Prokaryotic Cell Lecture Materials from the Virtual Cell Biology Classroom

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Prokaryotic Cells Lecture Materials

These are the Prokaryotic Cell Structure & Function Lecture materials of the Virtual Cell Biology Classroom. The resources below are used to supplement an actual college cell biology course. Anyone taking, teaching or interested in biology may find these materials helpful and is welcome to use them.

The Prokaryotic Cells Lecture materials include:

a list of learning objectives

a PowerPoint lecture

a homework assignment

"class note" articles

practice test questions

review questions

an in-class activity

links to additional educational materials

PROKARYOTIC CELLS LECTURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

These lecture learning objectives are a study guide based on the VCBC Prokaryotic Cell PowerPoint:

Know the three components of cell theory.

Understand, and be able to define the structural components of prokaryotic cells.

What is the difference between a vegetative cell and an endospore?

Understand how prokaryotic cells reproduce.

Understand the importance of the bacterial cell wall. What makes a Gram+ cell different than a Gram- cell; how the differences impact control of microorganisms.

Which types of organisms are prokaryotes?

Know the example prokaryotes that we discussed in lecture and the information that was provided with each example.

PROKARYOTIC CELLS LECTURE POWERPOINT

All of the lecture PowerPoints used in the Virtual Cell Biology Classroom have fill-in-the-blanks on many of the slides to encourage students to pay attention and follow along during the presentation. Instructors, contact us for the information that goes in the blanks.

HELPFUL TIPS: Some of the PowerPoint presentations are large files and may take a few moments to download, depending on the speed of your internet connection. If you are printing a hard copy of the PowerPoint, you can save paper by selecting Handouts (rather than Slides) in the "Print What:" drop down menu of the PPT print screen. Then you can choose the number of slides you want to have on each printed page. If the printed PPT presentation is to be used as student notes, it is best to choose handouts with 2 or 3 slides per page.

PROKARYOTIC CELLS HOMEWORK

Word document of assignment given to students at the end of lecture. This tool helps the students review the main messages of the lecture while allowing the instructor to assess the class' understanding of the material.

PROKARYOTIC CELLS CLASS NOTES

Here are brief summaries of some of the various subtopics and concepts introduced in this lecture, kind of like really good class notes.

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic: Two Types of Biological Cells

Prokaryotic Cell: Structures, Functions & Diagrams

Bacterial Cell Wall Structure

Bacterial Genetics: Plasmid DNA & Conjugation Gene Transfer

What Are Bacterial Fimbriae?

What Is a Bacterial Endospore?

External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells: Prokaryote Flagella, Endoflagella, Fimbriae and Pili

Four Bacterial Pathogens of the Genus Clostridium: Infectious Causes of Gas Gangrene, Tetanus, Botulism, Colitis

PROKARYOTIC CELLS PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS Part I & Part II

Practice test questions designed to help students better understand this topic. They are based on material in the Prokaryotic Cell Structure & Function Lecture.

PROKARYOTIC CELLS REVIEW QUESTIONS

Questions dedigned to help students review the material in the Prokaryotic Cell Structure & Function Lecture.

PROKARYOTIC CELL PHOTOS

The images linked here directly relate to this lecture material and are designed to help student review and study while outside of class.

Bacterial Colonies Images

Bacterial Stain Images

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cell Images

PROKARYOTIC CELL IN-CLASS ACTIVITY

Word document assignment that students complete at the end of lecture.

Bacterial Colonies In-class Exercise

MORE PROKARYOTIC CELL RESOURCES

Binary Fission: Cell Division & Reproduction of Prokaryotes, April 8, 2011

Prokaryotic Cell interactive diagram from Cells Alive website.

“How big is a…” interactive diagram from Cells Alive website.

Cell Structure tutorials and quizzes from Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry.

Biology4Kids – Cell Biology Main Page by Raders.

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