Sarah McNurlan
10/12/11
Objective
Core Standards
Materials
Procedure
Activities
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Bacteria are Prokaryotic, have cell walls and non-membrane
bound organelles
 Bacteria get energy different ways (photoautotroph,
chemoautotroph, heterotrophs)
 Bacteria reproduce in 2 ways: fission and conjugation
 Not all bacteria are bad
 Some bacteria have Plasmids
3: Cellular Structure
Comparison between prokaryotic and eukaryotic properties
6: Interdependence
Bacteria cannot survive for long without a host
7: Molecular basis of heredity
Bacteria transferring genetic information in conjugation
9: Changes in living systems
 http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/
 Coloring worksheet
 Questions on overheads
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmyG7XDl8w
1. Students are asked a series of questions:
 What are Bacteria?
 How big are bacteria?
 How do bacteria infect?
 How do bacteria make their food?
2. Students view the scale website and video on usefulness of bacteria
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Students are shown the Mindmeister website and are instructed to
make connections between the facts they have learned about
bacteria
Completing R/S strain bacteria coloring sheet with attached
questions
Sarah McNurlan
10/12/11
Assessment
Look over student mindmeister flowcharts, and look for key connections
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Sources
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Bacteria can be heterotrophic, photoautotrophic, or
chemoautotrophic
Bacteria can reproduce two ways
Bacteria have cell walls
Pearson Prentice hall Biology Exploring life
Campbell, Williamson, Heyden, © 2004
Holt Biology
Johnson, Rinehart, Winston , © 2004
The Microbiology Coloring Book
Alcamo, Elson, © 1996
Image:
http://www.microbiologyonline.org.uk/themed/sgm/img/slideshows/3.1.2_bacteria_3.png