Classroom Resources

This interactive video explores how two scientists tracked the 2013 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. 

This four-part animation series explores the biology of the virus SARS-CoV-2, which has caused a global pandemic of the disease COVID-19.

This activity guides the analysis of a published scientific figure from a study that tested whether releasing mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria could reduce mosquito populations.

This activity outlines two demonstrations that model how enveloped and nonenveloped viruses are released from infected cells.

This activity allows students to model how the anti-HIV drug AZT (azidothymidine) interferes with the process of viral replication.

In this hands-on activity, students model how a double-stranded DNA copy of the HIV genome is integrated into the host cell DNA.

This demonstration models how the HIV protease enzyme functions and how its activity is blocked by a class of anti-HIV drugs.

This hands-on activity allows students to analyze DNA sequences of Ebola viruses. Students use these sequences to track the virus’s spread during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

This interactive module explores the diversity of viruses based on structure, genome type, host range, transmission mechanism, replication cycles, and vaccine availability.

This interactive, modular lab explores the techniques used to identify different types of bacteria based on their DNA sequences.