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LaMotte™ Air Microbe Hunter™ Activities



Description
Includes
- Five expandable and adaptable activities
- Digital Student Guide and Teacher Guide (available as a download)
- Free microbe identification app from iTunes store
- STEM extension activities
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STEM-based activities guide students through the culturing and presumptive identification of common microbes on innovative BioPaddles™ - each containing microbe-specific media enclosed in a sterile vile.Activities develop critical thinking skills and emphasize engineering as a key component.
Students predict which environmental conditions are favorable to airborne microbes and then propose and carry out a strategy to collect airborne microbes using passive sampling techniques.Students construct and calibrate an impact sampler to sample an airspace and determine airborne microbe contaminate levels.
Activities and topics:
- Culture grocery store products and school surroundings
- Presumptive identification of airborne microbes
- Bioaerosols
- Cloud chemistry
- Precipitation
- Bacterial ice nucleators
- Airborne diseases
Features:
- Organized for classroom use
- Culture bacteria without Petri dishes - no prep time
- Student teams design experiments
- Step-by-step introductory to advanced activities
- PowerPoint presentations for iPad, ID guides, resources, links, etc
- Digital Student Guide and Teacher Guide (available as a download)
Specifications
Specifications
Product Type | Environmental Education Bacteria Studies |
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