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What is astrobiology? What does an astrobiologist do? What is your role in astrobiology? Here's your chance to meet real NASA astrobiologists to learn about astrobiologists work and to do your own astrobiology experiment!

What are microbes? Did you know that we brush microbial mats off our teeth everyday? What is a microbial mat?

Build a Winogradsky Column and compare it with others online.

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.

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Which role will you play in Astrobiology?

• What is Astrobiology?
• Astrobiology Goals
• So You Want to Be an Astrobiologist?
• Life on the Edge Update

So you want to go on a cool field trip with Astrobiologists?

• Field Work People
• Field Work Equipment
• Field Work Progress Report
• Field Work Laboratories
  
• Field Trip Pictures - Guerrero Negro, Baja California, Mexico- June 2001



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Why should we care about microbes?

• What is a Microbe?
• Cool Interactive Microbial Gallery (Requires Shockwave plug-in.)
• (Click on the image to the left to explore the microbial mat and stromatolite interactive image gallery.)
• What are Microbial Mats?
• How do Microbial Mats Work?
• Why is NASA interested in Microbes?

What's the news about microbes?

• Microbe in the News
• Martian Microbes
• Mars Debate - No Microbes?
• Microbes on the International Space Station
• NASA Scientists Propose New Theory of Earth's Early Evolution
  (Authors and scientists mentioned are Dave Des Marais, Tori Hoehler, and Brad Bebout)

Cool Microbe Activities

• Microbes in a Bag ( grades 3-5)
• Building a Winogradsky Column ( grades 5-8)
• Building Winogradsky Column - Video Demonstration
• Microbe World Activities
• Stalking the Mysterious Microbe
• Microbe Zoo
• Cool Interactive Microbe Gallery (Requires Shockwave plug-in.)
• (Click on the image to the left to explore the microbial mat and stromatolite interactive image gallery.)
• EMERG Greenhouse One - ***Webcam of microbial mats inside greenhouse.***
• NASA Ames Greenhouse