Health, Microbes and Disease
Self Review – what I need to learn
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pieces of medical equipment and describe briefly what they
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are used for e.g. MRI scanner, X-ray machine, Ultra sound etc.
I can use scientific equipment to monitor my health e.g peak flow meter,
sphygmomanometer, and scales
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I can state that microbes are very tiny organisms that can only be seen with a microscope 
I can list three types of microbes bacteria, fungi, and viruses
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I can tell you that bacteria can be different shapes, rod, round or spiral and they have
no nucleus. They reproduce very quickly, some every 20 minutes.
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I can state that moulds and yeasts are both types of fungi.
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I can explain how fungi reproduce by releasing spores which can grow on food.
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I can tell you that viruses are extremely small and very simple. They can only reproduce
inside another cell
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I can explain how some micro-organisms can be useful and some can be harmful.
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I can recognise hazards when working with living materials and to take action to avoid
them.
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I can explain how bacteria can be grown in a laboratory.
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I can inoculate an agar plate using asceptic technique
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I can describe and carry out an experiment to show how antifungals inhibit fungal growth
in a science lab.
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I can recall that yeast is used in baking and brewing. Yeast respires and produces CO2
bubbles that make dough rise and also alcohol used in wine and beer making.
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I can state the equation for fermentation is glucose  carbon dioxide + ethanol
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I can explain how bacteria are used to make yoghurt and cheese
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I can tell you that diseases happen when microbes enter the body and cause infections
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I can explain how the body defends itself against disease
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-the skin is a barrier that prevents microbes getting inside the body
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-white blood cells patrol inside our body making antibodies that kill microbes.
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- this protection is known as immunity.
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I can tell you all the ways in which the body helps to prevent the spread of disease
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- washing hands before eating removing microbes from the skin
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-covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze to top microbes going into the air
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-cooking food thoroughly to kill any microbes in the food
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-covering cuts while they heal to stop microbes entering e.g plaster.
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-washing to help stop the growth of microbes on the body.
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I can state that vaccination is when dead or weakened microbes are injected into the body
to make us immune to dangerous microbes.
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I can tell you about the work that Alexander Flemming did with penicillin
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I can tell you about the work of Edward Jenner in finding a cure for smallpox
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I can list some diseases that are caused by bacteria e.g. whooping cough, pneumonia
and tetanus.
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I can list diseases caused by viruses e.g. Flu, German measles, mumps and chicken pox 
I can list diseases caused by fungi e.g. athletes foot and thrush.
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