T4 Bacteriophage Mighty Model©

As your students launch into modeling the ongoing battle of survival between T4 bacteriophage and E. coli, they‘ll first encounter the amazing structure of T4 bacteriophage before exploring new membranes, and an assembly form of reproduction. Armed with two slide decks, you’ll guide your students, as they:   Identify the parts of T4 bacteriophage, which is comprised of an astounding 2,000 proteins    Predict how the T4 phage infects E. coli, using the T4 model and a printable E. coli membrane graphic   Explore the Gram-negative E. coli double membrane and contrast with a Gram-positive Staphyloccoccal single membrane.   Model the four phases of a T4 phage infection   Discover how T4 destroys E. coli’s DNA before replicating, transcribing and translating its own DNA by co-opting E. coli’s mechanisms for these processes.   Compare and contrast lytic and lysogenic viral life cycles   Assemble their T4 bacteriophage model, as assembly would occur in