Louis Pasteur Germ Theory - AQA - GCSE

Students examine the significance of Pasteur’s Germ Theory with a look at beliefs about the cause of disease before, Pasteur’s methods, opposition to his theory and the long term impact of the Germ Theory.

A 24 slide fully resourced lesson containing warm up & learning review activities, a choice of tasks, printable resources and a printable knowledge organiser with all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Lesson aims and outline of the topic
• Slide 3-5: Recap of Edward Jenner’s smallpox discovery with printable resource and answers
• Slide 6: Germ brain teaser (answer in the notes)
• Slide 7: Starter Discussion - What are germs? How do diseases spread?
• Slide 8-9: Recap - What were the beliefs about how diseases spread before the 1800s?
• Slide 10: Source Analysis with prompt questions
• Slide 11-17: Background information covering the developments in technology (microscopes), spontaneous generation, anti-contagionists vs contagionists and Louis Pasteur’s work.
• Slide 18: Task 1 - A printable worksheet with questions and activities
• Slide 19-21: Task 2 - Gap fill worksheet covering the influence of Pasteur’s work with answers and printable worksheet.
• Slide 22: Challenge/practice exam questions
• Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 24: Factors which cause change poster/information slide

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