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Secondary: Harmful Microbes
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource contains teacher guidance, stimulus materials and student activity suggestions. It looks at a variety of infectious diseases caused by harmful microbes.
Students are required to act as scientists and group a range of diseases under different headings. By carrying out this activity students learn that it is not always easy to identify and treat a disease.
A classroom debate is the focus of an extension activity in which students research either side of the debate ‘are we too clean or not clean enough?’
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Harmful microbes 5.09 MB
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Harmful microbes answers 478 KB
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Porphorymonas gingivalis (image) 764.29 KB
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Propionibacterium acnes (image) 1.66 MB
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Rhinovirus (image) 561.93 KB
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Salmonella typhoid (image) 843.16 KB
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Salmonella typhimurium (image) 924.55 KB
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Shigella (image) 475.2 KB
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Stachybotrys chartarum (image) 643.39 KB
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Streptococcus (image) 759.4 KB
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Streptococcus pneumoniae (image) 392.68 KB
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes (image) 673.75 KB
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Varicella zoster virus (image) 375.58 KB
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Yersinia pestis (image) 437.96 KB
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Bordatella pertussis (image) 707.08 KB
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Ebola virus (image) 476.55 KB
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E coli (image) 687.9 KB
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Epstein barr (image) 452.94 KB
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MRSA (image) 871.03 KB
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Orthomyxovirus (image) 836.53 KB
Show downloads
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Harmful microbes 5.09 MB -
Harmful microbes answers 478 KB -
Porphorymonas gingivalis (image) 764.29 KB -
Propionibacterium acnes (image) 1.66 MB
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Rhinovirus (image) 561.93 KB
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Salmonella typhoid (image) 843.16 KB
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Salmonella typhimurium (image) 924.55 KB
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Shigella (image) 475.2 KB
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Stachybotrys chartarum (image) 643.39 KB
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Streptococcus (image) 759.4 KB
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Streptococcus pneumoniae (image) 392.68 KB
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes (image) 673.75 KB
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Varicella zoster virus (image) 375.58 KB
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Yersinia pestis (image) 437.96 KB
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Bordatella pertussis (image) 707.08 KB
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Ebola virus (image) 476.55 KB
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E coli (image) 687.9 KB
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Epstein barr (image) 452.94 KB
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MRSA (image) 871.03 KB
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Orthomyxovirus (image) 836.53 KB
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