Microbiology Tutorials and Quizzes

 

 

 

Interactive and Animated Tutorials (Wisconsin Online)

  • "I Want to Be Well"
    Author: Zafar Naim - Milwaukee Area Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 6/18/2001
    Description: The learner uses observations to diagnose fungal diseases.
  • "I Want to Be Well" Case 1: Respiratory Pathogens
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 2/22/2002
    Description: Students observe information and formulate an evaluation that includes diagnosis and microorganism identification.
  • "I Want to Be Well" Case 2: Bacterial Pathogens
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 7/1/2004
    Description: In this interactive object, learners review the case of a patient with meningococcal meningitis.
  • "I Want to Be Well" Case 3: Respiratory Pathogens
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 2/22/2002
    Description: Students make observations and formulate an evaluation including diagnosis and microorganism identification.
  • "I Want to Be Well" Case 4: Parasitology -- "I Can't Sleep."
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 10/2/2002
    Description: Students make observations and formulate an evaluation that includes diagnosis and microorganism identification and treatment.
  • "I Want to Be Well" Case 5: Parasitology
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 10/2/2002
    Description: Students make observations and formulate an evaluation that includes diagnosis, microorganism identification, and treatment.
  • Antibiotic Susceptibility
    Author: Elizabeth Yoon - Moraine Park Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 1/23/2002
    Description: The student investigates the interaction of antimicrobial therapies and host defenses in eliminating an infection.
  • Audiograms
    Author: Donna Matusewic - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 9/13/2002
    Description: Students read a description of audiograms. They review audiograms representing various degrees and types of hearing loss.
  • Audiology
    Author: Donna Matusewic - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 9/4/2002
    Description: Learners read about audiological tests including pure tone testing, air conduction, bone conduction, Speech Reception Threshold, and Speech Discrimination Score. They listen to sounds and words recorded at different decibel levels and see a graphic representation of decibel ranges. A brief review concludes the activity.
  • Blood Agar and Hemolysis
    Author: Kristine Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 3/26/2007
    Description: Learners examine microscope images of blood agar and the various types of hemolysis that can be detected. A quiz completes the activity.
  • Categories of Acquired Immunity
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Joe Wetzel   Date: 8/1/2001
    Description: The learner evaluates the immune response.
  • Components of a Prokaryote
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/26/2002
    Description: Learners assemble the components of a prokaryotic cell and match the names and functions with each structure.
  • Conjugation
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 3/12/2002
    Description: The student analyzes the basic steps in conjugation and applies the effect to microbial characteristics.
  • Etiologic Agents of Bacterial Diseases
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: TeeJay Spilman   Date: 6/29/2004
    Description: In this interactive object, learners match the bacterial etiologic agent to the disease it causes.
  • Eukaryotic Cells: Assembling the Cell
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 8/24/2004
    Description: In this interactive object, learners read the definitions of the parts of a cell and assemble a basic eukaryotic cell in a drag and drop exercise. A matching quiz involving cell terms and their definitions completes the activity.
  • Fungal Disease Matching Exercises
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 7/23/2004
    Description: Learners test their knowledge of fungal diseases by completing six exercises.
  • Helpful Microbes in Your Daily Life
    Author: Elizabeth Yoon - Moraine Park Technical College
    Technician: TeeJay Spilman   Date: 7/12/2004
    Description: Learners read how microbes in such items as yogurt, bread, insulin, and insect sprays improve our lives.
  • Host Defense
    Author: Judy North - Northcentral Technical College
    Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 3/12/2002
    Description: The student categorizes defense mechanisms as specific or non-specific.
  • Identification of Lactose Positive and Lactose Negative Bacteria on MacConkey Agar
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/26/2002
    Description: The student observes the growth of gram negative organisms that are lactose positive or negative.
  • Mannitol Salt Agar
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 3/26/2007
    Description: In this overview, students examine and identify mannitol positive and mannitol negative bacteria on mannitol salt agar.
  • Metabolic Pathways
    Author: Elizabeth Yoon - Moraine Park Technical College
    Technician: TeeJay Spilman   Date: 7/19/2004
    Description: In this interactive object, learners categorize different metabolic activities as catabolic or anabolic and follow a glucose molecule through the processes of glycolysis, aerobic respiration, and fermentation.
  • Microbial Flora in Body Sites
    Author: Dawn Madl - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: TeeJay Spilman   Date: 6/23/2004
    Description: In an interactive exercise, learners identify the human body sites that harbor a normal resident flora and the sites that are sterile.
  • Parasite Matching Exercises
    Author: Elizabeth Yoon - Moraine Park Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 7/27/2004
    Description: Learners match the names of parasitic organisms to the diseases they cause and the modes of transmission.
  • Pathology of Cholera
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 7/28/2002
