Bacteria and Viruses

» Bacteria Rule
   Interactive quiz tests your knowledge of bacteria. Each question includes answer and explanation. From National Geographic

   
   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0010/bacteria/

» Bacterial Growth and Multiplication.
   Growth and death in a bacterial population, including vocabulary and video clips. From Cells Alive.

   
   http://www.cellsalive.com/ecoli.htm

» Bad Bug Book
   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's handbook which provides basic facts about foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

   
   http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

» Black Death the Bubonic Plague
   A student report describing the disease, causes, history, symptoms, and modern day treatment of the Black Death. Includes web links.

   
   http://hometown.aol.com/nathan19901162/myhomepage/index.html

» Bugs in the News
   Articles and books about viruses and bacteria from the Univ. of Kansas.

   
   http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html

» Stalking the Mysterious Microbe
   Are microbes just germs? Join microbiologist Sam Sleuth to learn more about microbes like bacteria and viruses. Find out what microbes look like, how they evolved and where bacteria and viruses live.

   
   http://www.microbeworld.org

» The Black Death
   Story of bubonic plague with links to primary sources, including maps, drawings and pictures of the types of fleas that spread this disease during the Middle Ages.

   
   http://www.click2disasters.com/black_death/black_death.htm

» The Friendly Bugs Site
   Basics about bacteria, including bacteria in food, industry, wild, and other worlds.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/bacterial_ed/

» The Microbe Zoo
   An educational resource about ecology and microbiology, includes information about microbes and the habitats they dwell in as well as dozens of images of microbes.

   
   http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/

» Virtual Museum of Bacteria
   Provides information on all aspects of bacteria. Includes links to other sites, including video clips and images.

   
   http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/

» What's Good About Sewer Bacteria? More Than You Think
   Read about the water waste treatment plant (WWTP) bacteria and how it may be used as an energy source.

   
   http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/weirdscience/story1/bacteriaframe.htm