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Tardigrades as Environmental Indicators part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards...
This essay was written by Amber, a high school senior who won the Young Naturalist Award in 2001 for her research on tardigrades (also known as water bears) as environmental bioindicators. Amber ...

The Lives of Micro-organisms: A MicroNaturalist's Handbook part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/index.html
This web site highlights a new series of photo essays featuring observations you can make with a good compound microscope, a sense of the mysteries of life waiting to be discovered, some patience, ...

Bring Um Back Alive: Techniques for Finding and Studying Living Microorganisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/collecting.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features tips from a micro-naturalist about finding and studying microorganisms. Topics include sampling micro-life communities, care of collected samples, more ...

Bacteria: Ya Can't Live Without Um! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Bacteria.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observations of bacteria. It discusses the importance of bacteria to the biosphere and examines their role in decomposition, ...

Lights Alive! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/lightsalive/index.html
This San Diego Natural History Museum interactive website, designed specifically for kids, explores living lights and the chemistry of bioluminescence. It includes links to informational pages and ...

Black Smokers: Life Forms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/earth/gallery_week6/rfl_ind...
This educational web site features life forms of deep sea hydrothermal systems. Hosted by the American Museum of Natural History, this site offers a brief introduction of the community and then ...

We're in Hot Water Now: Hydrothermal Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/07/...
In this National Geographic lesson, students will use National Geographic's Yellowstone internet module to learn about the processes that drive geysers. The activity involves learning about ...

Extreme 2002: Mission to the Abyss part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/extreme2002/home.html
This is the expedition page of the 2002 Mission to the Abyss. Developed by the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies, the site highlights the mission and crew, seafloor geology, ...

Aboard Alvin part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.gma.org/onlocation/alvin/index.html
This Gulf of Maine educational website takes students aboard the submersible Alvin. It includes informational pages such as a project overview, as well as pages about Alvin, hydrothermal vents, and ...

BioMedia Associates: Learning Programs for Biology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/index.html
This site provides photographs, animations, essays, teaching resources, multimedia, and other information about biological systems and organisms. It features a monthly contest and quiz in which ...