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AlgaeBase

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AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms. At present, the data for the marine algae, particularly seaweeds, are the most complete. For convenience, we have included the sea-grasses even though they are flowering plants.

Subject:: Education; Life Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Internet Scout Project; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Internet Scout Project
Author:: Dhonncha, Eilis Nic.; Guiry, Michael D.; Mike Guiry

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Biofilms: Online Manual

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This on-line collection of exercises can be conducted to illustrate the formation and properties of microbial biofilms. Activities include: A Biofilm Primer, An Interesting Paradox, Build a Biofilm Reactor, Bring 'em Back Alive, Buccal Epithelial Cells & Bacterial Cells: Negative Staining, Buried Slide Technique, Dental Biofilms, Flow Through Gram Stain, Microbial Fishing, Pellicle Formation in a Hay Infusion, Rhizosphere Visualization, Microbial Leaching of Copper Ore, Build a Winogradsky Column, Growth of Dental Plaque in vitro, Biofilms from Soil Crumbs, Vinegar Production and Acetic Acid Titration, Isolation of Azospirillum, Observation of the Formation of Biofilms in a Flowing Environment, Measuring Biofilm Depth.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Penn State Altoona
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: John Lennox; Lennox, John

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Bioinformatics in the Biology Classroom

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This educational journal article addresses the implementation of bioinformatics in the classroom. The author explains how bioinformatics could play a key role for science students pursuing higher education, foster inquiry learning of content that has often been taught in a dry manner, provide the thread that ties classes together, improve biology teaching, enhance the learning of biotech issues and ethics, expose students to real-world science, and significantly help to reform biology teaching and improve learning. The article includes links to bioinformatics resources, information about how to get involved in bioinformatics, and a glossary of terms.

Subject:: Technology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: American Institute of Biological Sciences; AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC)
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: ActionBioscience.org; Kathleen M. Gabric

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Cephalopod Lesson Plans

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This collection of lesson plans, created by the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, highlights color change in cephalopods. This page provides links to each lesson plan, which are in PDF format and feature an informative, image-rich introduction followed by a hands-on laboratory activity. The lesson plans highlight cephalopod color change, vision, light quality, and light quantity.

Subject:: Life Science; Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; CephSchool, Bermuda Biological Station for Research; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC)
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: James B. Wood; Wood, James B.

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Dive and Discover's Deeper Discovery: Hydrothermal Vents

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Dive and Discover's Deeper Discovery: Hydrothermal Vents

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Explore vent basics, vents around the world, vent chemistry, boiling points, videos, and test what you've learned with a quiz!

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository

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Foram Facts- An Introduction to Foraminifera

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Foram Facts- An Introduction to Foraminifera

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This Museum of Paleontology web page discusses foraminifera (forams for short), which are shelled marine microorganisms. It includes what are forams, where they live, their significance (in relation to biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and oil exploration), and an image-rich section about foram classification.

Subject:: Technology; History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Museum of Paleontology of the University of California, Berkeley; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: Karen Wetmore; Wetmore, Karen

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Guide to Identification of Fresh Water Microorganisms

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Guide to Identification of Fresh Water Microorganisms

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This seven-page guide can be used to identify freshwater microorganisms. Categories include microscopic autotrophic organisms (i.e. algae), heterotrophic protozoa, other freshwater plankton (Animalia, Monera, etc), and arthropods. The guide is in the form of a table, with columns for name, picture, characteristic, and taxonomy.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Math/Science Nucleus; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC)
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository

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Lactic Acid Bacteria

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This on-line exercise is focused on lactic acid bacteria, a group of related bacteria that produce lactic acid as a result of carbohydrate fermentation. It includes a protocol for the enrichment of lactic acid bacteria from enriched samples (like yogurt, sauerkraut, decaying plant matter, and tooth plaque). Three parameters are measured: growth, culture diversity, and pH. The exercise also includes instructions for the isolation of some of these bacteria by using the streak-plate method.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Chemistry; Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: Living in the Microbial World Workshop; Marine Biological Laboratory

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Nanobacteria: Are They or Aren't They Alive?

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Nanobacteria: Are They or Aren't They Alive?

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This California State University lesson plan contains materials for a five-part activity regarding whether or not nanobacteria are alive. The case-study based activities include: What does it mean to be alive?; What evidence is there that nanobacteria are alive?; More evidence of life; Corroborating evidence (?); and The final chapter (or is it?). The website contains pertinent general information articles and resource lists for students as well as homework assignments based on readings. An answer key is provided, but may require registration to the Case Study in Science Program.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Case Study; Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: Casem, Merri Lynn; Merri Lynn Casem

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Protist Image Data

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Protist Image Data (PID) is an online database that provides pictures and short descriptions of selected Protist genera, especially those genera whose species are frequently used as experimental organisms or are important in studies of organismal evolution. Up-to-date information is provided on the morphology, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of these organisms. Information on PID pages is arranged by the following: Introduction, Appearance, Ultrastructure, Reproduction and Life History, Similar Genera, Classification, Taxonomy and Nomenclature, Cultures, Selected References, and Internet Resources.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: Charles O'Kelly; Littlejohn, Tim; O'Kelly, Charles J.; Tim Littlejohn

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Single-Celled Organisms Unit

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This Project Oceanography lesson plan (PDF) explores the symbiotic relationships of single-celled organisms. In this activity, students will compare and contrast three types of symbiotic relationships, describe the relationship between zooxanthellae (a dinoflagellate) and coral, and explain the effects of nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their symbiotic partners. It begins with an introduction to symbiotic relationships, the dinoflagellate/coral system, and cyanobacteria, and then features an interactive activity called "Feeding Friends," in which students work in partners to act out symbiotic relationships.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository; Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC); Project Oceanography; University of South Florida
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository

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