Non-living infectious particles! This 16 slide presentation (pdf) with student notes pages, consolidation questions, worksheets, video links, and definition cards, introduces students to the basics of viruses and prions. Topics include an overview of: virus shapes/classification, bacteriophages, virus life cycle, virus transmission, applications to biotechnology and medicine, prion structure, prion transmission, and common prion diseases.The product includes access to editable author-created di