e-Bug

About

E-Bug is an exciting, fun and free microbiology, hygiene and health education resource for children and young people from ages 3 – 18. provides resources for teachers and community groups including lesson plans and courses, interactive activities, handouts and worksheets. 

e-Bug programme, operated by the UK Health Security Agency, provides free resources to support children and young people to play their role in infection prevention and control. This includes free educational resources for schools to introduce students to microbes, hygiene, vaccinations and antimicrobial resistance. Also lesson plans and courses, interactive activities, handouts and worksheets  for teachers and community groups.

 

Topics include an introduction to microbes, hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, food hygiene, vaccinations and antibiotics. e-Bug also has an interactive website for students including interactive quizzes, disease fact sheets and much more. 

All the e-Bug materials are free to download at www.e-Bug.eu, and they are available in 23 different languages! 

A three-week e-Bug Health Educator Training course is avalable for free on the FutureLearn website to help individuals improve their skills in delivering e-Bug learning. 

Please visit the website to learn more about e-Bug, and the projects we are involved with, or contact e-Bug@ukhsa.gov.uk

 

Resources

Early Years Teaching Resources

Early Years Resources (e-bug.eu)

Students aged 3-5 years are introduced to positive behaviours for hand washing, respiratory and oral hygiene. 

Lesson plans are designed to complement the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.

 

Key Stage 1 Teaching Resources

KS1 Resources (e-bug.eu)

Students aged 5-7 years are introduced to microbes and continue to learn about positive behaviours for handwashing, respiratory and oral hygiene.

Lesson plans are  designed to complement the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1.

 

Key Stage 2 Teaching Resources

KS2 Resources (e-bug.eu)

Students aged 7-11 years build on their learnings around microbes and hand, respiratory and oral hygiene.

They are also introduced to the concepts of useful and harmful microbes, food hygiene, animal and farm hygiene, vaccinations and antibiotics.

Lesson plans are designed to complement the National Curriculum for Key Stage 2.  

 

Key Stage 3 Teaching Resources

KS3 Resources (e-bug.eu)

Students aged 11-14 years build on their learnings around useful and harmful microbes; hand, respiratory and food hygiene; vaccinations and antibiotics.

They are also introduced to the topic of sexually transmitted infections.

Lesson plans are designed to complement the National Curriculum for Key Stage 3. 

 

Key Stage 4 Teaching Resources

KS4 Resources (e-bug.eu)

Students aged 14-16 years build on their learnings around useful and harmful microbes; hand, respiratory and food hygiene; sexually transmitted infections, vaccinations and antibiotics.

Lesson plans are designed to complement the National Curriculum for Key Stage 4.

 

Training

Trainers (e-bug.eu)

 

Contact

Email: e-Bug@ukhsa.gov.uk