Joyful Microbiology Activities ebook

10 fun and simple microbiology activities you can do at home or in the classroom

Price: $9

Do you want your students or your own kids to have a better understanding of germs and microbes?

Are you looking for fun microbiology activities for your elementary, middle, or high schoolers?

Or maybe you simply want to learn more about the microbial world

Introducing… ‘Joyful Microbiology Activities,’ an activities ebook to help you, your students, and your kids experience the microbial world in a hands-on way so you can see the invisible world of microbes.

Whether you’re in the classroom or at home, you’ll be able to conduct these experiments and projects using mostly household items, making it easy and convenient to learn about microbiology.

These do-it-yourself activities are perfect for science class experiments, science fair projects, or just for fun.

And these activities will work for multiple ages and grade levels, with some very simple activities that work well for elementary students and others for middle and high school students. So, whatever age level you teach, you’ll find an activity that will work for you.

You can expect to do activities like growing pink microbes, hunting for microbes, finding a tardigrade, and making a Winogradsky column.

If you’re a teacher, I know it takes time to find fun science experiments, especially microbiology-related ones, so with this ebook, you’ll have 10 activities ready to go, along with follow-up questions and ideas for projects and exercises to go a bit deeper with these activities.

In case we haven’t met yet:

I’m Dr. Justine Dees! I have a PhD in microbiology and worked in this field for over 10 years. Now, I run Joyful Microbe, an online microbiology resource hub. And I created this activities ebook to share how you can enjoy microbiology through simple hands-on activities so that you, your kids, and your students can have a real-life understanding of the abstract topic of germs and microbes.

What’s inside the ‘Joyful Microbiology Activities’ ebook:

75 pages, including color photos
An introduction to microorganisms
10 simple and fun microbiology activities
Relevant background information for each activity
List of materials required
Step-by-step instructions
Follow-up questions
My favorite go-to resources

Bonuses

In addition to the ebook, you’ll receive these other resources:

Bonus 1: Joyful Microbiology Activities Bucket List – an activities checklist
Bonus 2: Photo Atlas for Microbe Hunting – a photo guide of lichens, slime molds, mushrooms, and other fungi
Bonus 3: Microbiology Activity Exercises for Students – follow-up exercises and projects teachers can use in the classroom to take the activities a step further

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What to expect

Upon purchase, you’ll receive a link to the ebook and 3 bonus resources, all as downloadable PDF files.

What people are saying:

“This book is great and is very applicable and adaptable for a middle school science classroom. For us in particular, as we wanted the microscope to be our featured tool and its usage a through-line for the year, this book seems perfect! We also plan to add several of the other labs next year.” – Paul Riyeff, 7th grade Gold Block Science Teacher

“I really like this book! From a teacher’s standpoint, the earlier activities would work well for elementary and the later ones for middle and high school. A lot of the activities would be great to do in elementary school, where students are so curious and open to new learning (I used to teach 5th and 4th grade). I would expect it to be a great idea for biology teachers or those who do science fairs and possibly for AP Env Sci also.” – Kathryn Hoffmann, high school science teacher

“Unlock the secrets of the microbial world through a journey of hands-on exploration and discovery with the Joyful Microbiology Activities eBook! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about microbiology and wants to engage in fun, hands-on activities. Dees’s book provides a comprehensive background on microbes – essential reading for anyone looking to dive deeper into the realm of our invisible friends. The activities included in the book are varied and engaging, ranging from a microbe hunt to growing microbes on Petri dishes. The thing that sets this book apart is its emphasis on documentation and observation, and its fun presentation! Each activity encourages the reader to document their findings, and there are follow-up questions that help deepen their understanding. The focus on observation and documentation is essential for anyone looking to conduct scientific experiments or research, and the book does an excellent job of instilling these skills in readers. There’s also a Microbiology Bucket list and a comprehensive Photo Atlas for Microbe Hunting. These resources are fantastic – you’ll be spotting marvelous symbiotic relationships everywhere before you know it!

Another great feature of this book is its organisation. The activities start with simple, easy-to-do exercises that require few tools, and then progress to more complex activities that require additional materials. This approach makes it easy for readers to build their skills gradually and acquire the tools they need as they progress through the book.

For educators, Dees’s book is an excellent resource. It includes a separate list of follow-up exercises for each activity, making it easy to integrate into classroom lessons. Overall, the Joyful Microbiology Activities book is the ultimate resource for anyone wishing to unleash their inner microbiologist or for educators who are looking to inspire the next generation!” – Dr. Jake Robinson, Microbial Ecologist; Researcher, Author of Invisible Friends

“In her book, Justine really shows how microbes bring joy and lets you experience microbes in all their fascinating colours and flavours. By following the steps in her activities book, everyone can see microbes and their impacts on our lives and learn that not all of them are bad. Feel like a real discoverer by finding microbes in your house, yourself and everywhere around you!” – Dr. Sarah Wettstadt, Founder of Bacterial World

“My goodness, I have textbooks that cost 20x this amount and do not have this exclusive of coverage. Thank you.” – Ed Thomas, STEM Lead

“The JOYFUL MICROBIOLOGY ACTIVITIES eBOOK was excellent. I am not a full-time educator but an enthusiastic scientist and may need to share some of these activities with others who might be interested. The photos of the LICHENS, MUSHROOMS, SLIME MOULDS, and OTHER FUNGI were very helpful. Now, when I walk past a tree or rock with something growing on it I stop to see what it is and look up what it does – renewed enthusiasm!!! Activities 1-5 I have not done, but they give a how-to for DISCOVERY, which you can’t do by yourself. These activities give a lovely structure for it – DISCOVERY is THE MAGIC in life, I think !!!! I now joyfully think more about what is happening when milk has been in a warm environment too long!!! I had never heard of a Winogradsky column and now I know. And I had never heard of a Tardigrade – which I look forward to hunting for one. I think all these activities would be so helpful if you are a full-time educator where the students would be having fun along the way with what they are doing and being more appreciative of the microbial world than they ever were before.” – Helen Skidmore, Microbiology Enthusiast

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