Pasteur, Koch, and Germ Theory. Video worksheets, differentiated.

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. A truly fascinating, entertaining, and informative account of the emergence of Germ Theory. The drama, hostility, rivalry, and politics of the scientific process.

Contagion vs Miasma, Galen, Henle, Schleiden, Schwann. Pasteur and Kock: their rivalry and enmity; fermentation. Zymes; Pasteur and Bechamp: their rivalry and enmity. Lister and surgery, phenol and antiseptic surgery. Koch’s work with anthrax, and his Postulates. Vaccines and germ attenuation. Agar gel and the Petri dish. Terrain Theory and anti-vaccination. Viruses discovered. New technology brings new evidence. AIDS and HIV with respect to Koch’s Postulates.

Find the film by searching the BBC Teach website or YouTube’s Patrick Kelly channel for “Louis Pasteur vs Robert Koch: The History of Germ Theory"

17 questions for the 39 min 56s film. Differentiated! All versions look similar, but “B” version has **subtle clues. Excellent subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated miasma. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Link to film on all sheets.