Teaching Resources
Ourselves (Our Personal Microbiology)
Food and health
Sir: why do my parents always tell me I need to eat more fruit and vegetables instead of pasta and pizza?
Photo by Fernanda Lima: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-eating-pizza-16014835/
Recycling to Reincarnation
The nature guy on TV said some of my atoms might have once been part of a dinosaur! But if I’m not a dino now … does that mean we turn into something new when we die?
Lord of Death and Desire, clutches a Wheel of Reincarnation, Dazu Rock Carvings, Chongqing, China Mara. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buddhist_Wheel_of_Life.jpg#/media/File:Buddhist_Wheel_of_Life.jpg
To be healthy we need exposure to microbes
Daddy: almost half of the children in my class have hay fever. Is it like that everywhere in the world?
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-sick-girl-wiping-her-nose-with tissue-3765115/
The microbial world of sand
Let’s go to the beach!
Photo by Renya Sh : https://www.pexels.com/photo/children-playing-on-beach-sand-on-shore-10435582/
Pathogens in water systems
Gran: that nice man Joe is installing our new hot tub. What is hot tub lung?
Dandruff
Daddy: why does Tristram’s father always have “snowflakes” on his jacket
Photo by Brett Sayles: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-green-zip-up-jacket-and-gray-fedora-hat-3598462/
Pet dogs
Daddy: Maisy has just been given a gorgeous little puppy for her birthday. Can we have one?
Photo by Stephen Andrews: https://www.pexels.com/photo/toddler-and-dog-standing-by-the-wooden-fence-9812589
