Virus Structure Lecture Materials from the Virtual Microbiology Classroom

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Virus Structure Lecture Materials

These are the lecture materials in the structure of viruses, from the Virtual Microbiology Classroom. The resources below are used to supplement an actual college microbiology course. Anyone taking, teaching or interested in microbiology may find these materials helpful and is welcome to use them.

The Virus Structure Lecture materials include:

a list of learning objectives

a PowerPoint lecture

additional required readings

practice test questions

review questions

links to additional educational materials

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

These lecture learning objectives are a study guide based on the Virus Structure Lecture PowerPoint Show:

Understand what viruses are and how they differ from living organisms.

Be able to describe the four types of genetic material that viruses can be made of.

Understand the difference between an enveloped and non-enveloped virus.

What are the three main structural elements that viruses can be made of. Which of these structural elements is not present in all viruses?

Describe the different shapes of viruses.

LECTURE POWERPOINT

Student's Virus Structure PowerPoint Show

Student's Virus Structure PowerPoint PDF Printout

Fill-in-the-Blank Format:

All of the lecture PowerPoints used in the Virtual Cell Biology Classroom are fill-in-the-blank format to encourage students to pay attention and follow along during the presentation.

Printing:

The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.

REQUIRED READINGS

Check Moodle & your textbook for additional readings.

What Is a Virus? Structure, Classification & Reproduction

What Is a Bacteriophage Virus?

PRACTICE TEST & REVIEW QUESTIONS

These multiple-choice / matching practice test questions and essay review questions are designed to help you better understand different types and components of viral structure.

Virus Structure Practice Test Questions

Virus Structure Review Questions

MORE VIRUS STRUCTURE LINKS

Play Pandemic 2 a video game of strategy, where you try to become a successful pandemic microbe and infect the world. My teenage daughter and I recommend this one to you.

“Quarantine” a scary movie about a new infectious disease.

Play Disease Defenders educational video game, Rice University.

Life and Death Battle: Animated video clip from "Battlefield Cell" episode of Curiosity

Cell Breach: Animated video clip from "Battlefield Cell" episode of Curiosity

Both from an excellent Curiosity episode showing an adenovirus invading a human cell.