MERLOT Learning Exercises Search - category=2618 http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT learning exercises Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:19:26 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 18:19:26 PDT MERLOT Learning Exercises Search - category=2618 http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 Scientific Inquiry: Question Activity Sheet http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=548636 This activity sheet accompanies the short podcast found on the educational materials website. Students can stop the podcast and practice developing and self-analyzing their own questions in response to podcast guide on asking robust scientific questions. Fun With Fomites http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=282133 Students will observe how different objects may contain microbes. They will observe multiplication of microbes. Examining mitosis http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=273369 Students will create visual or graphical representations of the stages of mitosis and present them before the class. Plant & Animal Mitosis http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91941 Students will compare and contrast animal mitosis and plant mitosis.Teacher should provide a handout with spaces designated for plant mitosis steps and animal mitosis steps. Studens will draw in the spaces provided. Evaluating the pros and cons of smallpox vacinnation in response to bioterrorism http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91871 Read article that is supportive of smallpox vaccination and compare to article that refutes the benefits of such vaccinations. Virtual Microscope Discovery http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91741 The 7 minute instruction video must be viewed using headphones by each student. They must then complete the simulation and then at least 3 of the pre-arranged challenges that the website provides. That will help them trouble-shoot in case they encounter problems with their own laboratory work. Defining Foodborne Pathogens http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91666 Students will perform a content reading lesson and fill out a worksheet pertaining to the "Bad Bug Book." Understanding Automated DNA Techniques http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91611 Students will perform a virtual lab that encompasses identifying a bacterium using a small sample of DNA. They will use the automated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique to amplify the sample, use a gene sequencer to determine the nucleotide sequence, and compare the results to a DNA database Microbial Milestones: Genome Sequencing http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91544 Students will use the TIGR database to investigate the genome of Escherichia coli. In addition, they will compare selected genes in E. coli to another prokaryote Gene expression patterns in E. coli http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91475 Students are asked to predict which kinds of E. coli genes might be expressed under one set of conditions and not under an alternate set of conditions.