A Microbial World
Your Mission: Sample, grow, and investigate the micro-organisms around us and research their relationship with many of the products we use every day.
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Classifying, Sampling
- Analyse microbial life based on research.
- Investigate the relationship of many everyday products to micro-organisms.
- Examine the impact of micro-organisms on daily life.
- Discover that micro-organisms have the greatest diversity of all living organisms.
- Explain how micro-organisms are beneficial to humans and the environment.
- Formulate and prepare an inquiry-based investigation.
- Grow and study microbial life.
- Images of listed items
- Per student:
• Safety glasses or goggles
• Disposable gloves
• Petri-dish with agar
• Sterile cotton swab - Per group:
• Microscope
• An extra Petri-dish with agar
• Extra sterile cotton swab
• Permanent marker pens
• Large zip-sealed bag
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