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Evolution from a virus's view part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page is a brief tutorial on viral evolution. The text focuses on the evolutionary pressures that balance transmission and virulence. There are additional sections with further recommended ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population:Epidemics, Pandemics, Biology:Evolution:Processes, Environmental Science:Human Population, Biology:Evolution, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Bibliography, Pedagogic Resources, Activities:Classroom Activity, Assessments, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Bibliography, Pedagogic Resources, Activities:Classroom Activity, Assessments, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Activity 1: Evolution and Antibiotic Resistance part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page contains three student activities for learning about evolution of antibiotic resistance. The first activity involves two videos (freely available on the website), follow-up questions, and ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution, Biology, Microbiology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Biology:Evolution:Processes, Principles, Biology:Evolution
Resource Type: Assessments:Oral Presentation, Course Information, Audio/Visual, Animations/Video, Assessments, Course Information:Goals/Syllabi, Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Writing Assignment, Activities, Field Activity
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Assessments:Oral Presentation, Course Information, Audio/Visual, Animations/Video, Assessments, Course Information:Goals/Syllabi, Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Writing Assignment, Activities, Field Activity
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Natural selection and evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a guide for a 3-day laboratory demonstration of evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The document includes an introduction to the concept of acquired drug resistance, materials and ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Culturing Methods, Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Principles, Processes
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
It Takes Teamwork: How Endosymbiosis Changed Life on Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page is the beginning of a six-page tutorial on endosymbiosis and the evolution of eukaryotic organelles. Topics covered include definitions of symbiotic relationships, differences between ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Principles, Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Commensalism, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Parasitism, Biology:Ecology
Resource Type: Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities, Audio/Visual, Activities:Classroom Activity
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities, Audio/Visual, Activities:Classroom Activity
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Microbial Evolution - Part 4 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the final segment of a YouTube version of the Microbial Evolution episode of Annenberg Media's Unseen Life on Earth series. This version is split into four 7-minute segments. Part I ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Principles, Biology:Evolution
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual, Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual, Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Bioinformatics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Bioinformatics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
From the Top of the World...to the Bottom of the Food Web part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, is designed to help teachers and students discover linkages among marine ecology, phytoplankton, the behavior of light at the ocean surface, and ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Food Webs:Microbial Food Webs, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Biology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Activities
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Virtual Vacationland part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, is designed to help teachers and students find and use web-based Earth Sciences data and information. Content is arranged by topic: land topography, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Activities
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Cycling through the Food Web part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This resource invites students to participate in a "virtual" scientific research cruise where they use real data to discover the significant role of marine microbes in the ocean’s ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Food Webs:Microbial Food Webs, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Biology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Activities
Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities
Grade Level: High School (9-12)