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What Are the SPO Virtual Classrooms?
Science Prof Online offers free fully-developed science curricula, including the Virtual Microbiology Classroom (VMC), a 15-week course featured on this page. Click here for the
8-week microbiology course curriculum.
Virtual Microbiology Classroom
Materials for a 15-week Micro Course from Science Prof Online
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SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
The Virtual Microbiology Classroom also offers laboratory material, featured below. The laboratory PowerPoints contain many helpful photos of materials viewed in lab.
New resources are regularly added to the VMC. For updates, follow us on Facebook or Twitter @ScienceProfSPO.
Virtual Microbiology Class LECTURE TOPICS
Each title below is a link to all of the lecture-related course materials on that particular subject.
LECTURE Topic - Intro to Microbiology
LECTURE Topic - Immunology - Innate
LECTURE Topic - Immunology - Acquired
LECTURE Topic - History of Microbiology
LECTURE Topic - Scientific Method
LECTURE Topic - Prokaryotic Cell Structure & Function
LECTURE Topic - Bacterial Cell Wall & Differential Staining
SPO Virtual Classrooms are organized by lecture into several topics. Each topic typically includes:
- PowerPoint lectures
- Class Note articles
- practice test & review questions
- homework assignments
- microbiology photos & videos
SCIENCE VIDEOS
Virtual Microbiology Class LAB TOPICS
LAB PROJECT #1: Photomicroscopy, Leukocytes & Wright Stain
- Students review basic microscopy, learn how to obtain photomicrographs and examine leukocytes in a Wright stain.
LAB PROJECT #2: Microbiology Lab Skill Builder
LAB PROJECT #3: Differential Staining of Bacterial Cells
- Students prepare bacterial smears and preform Gram, Acid-fast (Ziehl-Neelsen), and Endospore Stains.
LAB PROJECT #4: Bacterial Identification of Stock Cultures
- Bacterial Identification Study Tables
Use there tables to practice your understanding of the different bacterial
identification tests that we utilize in lab.
- Lab Note Articles
More Useful Microbiology Resources
- Bacterial Pathogen Pronunciation Station from A.T. Still University.
- Microbe Wiki, Kenyon College.
- I Love Bacteria website.
- Microbe World, American Society of Microbiology.
- Monsters Inside Me television show from Animal Planet.
- Microbiology Flashcards from Quizlet
- For additional resources see our Microbiology Education Links page.
Image of prokaryotic cell. For labeled diagram of same cell, click here.
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Our Favorite New Microbio APP!
Cool infectious disease game:
Plague Inc.
Do you have what it takes to be a successful pathogen?
LECTURE Topic - Microbial Genetics
LECTURE Topic - Virus Structure
LECTURE Topic - Virus Life Cycle
LECTURE Topic – Meet the Microbes: Viruses
Additional Microbiology Lecture Resources
Page last updated 6/2016
What might happen if a deadly new infectious disease hit the scene?
The film "Contagion" provides an excellent opportunity to learn about infectious disease, how it spreads and which organizations would be involved in tracking and controlling a dangerous outbreak.
Completing the Contagion Extra Credit Assignment will help you better understand this complex film.
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MICROBIOLOGY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Fresh Air audio interview of Dr. Martin Blaser; MissingMicrobes
"Staph Retreat" Radiolab episode; HW Assignment coming soon!
LECTURE Topic - Microbial Metabolism
LECTURE Topic - Differential & Selective Bacterial Growth Media
LECTURE Topic - Microbial Growth
LECTURE Topic - Biological Classification
LECTURE Topic - Meet the Microbes: Prokaryotes
LECTURE Topic - Eukaryote Cell Structure
LECTURE Topic - Meet the Microbes: Eukaryotes
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LAB PROJECT #5: Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification
LAB PROJECT #6: Throat Cultures & Bacterial Identification
- Patient Clinical Culture Work-up Sheet (see above)
LAB PROJECT #7: Wound Cultures & Bacterial Identification
- Patient Clinical Culture Work-up Sheet (see above)
LAB PROJECT #8: Microbial Control
For the topic of Microbial Control (killing microbes), students will be designing and completing their own experiment on a microbial control. Before beginning this experiment, you must discuss what you plan to do with your instructor and pick up the supplies that you will need in lab. Students will be presenting their experiment in a Poster Session during the last lab meeting before the Lab Practical Exam. Below are instructions for preparing a research poster.
Additional Microbiology Laboratory Resources
- Instructions for Viewing Bacteria Under Oil Immersion