Because you've done so much learning about viruses already, we only have to cover a small amount of new information in this lesson. We'll learn about four type of vaccines and how they interact with immune cells. We'll also learn about the three most successful strategies (so far) for...
In this lesson we will take a very brief look at some of the strategies the immune system uses to fight viruses. Most of the time the body wins the fight, even with viruses having so many ways to get around the cell's biological weapons. NOTE: There is an optional...
Did you enjoy learning this way, drawing along with a video lecture? If so, the good news is that I've done lots of these video lectures. Some are one-shot lectures (not part of a series) and many are about invertebrates. They are listed as FREE resources, under the VIDEOS tab...
This lesson brings together many things we've learned in past lessons. We are finally ready to go through the entire life cycle of a virus! We'll look at two very different life cycles, one inside the nucleus and one outside. It makes sense to divide this lesson into two...
Lots of drawing and coloring in this lesson! We look inside the capsids of 6 viruses, we see how virologists make linear diagrams of genome information, and we learn how virologists classify viruses. I decided that it was too much for one page, so you will need to print...
This lesson might seem like a step backwards. Right in the middle of our study of viruses, we have an entire lesson just on cells. Why? Because virologists need to know a lot about cells. In fact, virologists are also cell biologists. We'll use this information about cells a...
This lesson is divided into two parts. In part (a) we see how viruses enter cells by using receptors on the cell's surface, then using a fusion protein to either poke a hole in the membrane or fuse with it. In part (b) we focus on just the influenza...
I decided to divide this lesson into (a) and (b), like I did with lesson 2. Part (a) will introduce you to bacteriophages, as well as the infection process in general (the lytic and lysogenic cycles). Part (b) will be a short biography of Felix d'Herelle, discover of phages,...
In this lesson we make a timeline of the history of virology. This is an unusual drawing because you will be printing four template pages, not one. Three of the pages are the timeline, the fourth is the official lesson page, which is mostly blank so that you can...
I have divided this lesson into two videos. The first runs 38 minutes and the second is only 18 minutes. (NOTE: For any younger students who are not likely to go much further than this lesson, don't quit before you check out lesson 7(a), and the activity suggestion about making...
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