BSCS | Curriculum Development | Frontiers in Microbiology

Curriculum Development > High School 9-12 > Other Supplemental Programs > Frontiers in Microbiology

Entire module online! Just click on the sections in the table below.

Frontiers in Microbiology (2006) is intended to help high school and college biology teachers update their content knowledge about this rapidly advancing field. Nine online sections describe research results and current thinking about microbes and their impacts on the health of humans and the planet.

BSCS presents this online content-update module packed full of recent developments in this exciting field.

If you'd like a copy of the module in pdf form, just click on the cover at right.

This module was developed with support from the Department of Energy.

I. Introduction	VI. Microbes' Influence on Earth
II. Microbes and the Origin of Life	VII. Microbial Genomics
III. Microbes and Extreme Environments	VIII. Microbes and Humans
IV. Microbes and the Three Domains	IX. Microbiology Education
V. Microbe Communities	References

Additional resources in Microbiology:
The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology (a long-time supporter of BSCS teacher workshops) has developed a set of Hands-On Microbiology Activities for the K-12 classroom, indexed by grade level and linked to the National Standards.