who’s who in the microbe world?. remember the six key concepts of marine microbes microbes are...
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Remember the Six Key Concepts of Marine Microbes
Microbes are everywhere, they are extremely abundant and diverse
Most marine microbes are beneficial.
Life on earth could not exist without microbes.
Microbes significantly impact our global climate.
New discoveries everyday in the field of microbial oceanography
Marine microbes are very small and have been around for a long time.
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/JGI-microbe-clues.html
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http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200806132
Click HERE to HEAR ABOUT THE DISOVERY…..
Runs about 5 minutes http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=91448837&m=91461513
Sallie (Penny) ChisholmProfessor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biology; Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental StudiesDirector, MIT Earth System Initiative
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/421/
http://www.scq.ubc.ca/flow-cytometry-a-technology-to-count-and-sort-cells/
Sediments responsible for the white cliffs of Dover
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/290719612_5a27cbaf61.jpg
Sometimes visible from space in as an algal bloom
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Coccoliths/bering_sea.htmlKey words: ocean color blooms
It fluoreses green if enzyme alkaline phosphatase is present
Its chloroplasts fluorese red.
ASSESSMENT
classification(flips to
information)
Each group of students will choose a different microbe, research and construct a poster flip-board with the following information:picture or drawing of organismclassification (algae {diatom, dinoflagellate, etc}, bacteria)role in environmenthow are they identified in environmentmiscellaneous information
More “flips” may be included
PICTURE OF ORGANISM
(flips to key word)
Role in environment
(flips to information)
How are they identified (ESP, remote sensing, other method)
(flips to information)
Miscellaneous information
(flips to information)
The answer should be taped on a piece of 8.5X 11 inch paper to the back of the poster (for display later)
Having trouble picking a microbe?Help clean up industrial and environmental problems (oil spills, heavy metals)Microbes are used in PCRAre found in extreme environments (hydrothermal vents)Can be bioluminescentAre found in our digestive tracts (and the tracts of animals too)Are important in the production of bread, cheese, yogurt, beer and wine)Are found deep in the ocean around whale fallsCause diseaseCause harmful and not so harmful algal bloomsNASA is searching for microbes on other planets
The following two slides have information that may need to be
printed out for those classes without internet access