The 2019 Classroom Challenge

In 2019, Phage Directory invited phage biologists to talk with school classes about phages and antibiotic resistance. The challenge and pledge form are closed; the outreach story and resources remain part of our archive.

Read our classroom visit and practical suggestions from Olds, Canada.

Resources shared at the time

• The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth — The Bacteriophage, by Kurzgesagt.
• The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained, by Kurzgesagt.
• The archived initiative also highlighted Skype a Scientist and the “Superbug Snipers” episode of Follow This.

The pledge is closed

The 2019 pledge collected participants’ names and email addresses for that challenge. It is no longer accepting submissions. No pledge or subscription is made by visiting this page.

Historical classroom slides

The former Canada slide shortlink pointed to this Google presentation. The separately linked DeerMeadow PDF and PowerPoint files have not been recovered, so they are not presented as available downloads.

Historical background slides

The former background shortlink pointed to this Google presentation. Access to these externally hosted historical decks may have changed.