Scientific eye. Series 1, Microbeasts and disease.

Encourages students to think and react like scientists, testing theories, solving problems and conducting experiments. Series 1: A general look at useful and harmful bacteria and at bacterial and viral diseases starting with the 17th century bubonic plague. Includes the story of Edward Jenner's cowpox vaccine, told by cartoon sequence. Explains how infections are passed from person to person and shows how investigation of a mass outbreak of illness among schoolchildren is conducted. Includes cinemicroscopy of microbes multiplying, of mould growing on bread, and discusses products such as yeast and beer which involve microbe activity.