Microbes for Primary Schools
These resources, from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and e-Bug, provide a comprehensive introduction and solid grounding in microbes, their use, hygiene and also microbes in infectious diseases. The resources contain extensive teacher guidance, stimulus materials, animations and suggestions for student activities.
The resources in this collection cover the topics of:
* Introduction to microbes
* Useful microbes
* Harmful microbes
* Hand hygiene
* Food hygiene
* Respiratory hygiene
* Body's defence mechanisms (immunity)
* Vaccines
* Antibiotics and medicines
* Microbe practical investigations
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Primary: Respiratory Hygiene
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource helps students consider how infections can be spread by coughs and sneezes. The materials consist of teacher guidance, students' activity sheets and stimulus materials.
In this activity, children use a 'sneeze-gun' to investigate how far germs...
Primary: Useful Microbes
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource helps to show children some of the useful microbes. Extensive teacher guidance, stimulus materials and students' activity sheets help students to investigate the growth of yeast in the breadmaking process.
An alternative is the use of bacteria...
Primary: Vaccination
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource helps students to understand the process of vaccination and how it uses the body's immune system to help protect from harmful infections.
Teacher guidance, stimulus materials and students' activity sheets are included.
The materials...
Primary: Hand Hygiene
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource looks at how harmful microbes can be spread by contact and how good handwashing can help to prevent this spread.
Extensive teacher guidance, stimulus materials and students' activity sheets are included in the resource.
In the...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology |
|---|---|
| Age | 7-11 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx5hz |
