BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: The Variety and Roles of Microbes
Students learn about the four major groups of microbes and their characteristics, and the roles microbes have in the world. The instructional activity and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on the four...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dirty Decomposers
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...