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Microbial Mat Education Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/microbe/
This NASA educational page features Earth's Earliest Ecosystems in the Classroom: a web site dedicated to the use of microbial mats to illustrate and demonstrate general principles of scientific ...

Collaboration via Slime Mold part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1995/skinner_...
This hands-on activity gives students the opportunity to use skills and concepts developed in a unit on cells with an unknown organism. They are asked to design and complete a controlled experiment ...

Growing Slime Mold part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.exploratorium.edu/turbulent/slime.html
This is a short activity for growing the slime mold Physarum polycephalum. It includes materials needed, a three-step procedure, and helpful tips. The site is part of the Turbulent Landscapes exhibit ...

Making Connections Between Genes and Diseases part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://prod.classflow.com/classflow/#!/product/itemId=6...
This well-developed high school activity asks students to apply previously learned knowledge about chromosomes, DNA, RNA, genes, genome, DNA, transcription, translation, protein expression, and ...

'Black Smokers' WebQuest: An Internet WebQuest on Hydrothermal Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/quests/hydroventwq...
This website contains a black smokers WebQuest where students in groups investigate one aspect of the science of black smokers. The WebQuest provides a separate list of links for each research role, ...

New Millennium Observatory (NeMO) Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/education.html
This site is a digital curriculum developed by the New Millennium Observatory, a seafloor observatory at the Axial Volcano along the Juan de Fuca ridge in the Pacific Ocean. The curriculum, titled ...

Hunting Bears with a Microscope part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/NSTA-share/liche...
In this online activity, students use lichens and tardigrades (water bears) to investigate their use as bioindicators of key air pollutants. When lichens are exposed to some kinds of air pollutants, ...

Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pathfinderscience.net/tardigrades/index.cfm
This highly informative and detailed web site features a Pathfinder Science hands-on, minds-on guided research activity dedicated to tardigrades, also known as water bears. The site helps to create ...

Tardigrades: The Living Gummy Bears Quiz part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=96910&origin
This interactive online quiz features ten questions about tardigrades. Comprised of short answer, true/false, and multiple-choice questions, visitors can submit answers online to receive an immediate ...

Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold: Microbial Life in Hot Springs and Antarctic Lakes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://tea.armadaproject.org/activity/harris/somelikeith...
This website contains a lab activity, appropriate for use in grades 9-12 Biology I, that will help students understand the role of temperature in determining what kinds of organisms are found in ...