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Martian Micromagnets part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This astrobiology article reports another case for ancient life on Mars – a meteorite from Mars peppered with tiny magnetic crystals that on our planet are only made by bacteria. A transmission ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Astrobiology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board ...Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), General Public
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), General Public
Dive and Discover: Juan de Fuca Ridge part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Biological, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Biology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Dive and Discover's Deeper Discovery: Hydrothermal Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Biological, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Biology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
The Worm that Boasts Earth's Hottest Lifestyle part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This brief Exploratorium dispatch reports that the Pompeii worm, an inhabitant of hydrothermal vent ecosystems, can withstand hotter temperatures than any other creature on earth can -- except for ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, Extremely Hot
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Hydrothermal Systems
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Informal, Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, Extremely Hot
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Hydrothermal Systems
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Informal, Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Stromatolite Explorer: Investigation of a Microbial Mat Community part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This animated video takes students on a journey through a microbial mat. The assigned mission is to probe a microbial mat by following an imaginary 0.10 mm stromatolite explorer as it descends ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Biofilms, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Fuligo septica, the Dog Vomit Slime Mold part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This informational website features the slime mold Fuligo septica, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for June 1999. It includes an audio pronunciation tool, educational information about slime ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Humongous Fungus part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This 1992 online news article reports a 37acre fungus that has been discovered at the Wisconsin-Michigan border. It is 1500 years old, weighs between 100 and 1000 tons, and is still spreading. The ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Great Moments in Science: Lights of Life 1 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Great Moments in Science radio transcript discusses the history of bioluminescence. It covers the first scientists to study bioluminescence, organisms capable of making light, biochemistry of ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology, Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Ocean Environments: Surface Waters, Shallow Sea Floor/Continental Shelf, Deep Waters, Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Ocean Environments: Surface Waters, Shallow Sea Floor/Continental Shelf, Deep Waters, Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Great Moments in Science: Light of Life 3 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Great Moments in Science radio transcript describes photons of light (not to be confused with bioluminescence) that can be seen only with the most sensitive photodetectors. Scientists believe ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution, Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)