1. © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4 Starter What are these headlines about? Hospital bug kills 1000 patients a year Daily Telegraph New class of antibiotics could be effective against superbugs The Guardian Bug 'ate' OAP's leg The Sun Bug 'ate' OAP's leg The Sun Hospitals losing war against MRSA The Times Hospitals losing war against MRSA The Times

2. © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4 Activity MRSA stands for Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is sometimes referred to as a ‘superbug’. It is a bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics. New ways of killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria have to be found.

3. © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4 Activity Microbiologists at Southampton University carried out an experiment using MRSA. What does the experiment show?

4. © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4 Activity What do the results have to do with this? Image: handsome lake @ wikipedia commons