Where Do Bacteria Live?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Students will learn how bacteria reproduce – by building plasticine models – and they will watch a film featuring a scientist from Stanford University. By analyzing various Petri dishes, they will find out where bacteria live.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

National Health Education Standards:
1.2.1. Identify that healthy behaviors affect personal health.
1.2.3. Describe ways to prevent communicable diseases.

You will need

Plasticine, rulers, and glitter.

Click here to see lesson plan

Authors

Author: Artur Franczuk
Speaker: Manu Prakash
Methodology: Urszula Wojtowicz
Translation: George Lisowski
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria, the Cause of TB made by NIAID published on filckr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

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