Draw a Map of the Laboratory
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
9/21/2001 by Angelia Alexander
Students draw a map of the laboratory on which they locate a variety
of items: media and other chemicals, other supplies, reference
books, equipment, safety equipment, and biohazard disposal stations. |
Medical Microbiology Laboratory Case Studies
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
9/21/2001 by Virginia Cody
Three case studies will test students'
knowledge of the pathogens of the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and
urogenital tracts. |
Understanding Transcription, Translation, and the Effect of Mutations
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
7/2/2001 by Linda Fisher
In this activity, students will practice identifying a translation
open reading frame in the context of a nucleotide sequence and recognizing the effects that mutations of various types have on the resulting polypeptide product. |
Bacterial Cell Envelopes and Antibiotics
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
7/2/2001 by Susan Merkel
This activity has two parts: the first is meant to get students
focused on bacterial cell structure; the second involves
analytical thinking and data interpretation. |
Virology, Genome Sequencing, and Bioinformatics
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
7/2/2001 by Erica Suchman, Mark Gallo, Carol Blair
Students are given instructor-designed computer-generated
"sequencing gels", will read the gel and
then perform a BLAST
search to determine the identity of the virus. |
Defining the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Microbiology
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2001 by Spencer Benson
In this article I describe several types of scholarship, give a brief historical overview
of teaching scholarship, and address the differences between teaching excellence and the
scholarship of teaching. |
The Globalization of This Microbiology Educator
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2001 by Leigh Callan
A few years ago, one of my students
completed a learning and sharing activity (1) that described a medical mission to Africa.
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Some Surprises
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2001 by Peg Heimbrook
Early in the semester I asked my students to list three
things about microbiology that surprised them. |
Curriculum Guidelines for Microbiology Majors: Working
Recommendations
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2001 by Neil Baker
One of the outcomes of the Undergraduate Education Conference 2000 was a set of
curriculum guidelines for students majoring in microbiology and other fields (allied
health, biotechnology, biology, and non biology majors). |
Microbiology in Lilts and Rhymes (From the 1660s
to The Golden Age)
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2001 by Nelliah Hariharan
A poem describing Microbiology advances/events since 1660. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Spring 2001
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2001 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "Scholarship of Teaching." |
Chemotaxis: the Search for Food
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
3/16/2001 by Geraldine Damiani
Two bacteria, one motile and one nonmotile, are tested for their
ability to seek out nutrients using sectioned petri dishes
containing glucose yeast extract (GYE) agar and water agar. |
Scientific Method: Is This Broth Culture Pure?
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
3/16/2001 by Anne Adkins
This simple exercise is designed to allow students to explore the fundamental steps of the scientific method and at the same time reinforce basic microbiological laboratory techniques.
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Antimicrobial Olympics: Isolation and Characterization of Antibiotic-Producing Microorganisms
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
3/16/2001 by Mark Gallo
Students work individually to selectively enrich, isolate, purify,
and characterize microorganisms from the soil belonging to two
of the groups (the actinomycetes and the fungi) which are secondary metabolite producers. |
Understanding and Interpreting the ELISA
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
3/16/2001 by Jeffrey Pommerville, Karen Nakaoka, Rita Moyes, Peggy Johnson
This activity is designed to provide a visual demonstration of how the indirect
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) works. |
Evaluating Antiseptic and Disinfectant Susceptibilities of Microorganisms
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
3/16/2001 by Janet Cooper
In this lab exercise, students will work in cooperative teams to test the
antimicrobial activity of an antiseptic or disinfectant using a modified use dilution assay as described by Benson (1). |
Authentic Assessment: A Microbiology Mandate
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/2001 by Virginia Anderson
In this article, we will "isolate and identify" three assessment strategies - alternative assessment, authentic assessment, and performance assessment - so that you can start a "stock culture" of each for your own teaching use. |
The Assessment-Teaching Link:
Using Student Perceptions of Teaching Strategies
to Determine the Value of those Strategies
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/2001 by Alix Darden
Description of a course assignment recently introduced into a genetics course, a simple assessment tool used to obtain feedback from students on the assignment, and how the information is used to make decisions. |
Rubrics for Grading Individual and Group Reports in Problem-Based Learning Classes
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/2001 by Florence Schmieg
As I began to address the problems presented by the report
grading procedure, I recalled an interaction at a teaching workshop with an impressive
graduate student in the College of Education who had previously been a preschool teacher.
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Portfolios: An Authentic Assessment Tool
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/2001 by Eileen Gregory
Some fields have established student portfolios as an integral part of the college curriculum, while other disciplines, such as the sciences, are just beginning to explore the uses of this technique. |
