Research Methods part of Research Methods
Created by George Rice, Montana State University This Resource is Designed to Help You - Read science news and research articles. Understand science seminars outside of your discipline. Talk intelligently to ...

Environmental Sampling part of Research Methods:Environmental Sampling
Created by George Rice and Monica Z. Bruckner, Montana State University Collecting samples involves the isolation and careful gathering of specimens of interest in a given environmental study. Important ...

Biogeochemical Methods part of Research Methods:Bio-geochemical Methods
Created by Monica Z. Bruckner, Montana State University What is Biogeochemistry? Biogeochemistry integrates several disciplines, including biology, geology, geography, and chemistry. Biogeochemical studies can be ...

Teaching With Data part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data
Created by Robert MacKay, Clark College All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) What is Teaching with data? Any learning process that ...

Using Socratic Questioning part of Teaching Methods:Socratic Questioning
Can it be, Ischomachus, that asking questions is teaching? I am just beginning to see what is behind all your questions. You lead me on by means of things I know, point to things that resemble them, and persuade ...

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.

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, laboratory and ...

Bring em Back Alive part of Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students:Bring em Back Alive
Created by Lorraine Olendzenski, St Lawrence University Bring 'em Back Alive is a series of activities that demonstrate various techniques for capturing free-living microbes from the environment. The series ...

Sapelo Island MO part of Microbial Observatories:Sapelo Island MO
Created by George Rice, Montana State University Background: The Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory (SIMO ) is investigating the diversity of prokaryotes, their physiological and genetic characteristics, and ...

Red Tide part of Topics of Interest:Red Tide
Red Tide - A Harmful Algal Bloom Created by Monica Bruckner, Montana State University What is Red Tide? Red tide is a phenomenon caused by algal blooms during which algae become so numerous that they discolor ...