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In this lesson, students study the reduction of iron oxide minerals in a simulated anaerobic aquatic environment. Students discuss how the respiration of anaerobic bacteria may be involved with iron reduction. Students also consider problems related ...
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Investigation of Bacterial Transport in Groundwater
Students, in this lesson, explore the transport of bacteria in groundwater by performing a column experiment in a simulated groundwater environment. Students also investigate a groundwater scenario to learn about the influence of groundwater chemistr...
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Nano2Earth Curriculum Overview
The Nano2Earth curriculum is designed to promote student inquiry and learner centered investigations of microbe-mineral interactions at the nanoscale. This chapter shows how the curriculum is organized into lessons and to use the curriculum....
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Nanoforces in Nature: Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Explore Microbe-Mineral Interactions
This lesson uses computer simulations of an atomic force microscope to investigate bacteria-mineral forces of interaction on the order of nanonewtons over nanoscale distances of interaction. In this lesson, students • learn about the atomic force...