Game-Based Learning part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Games
Game-Based Learning uses competitive exercises, either pitting the students against each other or getting them to challenge themselves in order to motivate them to learn better.

Teaching With Data part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data
Created by Robert MacKay (more info) , Clark College (more info) Show caption HideThis is an elevation map of Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon highlighting the Coast Range, Willamette ...

Microbial Life in Extreme Environments part of Extreme Environments
The study of extremophiles challenges our concept of the limits of life, informs our quest for the comprehensive tree of life, and helps us to understand how evolution has taken place. About ...

Astrobiology part of Extreme Environments:Astrobiology
Created by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory Astrobiology embraces the search for potentially inhabited planets beyond our Solar System, the exploration of Mars and the outer planets, ...

Extremely Cold environments part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Cold
Created by: Scott N. Montross, Montana State University "Psychrophiles are defined as organisms having an optimal temperature for growth at about 15ºC or lower, a maximal temperature for growth ...

Radioactive Environments part of Extreme Environments:Radiation
Created by: Scott N. Montross, Montana State University "Bacteria of the genus Deinococcus exhibit an extraordinary ability to withstand the lethal and mutagenic effects of DNA damaging ...

High Pressure Environments part of Extreme Environments:Under Pressure
Created by: Scott N. Montross, Montana State University Pressure has a substantial effect on the physiology and biochemistry of living cells. Microorganisms inhabiting the deep-sea and subsurface of ...

Environments Without Oxygen part of Extreme Environments:Without Oxygen
By Julian Deiss Environments Without Oxygen can be found thought the Earth from places as unglamorous as a waste management plant to deep hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. The commonality ...

Environments Without Water part of Extreme Environments:Without Water
By Julian Deiss Environments Without Water are ones where desiccation is common and water is a scarce resource. These environments range in temperature from very hot to very cold. One thing they ...

Integrating Research and Education part of Integrating Research and Education
One of the goals of MLER is to demonstrate ways to bring exciting new research results into instructional activities at all levels. Cryogenic-SEM image of phormidium growing on mineral substrate, ...