Meet the Microbes





1. Meet the Microbes and find out how a person can see a microbe.
    There are 3 kinds of Microbes.
       Bacteria
           There are over ___________ species of bacteria
           List at least 3 shapes of bacteria
           What is the tail of a bacteria called?

       Viruses
            Can a virus live on its own?
          What is the most common virus?

       Protozoa
           Are protozoas the largest or smallest of the microbes?
           Where do most protozoa live?
 
2. Visit the Size-O-Meter.  Which type of microbe is the smallest - the protozoa, the bacteria, or the virus?

3. Infection! Infection! Read this webpage to learn why your body gets sick. Write a brief description.

4.  Why do most people  only get sick with the chicken pox once?

 Want to avoid infectious diseases?  Come to the PREVENTION CONVENTION!

5. Love to eat cookie dough?  Better think twice!  Why can raw cookie dough make you feel very ill?

6. Better watch out for those insects flying around!  What can you do to keep from getting disease from insects?

7. Bring on the hamburgers!  Why should you only eat well done hamburgers?

8. You have done great work tracking microbes and infections, now you may play the INFECTION GAME