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FREE Microbiology Lecture Teaching Materials
Science Prof Online offers FREE fully-developed science curricula, including the Virtual Microbiology Classroom (8-week and 16-week micro courses), the Virtual Cell Biology Classroom and the Virtual Anatomy & Physiology Classroom (coming soon!)
Microbiology Class Lecture Materials
Virtual Microbiology Classroom from Science Prof Online
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Image of prokaryotic cell. For labeled diagram of same cell, click here.
SCIENCE PHOTOS
More Useful Microbiology Resources
- Microbe Wiki, Kenyon College
- I Love Bacteria website
- Microbe World, American Society of Microbiology
- Microbiology Flashcards from Quizlet
- For additional resources see our Microbiology Education Links page.
Page last updated 1/2015
What might happen if a deadly new infectious disease hit the scene?
The film "Contagion" provides an excellent opportunity to learn about infectious disease, how it spreads and which organizations would be involved in tracking and controlling a dangerous outbreak.
Completing the Contagion Extra Credit Assignment will help you better understand this complex film.
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
and laboratory materials. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom also offers
microbiology reading recommendations. New resources are regularly added to the Virtual Microbiology Classroom. For updates, follow us on Twitter
Virtual Microbiology Classroom LECTURE TOPICS
Each title below is a link to all of the lecture-related course materials on that particular subject.
LECTURE Topic - Intro to Microbiology
LECTURE Topic – History of Microbiology
LECTURE Topic – Prokaryote Cell Structure & Function
LECTURE Topic – Eukaryote Cell Structure & Function
LECTURE Topic - Biological Classification
LECTURE Topic - Meet the Microbes: Prokaryotes
LECTURE Topic - Meet the Microbes: Eukaryotes
LECTURE Topic - Microbial Metabolism & Growth
LECTURE Topic - Microbial Genetics
LECTURE Topic - Virus Structure
LECTURE Topic - Virus Life Cycle
LECTURE Topic – Meet the Microbes: Viruses
LECTURE Topic - Immunology - Innate & Acquired
Additional Microbiology Lecture Resources
- Homework Assignment based on Radiolab "Patient 0" podcast
- Homework Assignment based on Radiolab "Parasites" podcast
- Homework Assignment about rabies based on Radiolab "Rodney vs Death" podcast
- Homework Assignment based on NPR story "Hospitals Fight Superbugs' Spread"
These Virtual Classrooms are organized by lecture into several topics. Each lecture topic typically includes free:
- PowerPoint lectures
- study guide
- class note articles
- practice test and review questions
- homework assignments
- microbiology photos
- animations and movies
- links to other microbiology education resources
SCIENCE VIDEOS
TV show, from Animal Planet, presenting case studies of people with parasitic infections. So interesting, you'll learn about parasitism without even trying!
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Our Favorite New Microbio APP!
Cool infectious disease game:
Plague Inc.
Do you have what it takes to be a successful pathogen?
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The VMC offers homework assignments based on Radiolab podcasts.
To hear the podcasts, click on the one you want:
Here are links to the homework assignments that go with the podcasts:
Microbiology Reading Recommendations
Below is a list of books that are very useful, both for microbiology students and teachers. Click on links below, or go to the Microbiology Reading List Page for additional summaries and recommended teaching applications for each book.
- Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by Quammen
- Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus, by
Wasik & Murphy
- The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age by Wolfe
- The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Johnson
- Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues by Blaser
- The Great Mortality : An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly
- The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by Berry
- Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Doherty
- Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites by Levitt
- Microbe Hunters by De Kruif
- Wickett's Remedy: A Novel by Goldberg (historical fiction)
- The Dress Lodger by Holman (historical fiction)
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Virtual Microbiology
Classroom
The Virtual Microbiology Classrooms provide a wide range of FREE educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Practice Test Questions,
Microbiology Images & Videos.
The SPO website is best viewed in Microsoft Explorer, Google Chrome or Apple Safari.
