Food Microbiology Projects: Student Ownership from Topic Selection and Experimentation to Presentation in 10 Weeks
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
2/2/2009 by Joy G. Waite, Ahmed E. Yousef
Student-driven food microbiology projects, from concept inception to publicly presenting their research and findings. |
Concept Inventories as Resources for Improving Teaching and Learning
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Sam Donovan
Concept inventories have recently emerged as a hot topic in undergraduate biology education.
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Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Winter 2009
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Multiple Authors
Features of articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is 'Concept inventories and assessments.'
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From Misconceptions to Concept Inventories
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Gili Marbach-Ad
The expression “concept inventory” represents a major development in science education research over the last two to three decades.
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An Excellent Means of Assessment: Short Write-to-Learn Activities for the Microbiology Course
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Heidi R. Smith
Write-to-learn activities can be extremely valuable to both the instructor and the students.
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ASMCUE 2009: Setting Our Sights to the West
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Jennifer Herzog
A report on the 2008 ASMCUE in Boston, and overview of the 2009 meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
Journal Watch - Winter 2009
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Jennifer Herzog
Journal articles of interest to microbiology educators.
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Use of Rubrics as an Assessment Tool
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Michaela Gazdik
Scoring rubrics are descriptive scoring schemes, which list criteria required in an assignment and provide information on what must be included to receive a certain level of achievement. |
Web Watch - Winter 2009
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Gary Kaiser
Websites of interest to microbiology educators.
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Success or Failure of a Prodigal Research Program—How Good Assessment Matters
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/2/2009 by Beverly Smith-Keiling
We say “student first” and strive for the best educational pedagogy and experiences for our students, but assessments are more complex.
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Bacterially-Induced Calcite Precipitation via Ureolysis
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
11/11/2008 by Chiung-Wen Chou, Eric Seagren, Ahmet Aydilek, Timothy Maugel
Scanning electron micrographs illustrating biocementation of sand particles promoted via ureolytic activity of Sporosarcina pasteurri
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Collaborative Surface Migration Behavior of Proteus mirabilis
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
11/7/2008 by Tohey Matsuyama, Jun-ichi Wakita, Mitsugu Matsushita
Collaborative migration behavior exerted by Proteus mirabilis cells on the surface of a low-agar medium. The organisms were differentiating into elongated hyperflagellates and gathering for migration. |
Mud and Microbes: a Time-Lapse Photographic Exploration of a Sediment Bacterial Community
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
11/7/2008 by Michael Lemke, Roza George, Keith Miller
Time-lapse photography of a Winogradsky plate.
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An Environmental Sample which Shows Ciliates Preying on Diatoms
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
10/1/2008 by Michael Witty
A video camera attachment was used to record the behavior of ciliates, including hunting and ingestion of diatoms.
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Video Microscopy Shows Behavior of Vorticella Colonizing Lemna
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
10/1/2008 by Michael Witty
Vorticella show rapid and slow motions that may be detected using video microscopy.
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The Gliding Motion of Oscillatoria and Diatoms
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
10/1/2008 by Michael Witty
Long green filaments of Oscillatoria are seen gliding past each other, and shorter filaments are seen gliding freely through pond water. |
Immunofluorescent Detection of Mouse Epithelial Cells Infected with Reovirus
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
10/1/2008 by David R. Wessner, Karen Hasty, Mallory L. West
A fluorescent focus assay (FFA) uses immunofluorescence to quantify the
amount of infectious viral particles present in a given sample.
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Polymerase Chain Reaction Animation
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
9/29/2008 by Lee Hughes
Flash animation showing the initial cycles in a polymerase chain reaction example. |
Annotation of the Bacteriophage 933W Genome: An In-Class Interactive Web-based Exercise
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
9/29/2008 by David J. Baumler, Kai F. Hung, Eric L. Cabot, Jeremy D. Glasner, John M. Greene, Nicole T. Perna
Students use web-based tools to annotate the genome of bacteriophage 933W.
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Productive Life Cycle of Animal Viruses Animations
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
9/29/2008 by Gary Kaiser, Erica Suchman
This series of Flash animations illustrates the stages in the productive life cycle of animal viruses and the various ways these stages are carried out.
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