Mysteries of Microbes:
Fascinating Fieldwork
Educator Resources
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Overview
Join NASA Quest and the NASA
Astrobiology Institute in doing some Fascinating Fieldwork!
Entitled Mysteries of Microbes, this event will include a series
of webcasts and student participation in an investigation that will
last eight weeks.
Students engage in two live webcasts introducing Astrobiologists'
fieldwork study of microbial mats. Students will then interact with
active astrobiologists in a forum as they compare and contrast their
own investigation methods with those of astrobiologists studying
microbial mats in Baja, California. Students will conclude with
a third follow-up webcast on the results and conclusions of both
investigations.
We encourage students to create web pages of their discoveries,
which we may air during one of our webcasts. A note to teachers
and parents supervising students: Please read NASA
Quest's Online Privacy policy. We cannot posts URLs that include
children's photos, last names, addresses, school addresses, cities
and zip codes.
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Objectives/Standards Evaluation
Overall Goal:
Students will participate in an engaging, educational
web event about astrobiologists, their work and the nature of scientific
investigations.
| Educational Objective |
National Education Standards/Benchmarks |
Evaluation Activity |
| Students will conduct their own field
investigation that will involve making observations and forming
explanations about microbes. |
Meets:
NSES A1
Benchmarks
1B (3-5) 1, 1B (6-8)1
ISTE
3, 4, 5
Addresses:
NSES A2
Benchmarks
1B (3-5) 2, 1B (3-5) 3, 1B (6-8) 3
ISTE
6
|
- Record information for each step of the investigation
in the lab journal.
- Write a paragraph discussing the results of the investigation.
- Write a conclusion paragraph summarizing the main points
of the investigation and explaining why the hypothesis was
or was not correct.
Building
a Winogradsky Column
|
| Students will compare and contrast their methods
with those of the astrobiologists. |
Meets:
Benchmark
1B (3-5) 1, 1B (6-8) 1
ISTE
3, 4, 5
Addresses:
NSES A1,
A2
ISTE
6
|
- Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the methods
they used during the investigation with those used by the
astrobiologists..
Building
a Winogradsky Column
|
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Lesson Plans
Alternative Activities
Related Links
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Related Instructional Materials
Experts Profiles
For
the Fieldwork- Microbial Mats web event:
Meet
Dr. David Des Marais - September 13, 2001
Meet
Dr.Tori Hoehler - September 18, 2001
Meet
Dr. Brad Bebout & Mary
Hogan- November 15, 2001
For
the Forum:
Meet
Lorraine Olendzenski
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