Search Online Resources:
Microbial Life in Extreme Environments

This page provides a collection of general resources including websites, PowerPoint presentations, teaching activities, data sets, and other useful materials for creating or enhancing courses related to microbiology and extreme environments. These materials can be used to support lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and class projects and activities. By narrowing the view, you may define and refine your search according to topics of your special interest.

Skip to search results Skip to search facet filtersSkip to text search formSkip to pagination


Current Search Limits:
Resource Type
Activities > Classroom Activity

Results 1 - 10 of 65 matches

Bioinformatics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/nestsite2/bioinform.html
This project is a series of interrelated modules designed to introduce the student to modern biological techniques in the area of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is the application of computer ...

Bioinformatics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/nestsite2/bioinform.html
This project is a series of interrelated modules designed to introduce the student to modern biological techniques in the area of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is the application of computer ...

Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms – Educational Activities part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/edhab
This Bigelow Laboratory site is designed to helps students and teachers discover information about toxic and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Five online standards, based educational activities, explore ...

Winogradsky Column Unit: Chemical and Physical Change part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.westminstercollege.edu/education_gslp/Yevgeny...
This two-part activity leads Physical Science students, grades 8-12, to explore chemical change using Winogradsky Columns. Part 1 constructs student concepts concerning chemical and physical changes. ...

Isolation of Pure Cultures Of Bacteria: Vibrio phosphoreum from Squid or Ocean Fish part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC262280/
This educational web page presents an isolation protocol for the bioluminescent bacteria Vibrio phosphoreum. It includes an introduction to Vibrio, safety concerns, interesting activities to do with ...

Survival of the Fittest Microbes: Examining the Conditions of One River and the Microbes that Thrive There part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2002052...
In this lesson, created for grades 6 - 12, students learn about the harsh conditions of Spain's Rio Tinto River and research the microbes that nonetheless manage to thrive there. They then ...

Plankton in the Bay part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~miller//geog318/plankton.htm
This University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute website provides background information about plankton, especially as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay. It includes a discussion of key nutrients ...

There Are Algae in Your House! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education...
This lesson plan provides an activity in which students can learn about how algae is used in the food they eat. The lesson plan includes background information as well as instructions for in-class ...

Red Tides Student Module part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~map/mapcd/6th_edition/high/...
This activity packet uses red tide-related data to integrate science and mathematics. Designed for grades 9-12, students use given data sets to create and interpret graphs. All required materials are ...

Human Impacts on Catchments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.watercare.net/wll/himp-algalblooms.html
This website offers an explanation of red tide and other harmful algal blooms (HABs). It briefly explains what algal blooms are and what causes them. Designed for educatiors, the site also provides ...