Microscopic Beasts and How to Fight Them
Learn about the microscopic world, diseases and how to fight them. For kids!
Lesson: Introduction to the Course
For Teachers
Discussion: Say Kia Ora!
Lesson: Introduction to Microscopic Scale
Pictures: Metric Scale
Video: Powers of Ten
Lesson: 100x Magnification with USB Microscope
Pictures: Phone Microscope
Activity: Make a Water Magnifier
Lesson: Compound Light Microscope
Pictures: Compound Light Microscope
Lesson: Electron Microscopes
Interactive: Zoom in to Microbes
Video: Size Comparison of Microscopic Life
Microscopic Scale Quiz
Discussion for Really Small Stuff
Lesson: Intro to Cells
Lesson: The Cell as a City
Video: Cell City
Video: Cell City Song
Interactive: Cell City Slideshow
Project: Cell City
Lesson: Animal Cell Types
Interactive: Etch-A-Cell Online Citizen Science
Cells Quiz
Discussion for The Building Blocks of Life
Lesson: Introducing Bacteria
Video: About Bacteria
Explore Types of Cells
Lesson: Introducing Fungi
Video: About Fungi
Fungus Fun: Yeast Experiment
Lesson: Introducing Viruses
Video: About Viruses
Project: Microbe Art
Microbes Quiz
Discussion for Microscopic Beasts
Lesson: When Microbes Attack!
Video: Good Germs & Bad Germs
Lesson: The Immune System Strikes Back
Video: Cell vs Virus
Video: The Immune System: Animated
Reading: Viral Attack Comic Book
Project: Immune Cell Help Wanted
Immune System Games
Lesson: Covid-19
Video: About Coronavirus
Quiz: Disease & Defense
Discussion for Offense & Defense
Lesson: How Disease Spreads & How to Stop it
Video: Germ Spread Experiment
Video: How Soap Kills Coronavirus
Game: Wash Your Hands!
Experiment: Soap and Germs
Video: How Hand Sanitiser Kills Germs
Lesson: Medicines, Antibiotics and Vaccines
Video: Antibiotics, Antivirals and Vaccines
Reading: Antibiotic Resistance (School Journal article written by me!)
Game: Antibiotic Resistance
Video: Immunity and Vaccines
Lesson: Flattening the Curve
Reading & Pictures: Flattening the Curve
Project: Covid-19 Simulator on Scratch
Video: Preventing Coronavirus - 7 Steps
Quiz: Fighting & Preventing Disease
Discussion for The Good Fight
How to Fight Microscopic Beasts: The Grand Experiment
Discussion - Experiment 1: Glitter
Discussion - Experiment 2: Handwashing & Bread Mould
Discussion - Experiment 3: Cleaning Surfaces