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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Fungus Among Us

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Fungi grow from spores and fungi spores are present almost everywhere. Molds and other fungi grow in damp places. In this lesson students will grow and observe bread mold and other kinds of common fungi. Student sheets are provided in...
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Bsi Education: Micro Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Applied Science resource consists of practical activities that demonstrate the importance of standard procedures in scientific work. Students examine micro-organisms through a variety of activities. Some topics investigated are...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: The Variety and Roles of Microbes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the four major groups of microbes and their characteristics, and the roles microbes have in the world. The lesson and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on the four types of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dirty Decomposers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design and conduct experiments to determine what environmental factors favor decomposition by soil microbes. They use chunks of carrots for the materials to be decomposed, and their experiments are carried out in plastic bags...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Champion Chompers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast the weightlifting abilities of ants and humans and graph the results, and investigate the roles ants and fungi play in the forest ecology.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: Mushroom Mania

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore facts about mushrooms and their taxonomic designations. Create spore prints to identify mushroom species.

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