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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)
Archaea part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page is part of the Tree of Life Web Project and is a jumping-off point for information about archaea. There are links to Tree of Life pages with more detailed information on two of the three ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution, Diversity
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Bibliography, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), General Public, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Bibliography, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), General Public, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Microbial Evolution - Part 2 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the second segment (of 4) 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. ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Molecular Methods, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Ecology, Evolution, Ecology:Habitats, Biology:Evolution:Patterns
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Microbial Evolution - Part 1 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is 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 provides an introduction ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Molecular Methods, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Processes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Microbial Evolution - Part 3 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the third segment (of 4) 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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Molecular Methods, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Evolution, Diversity, Evolution:Principles, Patterns
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), General Public, College Lower (13-14), 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)
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)
Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms – Educational Activities part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Food Webs:Microbial Food Webs, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Biology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This news article introduces extremophiles, microbes found thriving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth. It reviews the differences between extremophiles and mesophiles, and how archaea ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Principles, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Hypersaline, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Hypersaline, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)