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Track #248: Microbe World.
Annotated by: Sandy Collins
1. Bug Page
http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html

Go to the "What the Heck is..." selection and then to the "What the Heck is Microbiology" selection. A. Describe the field of microbiology. B. What kinds of education, skills and knowledge do you think are required to work in this field?

2. Virtual Cell
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/

Use this site to explore the structures of a typical plant cell. Make a labeled diagram that illustrates the primary differences between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell.

3. Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/pen.htm

A. View the movie about how penicillin and bacteria interact. Write a movie review that evaluates the movie on its educational merits.

4. Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/Wards/ecoli/

A. Conduct the experiment as described in the directions. After the data is collected, assign one group member to enter the data for the statistical analysis. B. Answer the questions at the end of the experiment. Also answer the following. Using the theory of Natural Selection, explain how a population of bacteria might become resistent to an antibiotic.

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