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This activity (on pages 35-43) lets learners analyze a "herd of elk" to detect the spread of a bacterial disease called brucellosis.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this design challenge, learners will use microbes to design and grow a custom biomaterial at home and make something creative with it.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this health activity (located on page 4 of the PDF), learners will discover the importance of hand washing by observing mold growing on potatoes.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this environmental science activity, learners research what is essential for plant life and the necessary components of soil to support plants.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this health activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will discover why covering their mouth and nose while sneezing is so important.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore chemistry and the microbial world by making their own sourdough starter and bread at home using only flour and water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners transform a strain of E. coli using green fluorescent protein from a bioluminescent jellies.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this lab (Activity #2 on page), learners compare bacteria growth on two petri dishes containing nutrient agar. Learners touch the doors, faucets, etc.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners will review the functions of basic digestive organs, understand how diet affects digestion, understand how digestive tracks may differ, and then step outside to compare the

free Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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This demonstration can be used to help learners visualize DNA by lysing (breaking open) bacterial cells on a slide and “stringing up” the DNA with a toothpick in less than one minute.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 22-24 of the PDF), learners match extreme enviroments with life forms they support.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how different deodorants work. Learners treat agar plates with different types of deodorants and compare the bacteria growth on the plates to the control sample.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Many germs spread by our hands, and often times, people don't wash their hands well enough to get rid of germs.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to investigate how, in a one-celled organism such as a bacterium, the division of cells increases the number of cell

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 4 of the PDF, learners investigate the importance of washing their hands.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this online simulation, learners use antibiotics to cure patients with bacterial infections.

free Ages 8 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners use Styrofoam to collect organisms from a pond, estuary or marine environment and then examine what they have caught with a microscope.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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This is a series of quick activities/demos and pre-assessment tools that evaluate learners' current understanding of microbes and introduce them to basic information about microbes.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This laboratory activity helps learners understand the concept of biological succession by simulating the process in a microenvironment with various protozoans.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 12 months