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Microbes

This year’s flu season promises to be an extended one. Let 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.

Explorations: Global Atmospheric Change

Topics related to weather and global warming are constantly in the news. Let students take home this Explorations mini-magazine over the holidays, where they can share fun activities and factual information about planetary processes with their parents, siblings and friends.

COVID-19 Teaching Resources

Find lessons and activities for grades K-12 on healthy behaviors and science related to the pandemic. Topics include COVID-19 prevention, microbes, infectious diseases, wellness, vaccines and the immune system. The resources are designed for face-to-face or virtual instruction and many of them integrate science with health, reading, mathematics, social studies or art.

Safe Food Preparation

During the holidays, people everywhere celebrate by preparing, serving and sharing food with family and friends. This is a good time to reinforce good habits with young students using a hands-on activity focusing on safe food preparation. The activity is s one of 11 activities found in The Science of Food Teacher’s Guide.

STEM@Home Activities

Easy STEM-based science lessons for children and teens.

In these unprecedented times of school closures and Stay-at-Home notices, Baylor College of Medicine is offering a set of hands-on K-12 activities, grouped by grade level, that will enable parents and children to remain engaged in STEM learning until school operations return to normal. We call this collection STEM@Home. The lessons were selected specifically because they are easy to use at home, and provide high-quality STEM content without the need for specialized training, equipment or materials. We welcome you to investigate our STEM @Home activities, and to explore the entire BioEd Online website for accurate, free STEM educational materials.