Module 11 - Controlling Microorganism Growth - Activity 3

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Activity 3:  Interactive Learning Resources

Bacterial Growth Animation

• Go to http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Microtextbook/images/textbook/growth/bactdivision.swf and watch the animation on bacterial growth.  Step through the animation slowly and make predictions of what will happen next.  Go back through the animation again and be sure you could explain the process to a peer.

Immunity Given to Newborn by Mother

• How long does it last?
• http://www.unicef.org/immunization/index_how.html

Impaired Immunity

• What are causes of impaired immunity? How does it affect a person’s resistance to disease http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/11/1/1#SEC1_1

Antitoxins

• Tetanus antitoxin http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/pharm/tetatox.htm

Antigens

Characteristics, how they work

• http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/AntigenPresentation.html
• http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/antibody/structure.html
• http://www.cellsalive.com/antibody.htm

Gamma Globulin

• What is it: When is it given? For what conditions? http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/topic/special/tc4139spec/sec1.htm

Phagocytosis

• How does this natural process of the body help rid it of invading organisms?
• Neutrophils http://www.dent.ucla.edu/pic/members/neutrophils/neutrophils.html

T Lymphocytes – action on other cells http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/immunology/animations.html