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Viruses: Meet the Microbes
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VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
Viruses: Meet the Microbes Lecture Materials
These
are lecture materials on different types of viruses, from 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 VMC lecture materials on types of viruses include:
- a list of learning objectives
- a PowerPoint lecture
- a homework assignment
- "class note" articles
- practice test questions
- review questions
- links to additional educational resources
VIRUS TYPES LECTURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
These lecture learning objectives are a study guide based on the VMC Viruses: Meet the Microbes Lecture PowerPoint:
- Understand the difference between an enveloped and non-enveloped virus?
- Viruses have one of four different basic types of genomes. For each virus described in this lecture, know its genome type and whether it is enveloped or non-enveloped.
- Know the names and descriptions of the different types of herpes viruses.
- HIV (Human-immunodeficiency-virus) is a retrovirus. Understand the key difference between a retrovirus and other types of viruses.
- Know which type of viruses can cause the common cold.
- Be able to describe what HPV, is and its relationship to cancer.
- Understand what a hidden virus is.
- Know what a prophage is, and what is necessary for a virus to be a prophage.
- Be able to describe the difference between modified live and killed virus vaccines.
VIRUS TYPES 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.
VIRUS TYPES HOMEWORK
Word document of a single essay question 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.
VIRUS TYPES 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 Is a Virus? Structure, Classification & Reproduction
VIRUS TYPES PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Practice test questions designed to help you better understand the material from this lecture. They are based on information in the Viruses: Meet the Microbes PowerPoint Lecture.
VIRUS TYPES REVIEW QUESTIONS
Questions designed to help you review the material in the Viruses: Meet the Microbes Lecture.
MORE VIRUS TYPES LINKS
- Play Pandemic 2 a video game of strategy, where you try to become a successful pandemic microbe and infect the world. My teenage daughter and I recommend this one to you.
- HIV Replication animation and quiz from McGraw-Hill.
- Play “Sneeze”, an online game where the object is to infect as many people as possible with your coughs and sneezes.
- “Quarantine” a scary movie about a new infectious disease.
- “Comparison of Cold & Flu Symptoms”, article, by T. Port.
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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.
Page last updated 5/2012
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