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Stories and More
Welcome to Antibiotics in Action

Brewing for Millenia
Enzyme Basics: Science and History
Germs from Nowhere: Spontaneous Generation
Gallons of Prevention: Worth 300 Milligrams of Cure
Bugs Fighting Back: Basics of Bacterial Resistance
Evolution and Disease
Salt: The First Antibiotic
Honey—Yes, UFOs—No
Digging for a Cure
Mold is for Wimps: Antibiotics from Big Scary Reptiles
Of Rabbits and Mycology
Alexander Fleming: Pharmaceutical Achiever
Howard Florey and Ernst Chain: Pharmaceutical Achievers
Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown: Pharmaceutical Achievers
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Pharmaceutical Achiever


Chemistry Activities

Making Aspirin
Materials and Apparatus
Safety
Procedure
Data Analysis
Extensions


Fermentation by Yeast
Fractional Distillation
Clocking a Reaction
Molecular Size: Oleic Acid Monolayers
X-Ray Vision: Crystallography
Comparing Catalysts
Enzyme Specificity: Adventures in Digestion

Activity #1: Digestion of Protein by Tripsin
Activity #2: Digestion of Lipids by Lipase
Activity #3: Digestion of Starch by Amylase


Biology Activities

Medicine from Dirt: Isolating Actinomycetes
Cell Membranes

Activity #1: What Determines Whether or not a Chemical Compound
Can Move Through an Artificial Membrane?
Activity #2: Diffusion Through a Membrane: Supplement or Alternative
to Activity #1
Activity #3: Investigating the Effect of Different Concentrations
of Water Surrounding a Living Cell
Activity #4: Which Passes Through a Living Cell's Membrane More
Easily, Congo Red Dye Molecules or Water Molecules?


Old Experiments: Spallanzani and Pasteur
Name That Actinomycete: Isolating Soil Organisms
Observing Cells: Using Stains
Resistance in Bacteria
Culturing Bacteria: Isolation and Identification

Activity #1: Bacterial Enrichment Using a Carrot Medium
Activity #2: Enrichment of Microbes Using a Milk Medium
Appendix


Resources

Web Sites
Print and Media

Glossary
General Safety Guidelines
Microbiology Safety Guidelines
About the Authors
Teacher's Guide