Everyone loves to learn about pathogens – those icky microorganisms that can make us sick and have caused lots of notorious epidemics that both horrify and intrigue us today! Students learn the basics about pathogens and how we have learned to deal with them.
This packet includes 11 engaging, knowledge-building activities for students to learn about…
- The 5 types of pathogenic organisms – bacteria, viruses, fungi, protists and worms
2. Some diseases caused by each type of pathogen
3. Vectors and hosts
4. Antigens and antibodies – and basic facts about the human immune response to pathogens,
5. Vaccines, and
6. Eight scientists who greatly contributed to our knowledge about pathogens and how to prevent and fight their infections.
STUDENT LINKS
About Bacteria:
About Immunity and Vaccinations:
RESEARCH LINKS FOR “THE REAL STORY BEHIND GERM THEORY”
Antony (or spelled Antonie) van Leeuwenhoek
https://explorable.com/discovery-of-bacteria
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/leeuwenhoek.html
Edward Jenner
https://explorable.com/who-invented-vaccination
https://www.jenner.ac.uk/edward-jenner
Ignaz Semmelweis
https://explorable.com/semmelweis-germ-theory
http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/ignazsemmelweis
Dmitry Ivanovsky
https://upclosed.com/people/dmitri-ivanovsky/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_virology
https://www.immunology.org/tobacco-plant-1935
John Snow
https://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html
http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/johnsnow
Louis Pasteur
https://explorable.com/discovery-of-pasteurization
https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/louis-pasteur
Joseph Lister
https://www.jenner.ac.uk/edward-jenner
https://www.famousscientists.org/joseph-lister/
Alexander Fleming
https://explorable.com/history-of-antibiotics
The real story behind penicillin