Oil-Munching Mini-Monsters
Students will learn about oil-eating bacteria. They will determine the best environmental conditions necessary for oil digestion.
Keyword: Microbiology
Microbes are a BLAST
This lesson provides students with an opportunity to explore the diversity of microbes in the marine environment. Through classification activities, students will gain an understanding of the challenges in identifying and understanding microbes. Students will use DNA sequences to identify relatedness between microbes using phylogenetic trees, then identify the role of specific microbes by searching for the […]
Predicting Growth
This lab is designed to give students a “hands-on” experience to help answer the question: How can you determine where in your environment you might find microorganisms?
Microbes and Climate
This activity is meant to provide students with an understanding of how microbes play a role in the climate system, from the formation of the atmosphere to current climate dynamics to the role of microbes in climate change.
The Good, the Bad, and the Bountiful
This lesson uses a dramatization game to provide an introduction to microbes—what they are, what they do, where they are found and how they affect humans.
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About MBARI
Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.