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Infectious Diseases
Unit 1 Lesson 3 plan
Discussion
• What do we do every day to avoid
infectious diseases? List as many behaviors
as you can.
Activity:
How is a bacterium’s structure unique?
How does a bacterium’s structure contribute to
its ability to cause disease?
What does a bacterium look like?
Group 1: Capsule
Group 2:
Gram Positive: One layered cell wall
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Group 3:
Gram Negative: Two layered cell wall
Group 4:
Flagellum
Group 5:
Pili
Group 5:
Spore
Group 6:
Nucleoid and Plasmid
Wrap up:
Structure is function
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Homework
• Complete the worksheet on bacteria from
Unit 1.3
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• Take good notes of all the bacterial structures
important in disease for a quiz at the end of
this unit.