    Description: The student will follow cholera bacteria from ingestion through the pathogenic process. A description of the mechanism of infection and treatment strategies are presented in this activity.
  • Spelling of Bacteria Names
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/23/2005
    Description: Learners listen to the pronunciation of bacteria names and then type the words. They may choose the number of names that they wish to spell (up to 70). Immediate feedback is given, and a final score is provided at the end of the activity.
  • Spelling of Fungi Names
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/23/2005
    Description: Learners listen to the pronunciation of fungi names and then type the terms. They may choose the number of names that they wish to spell (up to 13). Immediate feedback is given, and a final score is provided at the end of the activity.
  • Spelling of Microbial Names
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/7/2005
    Description: Learners listen to the pronunciation of the binomial names for microorganisms and then type the words. They may choose the number of names that they wish to spell (up to 112). Immediate feedback is given, and a final score is provided at the end of the activity.
  • Spelling of Protozoa and Worm Names
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/23/2005
    Description: Learners listen to the pronunciation of protozoa and worm names and then type the words. They may choose the number of terms that they wish to spell (up to 25). Immediate feedback is given, and a final score is provided at the end of the activity.
  • Spelling of Viral Names
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 2/23/2005
    Description: Learners listen to the pronunciation of viral names and then type the terms. They may choose the number of names that they wish to spell (up to 16). Immediate feedback is given, and a final score is provided at the end of the activity.
  • Test Your Knowledge of Miscellaneous Bacteria
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Technician: TeeJay Spilman   Date: 7/22/2004
    Description: Learners match diseases with their portals of entry, causative agents, and associated vectors.
  • The Ascomycetes
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 12/22/2004
    Description: In this interactive and animated object, learners examine the characteristics, ecological importance, and lifecycle of the ascomycetes of the fungi kingdom.
  • The Basidiomycetes of the Fungi Kingdom
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 2/22/2005
    Description: Learners examine the lifecycle of basidiomycetes. Terminology and fungi examples are provided.
  • The Fungi Kingdom: Common Characteristics of Fungi
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Gayla Ross   Date: 2/21/2005
    Description: Learners examine what defines a fungus and read how fungi differ from animals and plants.
  • The Regulation of Inducible Operons
    Author: Richard Wilkosz - Northcentral Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 5/24/2007
    Description: In this animated learning object, learners examine the regulation of inducible operons in bacterial systems.
  • The Scientific Method
    Author: Marise Hussey - Waukesha County Area Technical College
    Pat Griffin - Chippewa Valley Technical College
    Pat Cipriano - Western Wisconsin Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 11/12/2002
    Description: Students choose the hypothesis and practice describing bacterial colonies using the steps of the scientific method.
  • The Zygomycetes
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 1/24/2005
    Description: In this animated and interactive object, learners examine the lifecycle of fungi including asexual and sexual reproduction. Learners test their knowledge by identifying a diagram and by completing a crossword puzzle.
  • Urine Colony Counts
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Chad Blohowiak   Date: 4/2/2007
    Description: Learners watch a brief video clip. They then follow step-by-step instructions on how to do a urine colony count and examine the criteria for determining if a colony count represents an infection. A brief quiz completes the object.
  • Virus Matching Exercises
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 7/23/2004
    Description: Learners complete two exercises. In the first quiz, they divide viruses into two categories: RNA and DNA. They later match each virus with the disease it causes.
  • Virus Particles: Structure and Function
    Author: Kris Snow - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Gregory Gray   Date: 4/26/2001
    Description: The learner assembles parts of a virus and matches virus terms and descriptions.

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Animated Tutorials: Microbiology

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TITLE: Cell Fractionation
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Perry, et al., Microbial Life, Sinauer Associates(More info...)
TITLE: The Winogradsky Column
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Perry, et al., Microbial Life, Sinauer Associates(More info...)
TITLE: Preparation of a Microautoradiogram
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Perry, et al., Microbial Life, Sinauer Associates(More info...)
TITLE: Streak Plate Procedure
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Perry, et al., Microbial Life, Sinauer Associates(More info...)
TITLE: Life Cycle of HIV, a Retrovirus
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Perry, et al., Microbial Life, Sinauer Associates(More info...)
TITLE: Replication of Herpes Simplex Virus
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Perry, et al., Microbial Life, Sinauer Associates(More info...)
TITLE: Diphtheria and Cholera Toxins
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Madigan & Martinko. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Eleventh Edition, Prentice Hall (More info...)
TITLE: Isolation and Screening of Antibiotic Producers
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Madigan & Martinko. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Eleventh Edition, Prentice Hall (More info...)