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X-Times: Microbes

X-Times: Microbes

This issue X-Times Magazine focuses on microbes, both helpful and harmful, and it includes a special report, "HIV/AIDS: The Virus and the Epidemic."

This magazine is a component of the HIV/AIDS and Microbes teaching units. It may also be used as a stand-alone reading/language arts activity.

X-Times Magazine is most appropriate for use with students in grades 6–8.

Download: X-Times: Microbes

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    HIV/AIDS Teacher Guide

    Students read essays, conduct activities, and use actual data from the CDC and other sources to learn about HIV/AIDS and the spread of disease. (5 activities, 5 essays)

  • Microbes

    Microbes Teacher Guide

    Students explore microbes that impact our health (e.g., bacteria, fungi, protists, and viruses) and learn that microbes play key roles in the lives of humans, sometimes causing disease. (12 activities)


Funded by the following grant(s)

Science Education Partnership Award, NIH

Science Education Partnership Award, NIH

MicroMatters
Grant Number: 5R25RR018605