Virus Worker

This online game explains how nanowires are created and takes students through the process of making them, by attaching gold to viruses that have linked together, and fitting them into a circuit. Students must help a space-traveling rabbit create a video postcard.

Bacterial Invasion

In this engaging game, students must act as either a bacteria or virus, and try to infect their host as quickly as possible. Students will answer a series of questions about the human body in order to do this. For every answer they get wrong, students give their hosts an opportunity to ward off infection by taking cough drops or antibiotics. The creative format of this game will fascinate and interest students, while allowing them to reinforce and further learn about the human body.

Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes and Viruses Tutorial

This site offers a click-through explanation regarding a number of concepts such as prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and viruses. There is a mini-quiz at the end that students can use to test their knowledge of what they have just read.

Virus Crisis

In the last three decades, more then 30 mysterious, and sometimes deadly, diseases have emerged around the globe. An alarming number of these illnesses are viruses, and many are zoonotic diseases - diseases that normally live in animals, but have somehow jumped into people.

Is it a Cold or the Flu?

This page could be used as a handout or poster to help parents and teachers determine whether their child is suffering from a cold or the flu, based on the symptoms they show. The symptoms are listed out and categorized based on how commonly they occur in children with colds and with the flu. The page also comes in Spanish.

Infections

This site provides a list of topics relating to the infections and bacteria. Each of the topics is a link to a page with more information and links. There are also links relating to the methods of testing and other procedures relating to these conditions. Each link provides an explanation of the topic, as well as images and diagrams to accompany the explanation.

Immune System and AIDS

This site provides a list of topics relating to the immune system and AIDS. Each of the topics is a link to a page with more information and links. There are also links relating to the methods of testing and other procedures relating to these conditions. Each link provides an explanation of the topic, as well as images and diagrams to accompany the explanation.

Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

This group of lessons is designed for high school science students and focuses on infectious, contagious diseases. The site provides online documents of all the lesson materials. Some of the lessons include learning statistics about infectious diseases and role-playing as epidemiologists.

Amazing Cells: Fight or Flight Response

This video explains the process of cell communication and its physiological effects during the fight or flight response. The video can either be streamed through the browser or downloaded and watched.

Ebola Virus