BOOKS
See my book reviews page for non-fiction and fiction, child, young adult, and adult microbially-related books.
VIDEOS
See the Mostly Microbes You Tube Channel
Here’s my current favorite general microbiome video:
#MicrobeWeek Videos: Part 1 and Part 2
Microbial Media and Bacterial Biofilms: #SciComm Round-up
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
When Teachers Throw Things – Using stuffed microbes in the classroom
Modeling the Digestive System Microbiome – A hands-on activity I developed for teaching about microbial ecology and disruption due to antibiotics. Published in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education.
4 Microbiome Educational Activities for the Classroom
5 Thoughts for Improving Science Education from ASMCUE2016
Microbial Trash is Human Treasure:
Part 1- Fungal Farts and Bacterial Poop
Part 2 – Mudwatt Captures Bacterial Poop
Test 1: I Tried Culturing Yogurt!
Part 2: Mesophilic Heirloom Yogurt
Let it Glow – Let it Glow – It Can’t Hold It Back Anymore!
Small Things that Make a Big Difference – Project NEURON
Swabs to Genomes – Sequencing genomes in an undergraduate class
Tiny Earth – Using students to help search for novel antibiotics
A Handful of Diversity – A post on growing microbes from kid’s hands
Gut Check: The Microbiome Game PDF version, Print edition
Gutsy – Card Game from Secret Life Inside You
Pathogenesis – A Fun Way to Teach Immunology
Pathogenesis – The “Sex”spansion
Foldscope: The Origami Microscope
How Can a Functional Microscope be Made Out of Paper?
11 Days Left for Foldscope on Kickstarter
Put a Microscope in the Hands of Everyone
e-bug – Public Health Department of England – games and edu resources
CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS
7 ways The BioCollective will Accelerate Microbiome Research and Change Medicine
Doggy Biome: Healthy? Sick? Young? Old? Send Us Your Dog Poop!
Information from the Built Microbiome Project
Collection of citizen science-related papers at JMBE
PODCASTS
American Microbiome Institute Podcast
From the American Society of Microbiology:
MicroTalk – infectious disease focus
Microbe Talk – Podcast of the Microbiology Society (European)
REPUTABLE WEBSITES
American Society for Microbiology – public resources
e-bug – Public Health Department of England – includes teacher and student resources and games
Diseases and Conditions – search by specific diseases!
Healthy Living – includes Antibiotic Resistance and Vaccines info