Microorganisms
Description
Open your students' eyes to the hidden worlds of monerans, protists, and fungi with Microorganisms. After watching this video, they'll be able to explain exactly what a microbe is, identify each general type of microorganism by its characteristics and functions, and describe the hazards and benefits of microbes. Microorganisms may live at the root of the evolutionary tree, but they've been around for billions of years, are found everywhere in nature (including the human body!), and are crucial in helping maintain the atmosphere, assisting in digestion and decomposition, and more. Correlates to National Academy of Sciences National Science Education Standards and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Runtime
18 min
Series
- Librarian Special-Science (24)
- The General Science Collection (8)
- The Complete New Releases Curriculum Library 2006 (30)
- Cambridge Core Science Series: BioBasics (8)
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Date of Publication
[2005], c2005
Database
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