This ebook contains a set of science literacy resources and exercises relevant to a variety of core microbiology and molecular biology concepts for faculty to use in their classrooms. It incorporates primary literature discussed in "This week in Microbiology" (TWiM), a podcast where experts in microbiology discuss academic papers in their field in an informal way. The exercises enable students to practice figure-reading, figure interpretation, and experimental design in a free, easy to use format. In each section (podcast and two figure reading exercises), learning objectives and assessment questions are aligned.  We hope instructors will use these resources and that this will enhance science literacy of all students in microbiology and molecular biology.