Antibiotics & You Elementary School Program

This award-winning, 45-minute interactive program is designed for consumers of all ages to help them better understand antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, and how to use these lifesaving medicines appropriately. With content that is easy to understand, this presentation is proven effective in a variety of settings especially in elementary schools and with younger children.

What will be taught using this program

  • The differences between bacteria and viruses
  • How germs spread
  • What happens when you get sick
  • How antibiotics work
  • What antibiotic resistance is and what you can do about it
  • How to prevent infection and illness

Program Presentation

Download the Antibiotics and You Elementary School Program

Antibiotics and You download form (opens new tab)

 After you fill out the form to download the program, if you do not see the email in your inbox, please check your spam or promotional email folders. The email will be sent from the email address qualtrics.surveys@wayne.edu.


As part of our process to continually improve this free program offered to the community, it is necessary for us to understand how our materials are being used and for which audience types.

Clicking the download form button will open a new tab with a form asking for your name, email, school or organization, and what audience this program will be presented to.

This information is for our internal use only and we will not share, sell or use this information in any way other than what is intended.

No part of this program may be copied without the express permission of the MARR Coalition. Contact MARR at info@mi-marr.org for additional information and usage rights.

Included in the download package

  • Program instructions and guidelines, including how to access the presentation on Google Slides
  • Pre and post test
  • Activity guide
  • Printable poster and activity book
  • Host evaluation form
  • Thank you letter template to host

Presenter Evaluation

We ask that after you have completed presenting one of our programs that you submit the Presenter Evaluation.

By providing this information you are helping us to continually improve this free service that we offer to the community to better educate the importance of understanding proper antibiotic use.

Presenter Evaluation
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