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Quantifying Marine Microbes: A Simulation to Introduce Random Sampling

Colored beads in a bag are used to represent different types of microbes, with the bag itself representing the ocean. Working in groups, each learner randomly samples ten ï¿½ï¿½_microbesï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ from the ï¿½ï¿½_ocean,ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ and records the data. To learn about the inherent variability of random sampling, the learner then compares the composition of their individual samples, their groupï¿½ï¿½_s pooled sample data, and that of the entire...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Biased, Microbial Abundance, Viruses and Bacteria, NSDL, Biological Science, Ecosystem, Protists and Fungi, Ecology, Statistics, Fractions, Earth System Science, Microbes, Random Sampling, Forestry and Agriculture, Counting, Populations, Life Science, Ecosystems, Diversity, Geoscience, Mathematics, Oceanography, Oceans and Water, Ocean

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: January 3, 2021
Author:: Barbara Bruno, American Society for Microbiology
Joan Matsuzaki, American Society for Microbiology
Kate Achilles, American Society for Microbiology
Kimberly Tice, American Society for Microbiology
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling
Primary Audience:: Middle School, High School
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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