Microbial Life Teaching Activities
This collection of Microbial Life teaching activities is geared toward undergraduate courses in Earth Sciences and Microbiology. The activities are categorized by different teaching methods. For more information about these teaching methods, to access additional examples of these teaching methods from other disciplines, and to see the full collection of other teaching strategies, please visit the Starting Point Web Page.
Socratic Questioning
(to learn more about this method, click here).What defines life? Check out these examples and have a guided discussion to debate just how far the definition of life can extend.
- Are Nanobacteria Alive: Sample Socratic Questions
- Are Viruses Alive: Sample Socratic Questions
- The Biosphere: Sample Socratic Questions
Teaching With Data
(to learn more about this method, click here).What's cutting edge technology in microbiology? Use this activity to introduce students to computer applications applicable to utilizing real biological data sets, such as genome sequencing.
Teaching With Games
(to learn more about this method, click here).This is classroom review in the style of the gameshow "Jeopardy" for use in a microbiology course for allied health students
