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Virtual Micro Classroom Instructor's Corner
Science Prof Online (SPO) is a FREE science education website. The Instructor's Corner offers fully developed biology courses; materials currently used in real, live high school and college-level introductory science classrooms. This page is the Instructor's Corner for the Virtual Microbiology Classroom (VMC), offering both an 8-week and 16-week microbiology curriculum.
Virtual Microbiology Classroom
from Science Prof Online
Is there a VMC Main Page for students?
Yes! There are two:
Pages to which you can direct students if you are teaching from the material in this Virtual Classroom, or you can more specifically direct students to the main page for each lecture topic and create you own course.
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Instructor's Corner
SCIENCE PHOTOS
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
Additional Microbiology Lab Resources
- Dichotomous Key of Bacteria Used in Lab
- Microbiology In-Lab Review Assignment [Long version or Short version]
- Bacterial Culture Label templates for Mycobacterium smegmatis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Unknown #, Mixed sheet of all five culture labels (Avery address label #5267).
How to Do a Gram Stain
SCIENCE VIDEOS
MacConkey's Agar Quiz and Review: How to Interpret MAC
(Click here for a video of the quiz only.)
Microbiology Instructor Resources
- Sample Applied Microbiology Schedule (8 week class)
MICROBIOLOGY LECTURES
- Intro to Microbiology
- Scientific Method
- History of Microbiology
- Chemistry of Microbiology
Course materials for each lecture and lab topic can be accessed below under "Student Materials":
- PowerPoint lectures
- study guide
- class note articles
- practice test and review questions
- exercises and assignments
- microbiology videos & photos
- animations and movies
- links to other microbiology resources
NEW! NEW! NEW!
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Check out our collection of classroom-tested biology homework assignments.
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SPO offers homework assignments based on Radiolab podcasts.
To hear a podcast, click on the
one you want:
Here are links to the homework assignments that go with the podcasts:
Page last updated: 2/2016
- Prokaryote Cell Structure & Function
- Bacterial Cell Wall & Differential Stains
- Differential & Selective Bacterial Growth Media
- Biological Classification
- Meet the Microbes: Prokaryotes
- Eukaryote Cell Structure & Function
- Meet the Microbes: Eukaryotes
- Microbial Genetics
- Virus Structure
- Virus Life Cycle
- Immunology: Nonspecific / Innate Immunity
- Immunology: Specific / Acquired Immunity
- Immunology: Innate & Acquired-Combo
Additional Microbiology Lecture Materials
- "Tell Me About Yourself" Course Technology Homework Assignment
- Extra Credit Assignment based on movie "Contagion"
- Homework Assignment for Hospitals Fight to Stop Superbug's Spread NPR Broadcast
MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORIES
We have a very large collection of microbiology lab class resources, including a photo and video library. See the Microbiology Lab Instructor's Corner to access all materials.
- Meet the Microbes: Viruses
- Microbial Growth
- Microbial Metabolism
- Microbial Growth and Metabolism - Combo
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