic movie that realistically depicts what could happen in outbreak of a novel, virulent infectious disease. (Click here for extra credit assignment on movie. If you are in my class, make sure that this is actually assigned before you do it.)

Play Disease Defenders educational video game, Rice University.

Normal Flora webpage, by Douglas F. Fix. Interactive page where you can select an area of the body and learn which normal flora typically colonize that location.

Bacterial Pathogen Pronunciation Station, a webpage with links to audio files of the pronunciation of bacterial scientific names, created by Neal R. Chamberlain, Ph.D.

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You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review Questions and Practice Test Questions.