Links to Activities for Classroom and Outreach Use
American Society for Microbiology Committee on K-12 Outreach
BioBuilder – Synthetic Biology Curriculum
Biotechnology Activities from the University of Wisconsin
- DNA Dance (My favorite activity from their site)
Building With Biology – Synthetic Biology Activities for Classroom and Public Engagement
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention STEM Lesson Plans
Constructing Knowledge – Synthetic Biology activity developed by Carlos Rios-Velazquez, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and originally published in Focus on Microbiology Education – Publication Date: 9/29/2006
FDA Food Safety activities
- Science and our Food Supply Curriculum
- Understanding the Bacteria That Cause Food Borne Illness
- The 12 “Most Unwanted” Bacteria Presentation. Powerpoint
- The 12 “Most Unwanted” Bacteria Presentation. .PDF file
Intimate Strangers Classroom Activities A collection of engaging, hands-on microbiology activities developed to support the Intimate Strangers video series.
MDBioLabs – Genetics Activities developed with The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR)
- The Mystery of the Crooked Cell – Genetics Activity from MDBioLab
- Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
- Blood Smear Images from the MicrobeLibrary
- Genetic Code
MedMyst – Fun Website from Rice University with games to introduce kids to medical microbiology
Microbe World – Collection of Videos From the American Society for Microbiology
Microbes in Action – from the University of Missouri – St. Louis
Pipecleaner Plasmid – Synthetic Biology activity developed by the University of British Columbia iGEM team
Plague Activity – A Pilgrimage during the time of the Black Plague (*If you’re local, I am happy to come visit your school, set-up, and run this activity)
Planets in a Bottle from NASA
SEQL – Science Education and Quantitative Literacy
“What Microbe Are You?” Original activity from the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education